Fun commands for new UNIX users

Andrew unix documentation http://www.cmu.edu/computing/documentation/UnixAndrw/UNIXandAndrew.html

• Warning: some of that is ooooold!

CSW unix pages http://www.cmu.edu/computing/csw/net/

Basic navigational commands

• pwd (print working directory)
• ls [what] (list directory)
• ls -l [what] (list directory, long format with details)
• cd [where] (change directory)
• cd ~ (change to home)
• cd .. (change up a directory)
• cat [what] (list a file)
• less / more [what] (list a file with paging)

Useful commands

• fortune
• movie
• finger
• finger apw2
• finger "Jared Cohon"
• finger mark.stehlik
• pine (see next section)
• cowsay and figlet (not useful, but amaze your friends)