| man -k keyword | List titles and descriptions of manual pages realted to your keyword |
| man [section-number] title | View the manual page called title. (The section-number is optional.) |
| mv fromfile tofile | Move or rename a file or directory |
| cp fromfile tofile | Copy a file - like mv but fromfile is unchanged |
| rm filename | Remove (delete) a file. *Warning* There is no undelete, consider using rm -i for interactive deleting. |
| mkdir directory-name | Make a directory. |
| rmdir directory-name | Remove an empty directory. rm -r removes a directory and everything in it. |
| ls [options] [filename] | List a file or directory. Try ls -l (long) or ls -a (all) to get more information about the same file or directory. If no filename is given, ls will print the current directory |
| cd [directory-name] | Change to directory directory-name. If no directory-name is given, cd will put you in your home directory. |
| pwd | Print the name of your current directory. (Present Working Directory) |
| cat filename | Quick-and-dirty way to view a file. |
| more filename | Like cat, but does a whole lot more. |
| less filename | Like more, but does even more. (Don't ask) |
| vi filename | Standard Unix full-screen editor. Available everywhere. |
| emacs filename | Another standard Unix editor. |
| passwd | Change your password. DO THIS! Passwords should follow Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Loosly translated to mean: If someone sees it, change it. |
| chmod | Change the mode (access rights) of a file or directory. |
| setfacl | Like chmod only more powerful. A MUST read in the man-pages. |
| getfacl | Displays the file attributes set by setfacl. |
| chgrp | Change the group ID of a file or dircetory. |
| umask | Set protection mask for file creation. umask 077 will help keep your files private. |
| ps | See running processes. Try ps -ef on Unix or ps -awux on Linux. |
| df | Check drive sizes and mounted directories. Try df -k. |
| prstat | Real-time view of running process and their status. |
| uptime | See how long the system has been on for. |
| who | List users currently logged on to the system. |