Member Support ~ Basic Commands
| UNIX Commands |
| This collection of UNIX commands should assist you in doing normal
maintenance to your website. Directory Commands These commands let you manipulate directories. ls - Lists all the files in a directory. Using the switch -al will list all of the permissions on a file and the last date modified. For more information on file permission, go to the File Permissions section. cd - Change directory. For example: cd html will take you to the html directory. cd .. - will take you one directory down. cd $home - will take you to your home directory no matter where you are. mkdir - Create a directory, for example: mkdir directory_name pwd - Print the working directory name to the screen (i.e., tell you where you are). |
| File Commands |
| These commands help you work with files. chmod ### - Changes the permissions of a file, for example: chmod 755 counter.cgi will change the permissions on counter.cgi to be executable. cp - Copy files, for example: cp source_file target_file mv - Move files, for example: mv source target_location rm - Remove or delete files, for example: rm abc.txt - delete abc.txt rm -rf * - remove all files and directories from current path. |
| Network Commands |
| Various commands used for network reasons traceroute - This command displays the route in which the network sends packets. It can be helpful in determining which points on the internet represents a slow down. For example: traceroute www.unisite.net This will display the number of hops between you and the host www.unisite.net you choose. nslookup - Nslookup gives you the ip of a domain, for example: nslookup www.unisite.net ping - Ping sends out a packet to a server and gets a response. This can be used to measure response times of a server or website. Using the switch -s returns a ping time, it doesn't just tell you the machine is up. whois - Whois contacts the Internic database with a domain name and returns any matching criteria. This is how you can check for open domain names. For example: whois yourdomain.com |
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