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UNIX Command Reference

The command prompt in UNIX is called the shell. Here is a list of common UNIX commands which will work across many different versions of UNIX with discrepancies in Example/Notes.

CommandDescriptionExample/Notes
asASsembleras input.s
ccC Compilercc input.c
cdChange Directorycd tmp - on Version 6 this command is chdir
dfDisk Freedf - May take time to complete on some systems
echoEchoecho ${HOME} - Prints the value assigned to the variable HOME
envENVironment settingsenv - Prints the shell environment settings (see set as well))
lsLiSt directoryls -l - provides a long LiSting
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