Science and Computers -- PHY307/607
Simple Unix Commands
- ls
- Typing ls at the unix prompt lists the files in the current
directory.
- mv
- The mv command can be used for renaming files eg mv olfilename newfilename
- cd
- To change directory (folder) type cd dirname. To go to your
top
level directory type cd by iself. Typing cd .. takes you up one
level in your directory structure i.e it takes you to the parent directory
of the one you are currently in.
- rm
- To delete a file type rm filename
- cp
- To copy file1 to file2 type cp file1 file2
- mkdir
- To create a directory with name newdir type mkdir newdir
- rmdir
- To delete a directory (which must be empty) use the command rmdir
- javac
- To invoke the Java compiler on a unix machine use the command
javac eg. javac x.java (note: you must first make sure
the java commands can be accessed from your account -- see
Using Java under SUnix.) This produces the file
x.class.
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