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A great Unix tutorial is here http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/
 
A great Unix tutorial is here http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/
  
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==Looking at your environment==
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  pwd            print the current location
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ls            list the contents of the current location
  
==Resources==
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==Moving around==
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mkdir          create a new directory
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rmdir          remove a diretory
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cd            go to a location by specifying the directory
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==Modifying your environment with files==
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vim            create a new file or edit an existing file
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rm            remove a file/directory
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cp            copy a file/directory
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mv            move a file/directory or change the name of a file/directory
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==More commands==
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man            instructions for using commands
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cat            print contents of a file
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more          view contents of a file
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diff          show the difference between two files
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grep          search within a file for specific text
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chmod          change permission of a file or directory
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whoami        shows your username
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clear          clear the screen
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ssh            log on to a different computer
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scp            copy files to/from a different computer
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tcsh          execute a C shell (tcsh) script
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bash          execute a Bourne-Again Shell (bash) script
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ps -fu        see current processing commands
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logout/exit    logout of a computer
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==Other things to know==
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./            shortcut for 'current directory'
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../            shortcut for 'parent directory'
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~/            shortcut for 'home directory'
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>              print something to a file
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>>            append something to a file
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*              shortcut for 'any strings of characters'
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|              chain commands
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&              run stuff in the background
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\              escape a character
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==Keyboard shortcuts==
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<tab>          auto-complete
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<up arrow>    see command history
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<Ctrl+c>      interrupt a process
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<Ctrl+d>      logout
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==Queuing commands for SLURM (Seawulf only)==
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sbatch            submit a job to the queue
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squeue            check on jobs in the queue
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scancel          delete a job from the queue

Latest revision as of 21:28, 22 January 2020

A great Unix tutorial is here http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/


Looking at your environment

pwd            print the current location
ls             list the contents of the current location

Moving around

mkdir          create a new directory
rmdir          remove a diretory
cd             go to a location by specifying the directory

Modifying your environment with files

vim            create a new file or edit an existing file
rm             remove a file/directory
cp             copy a file/directory
mv             move a file/directory or change the name of a file/directory

More commands

man            instructions for using commands
cat            print contents of a file
more           view contents of a file
diff           show the difference between two files
grep           search within a file for specific text
chmod          change permission of a file or directory
whoami         shows your username
clear          clear the screen
ssh            log on to a different computer
scp            copy files to/from a different computer
tcsh           execute a C shell (tcsh) script
bash           execute a Bourne-Again Shell (bash) script
ps -fu         see current processing commands
logout/exit    logout of a computer

Other things to know

./             shortcut for 'current directory'
../            shortcut for 'parent directory'
~/             shortcut for 'home directory'
>              print something to a file
>>             append something to a file
*              shortcut for 'any strings of characters'
|              chain commands
&              run stuff in the background
\              escape a character

Keyboard shortcuts

<tab>          auto-complete
<up arrow>     see command history
<Ctrl+c>       interrupt a process
<Ctrl+d>       logout

Queuing commands for SLURM (Seawulf only)

sbatch            submit a job to the queue
squeue            check on jobs in the queue
scancel           delete a job from the queue