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Note: Not all these commands are the same for every flavor of unix/linux - USE at your own risk!

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IDENTIFYING THE CURRENT DIRECTORY

Directories on a UNIX machine are similar to folders on a Macintosh. Just as you can have a folder in a folder in a folder, you can have a directory in a directory, etc.

Use the command below to display the current directory.

CHANGING DIRECTORIES

Use the commands below to move between directories.

cd gear3 - Connects to the directory "gear3".

Use this command, for example, to connect to your publishing directory after you log on.

cd .. - Connects to the directory one level up from the current directory. (That's a cd, space, and two periods.) Use this command, for example, when you are in one of your publishing subdirectories and you want to move up one level.

cd ~ - Connects to your login directory. When you log on, you are automatically placed in your login directory, or home directory. This command takes you back to that directory.

LISTING THE CONTENTS OF THE CURRENT DIRECTORY

Use the commands below to see a list of the files in the current directory. Fetch automatically displays the contents of the current directory.lsLists all files and subdirectories, except for those that begin with a period, such as .links files.ls -al (some flavors of unix/linux just need ls -a) Lists all files and subdirectories (including those that begin with a period), with owners and sizes. 

CREATING, REMOVING, AND MOVING DIRECTORIES

 Use the commands below to create, move, or remove directories.

mkdir dirname - Creates a subdirectory named dirname in the current directory. Fetch users can select Create New Directory from the Directories menu.

rmdir dirname - Removes the subdirectory named dirname from the current directory. Fetch users can select Delete Directory or File from the Remote menu.

mv dir1 dir2 - Moves (renames) the subdirectory (and its contents) named dir1 to dir2. Fetch users can select Rename File from the Remote menu.

MANIPULATING FILES

Use the commands below to copy, move, remove, or display files.

cp file1 file2 - Makes a copy of the file named file1 and names the copy file2.

mv file1 file2 - Moves (renames) the file named file1 to file2. Fetch users can select Rename File from the Remote menu.

rm filename - Removes the file named filename. Fetch users can select Delete Directory or File from the Remote menu.

more filename - Displays the file named filename one screen at a time. Fetch users can select View File from the Remote menu.

EDITING FILES

pico filename - Edits the file named filename with the Pico, an editor that is easy for new users to learn.

CHANGE GROUP AFFILIATION OF DIRECTORIES OR FILES

Note: You must own the file or directory you want to change and you must belong to group you are changing it to.

chgrp group-name filename - Changes group affiliation of filename to group-name.

chgrp -R group-name dirname - Changes group affiliation of dirname and all files within dirname to groupname.

GIVE GROUP MEMBERS WRITE PRIVILEGES

Note: You must own the file or directory you want to change.

chmod g+w filename - Gives the group write privileges to filename. Any member of the group affiliated with filename can change or delete the file. Use g-w to remove group write privileges.

chmod -R g+w dirname - Gives the group write privileges to all files within dirname. Any member of the group affiliated with dirname can change or delete any file within dirname. Use gw to remove group write privileges.