Unix based Commands


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Current directories
..
Parent directories
apropos
List commands related to keywords apropos
cat -b names.txt 
names.txt is displayed and all line except the blank lines are numbered.
cat filename
To display the content of file
cat -n names.txt
 names.txt is displayed and all line are numbered.
cat names.txt
names.txt is displayed without line numbering.
cat names.txt |more 
names.txt is displayed one screen at a time.
cat>filename
To create new file
cd
Change directory
Chmod u+rwx

cp
Copies  a file
Cyclical Process
Working with a shell is cyclical process.
Device File
A file type that is used to represent hardware type.
Directory
A directory is simply a file that contains a table listing of files contained within it.
Diskless Client   
Does not require the basic  UNIX operating system.
File permission
Read (r) ,write(w) ,execute(x) it has value as 4 ,2,1 respectively.
users(u),group(g),other(o),all(a) these are the users.
Filesystem  Hierarchy Standard
X'Open API
Define the location and names of critical system files and directories.

Desined to standardize different versions of UNIX to make porting software products across version easier.
ls
List content of current directory
Ls –f
Identify file  types.
Ls -l
It gives a details like drwx-r—r-- 1 owner group
size time..
ls –l
Displays file details in long list.
ls –la
Display hidden files.
ls –r
Reverse file order.
man
Display  onscreen help for a specific command
mkdir
Make a  new directory
mv
Move or rename a file
mv file1 file2
To rename a file1 and as file2
Named Pipe
A file type that allows one UNIX process or program to communicate with another.
Open Group
Created a list of features based on open standards that a distribution of UNIX must contain in order to carry UNIX stamp.
Open System Foundation
Created a version of UNIX to compete against UNIX System V Release 4.
POSIX
Define How system calls,interfaces, and libraries work with an operating system.
pwd                                     
Present  working directory.

Regular File
A file type made up of different type of data.
rm
Remove a file
Rm -i file1
To remove file1 in interective mode
Rm -r file
Delete with its content
rmdir
Remove an existing directory
Server                   
All computer in a network connect to this computer.
Symbolic link file
A file type that is similar to shortcut in windows.
System V interface Definition
Specifies how an operating system needs to behave in order to be considered compliant with the standard.
Who
Display all terminal information
Who am I
User terminal information
Windows client
Found in network that use a mixed operating system deployment.
write username user1  
For one way communication .here the user1 is  that u want to connect with u.
X terminal
Requires only the basic UNIX operating system.
X windows
X windows system provides the Translation between applications and the graphical user environment and operating system and graphical user environment .

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