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Unix commands: a very brief summary

Command	Action
`ls`	view directory contents (`ls -l` for a long view)
`rm`	remove files (`rm -r` to remove entire directory trees)
`rmdir`	remove an empty directory
`cp`	copy a file (`cp -a` to copy directory trees)
`mv`	move a file or directory
`cat`	output a file to screen
`less`	view a file page-by-page, with scrollback

Command help texts can be accessed with the --help switch. Directories are separated by /, not \. The root of the filesystem is /. Drive letter C: is expressed as /c/.

Environment variables in Unix

Environmental variables may be viewed with the env command. Individual variables may be viewed like this:

$ echo $PATH

and set like this:

$ PATH=$PATH:/home/<username>/bin

Sometimes variables must be exported to be visible to called programs:

$ export PATH