UW ACM : Introductory Unix Cheat Sheet

Text Editors

Basic Commands

pico emacs / xemacs vi / vim

Open / Read File Ctrl-r Ctrl-x Ctrl-f :r

Save / Write File Ctrl-o Ctrl-x Ctrl-s :w

Quit Ctrl-x Ctrl-x Ctrl-c :q

Internal Help Ctrl-g Ctrl-h :h

Getting More Information

Tutorial Quick Reference

pico Not necessary Bottom of screen

emacs / xemacs Ctrl-h t (inside emacs) http://www.refcards.com

vi / vim vimtutor (at the cmd prompt) ACM Webpage

	`pico`	`emacs / xemacs`	`vi / vim`
Open / Read File	`Ctrl-r`	`Ctrl-x Ctrl-f`	`:r`
Save / Write File	`Ctrl-o`	`Ctrl-x Ctrl-s`	`:w`
Quit	`Ctrl-x`	`Ctrl-x Ctrl-c`	`:q`
Internal Help	`Ctrl-g`	`Ctrl-h`	`:h`

	Tutorial	Quick Reference
`pico`	Not necessary	Bottom of screen
`emacs / xemacs`	`Ctrl-h t` (inside emacs)	http://www.refcards.com
`vi / vim`	`vimtutor` (at the cmd prompt)	ACM Webpage

Useful Commands

pine Read your email

ln Create links from one file/directory to another (kind of like Windows shortcuts

less, more Read text from a file (without modifying it) or prevent output from scrolling off-screen

grep Search for a string or regular expression in specified files

find Search for a file with specified charecteristics

finger Get information on other users

passwd Change your Unix password

which Locate where a command / executable is

diff Find the difference between two text files

ps List current running processes

kill Kill current processes

Use man or info for more information about these commands!

This tutorial provided by UW ACM
Questions to hctang@cs, zanfur@cs
http://www.cs.washington.edu/orgs/acm/tutorials/

`pine`	Read your email
`ln`	Create links from one file/directory to another (kind of like Windows shortcuts
`less, more`	Read text from a file (without modifying it) or prevent output from scrolling off-screen
`grep`	Search for a string or regular expression in specified files
`find`	Search for a file with specified charecteristics
`finger`	Get information on other users
`passwd`	Change your Unix password
`which`	Locate where a command / executable is
`diff`	Find the difference between two text files
`ps`	List current running processes
`kill`	Kill current processes