Basic UNIX Commands

During a Telnet/SSH session, use any of the following commands to work with your Developer Server.

Command	Example	Definition
cd	cd	Change to your home directory
	cd ~/www	Change to the /usr/home/login_name/www
	cd ..	Move up a directory
chmod	chmod 755 test	Change the permissions of the file test to be rwxr-xr-x
cp	cp test test.new	Copy the file test to test.new
grep	grep test *.html	Search for the word test in the html files
kill	kill 2267	Kills a process (the ps or top command will show you the process id)
ls	ls -al	List files
	ll	Alias setup to do a ls -al
mkdir	mkdir test	Make a directory called test
more	ll | more	Used to display the directory listing one screen at a time
	more README	Display the README file one screen at a time
mv	mv test test.new	Move the file test to test.new
ps	ps -ax | grep aftpd	Lists all of the aftpd processes
	ps -ax | more	Lists all of the 's processes
quota	quota	Shows the 's quota usage
rm	rm test.new	Remove the file test.new
	rm -rf billdir	Remove the directory billdir. Use this command with caution as there is no "undo" command in UNIX.
sinfo	sinfo	Shows the 's hostname, ip, login, and host server.
uptime	uptime	Shows how long the server has been up and current load information.
tail	tail -f message	Watch information being added to a file. Watch the logs as they are being added to. Executed from the directory where message exists (~/usr/log/ or ~/var/log/).
tar	tar -cvf abc.tar abcdir	Create a tar (tape archive) file called abc.tar and include the abcdir directory
	tar -xvf abc.tar	Extract all of the abc.tar files into your current directory
top	top	Show the top processes and load average on your
traceroute	/usr/sbin/traceroute domainname	Trace the route to a domain or IP number. Useful for troubleshooting slow connections.
vdiskuse	vdiskuse | more	Shows the disk usage by directory
vadduser	vadduser	Add a virtual user to e-mail and ftp
vrmuser	vrmuser	Removes the virtual user
vlistuser	vlistuser	List the users on your server
vnukelog	vnukelog	Interactive mode
	vnukelog -r	Remove the log files - ~/usr/log/messages, ~/www/logs/*_log
	vnukelog -h	Help screen for vnukelog
vpasswd	vpasswd username	change or set passwords
virtual	virtual sendmail -bp	Used for running programs in the virtual environment.
	virtual ./test.cgi	Test the test.cgi from the command line

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