Last updated and validated August 9th 1998
To ... VMS UNIX
display list of files DIRECTORY ls
DIRECTORY/FULL ls -l
locate a file DIRECTORY [*...]W.PS find
display contents of file TYPE cat
display file with pauses TYPE/PAGE more, less
display first few lines of file head
display last few lines of file tail
copy file COPY cp
copy file from a remote node COPY NODE:: rcp
find string in file SEARCH grep
fgrep
compare files DIFF diff
sdiff
cmp
rename file RENAME mv
delete file or directory DELETE rm
rmdir
change file protection SET FILE/PROT chmod
create directory CREATE/DIR mkdir
change working directory SET DEFAULT cd
display working directory SHOW DEFAULT pwd
get help HELP man
apropos
display date and time SHOW TIME date
display free disk space SHOW DEV df
display disk quota and use SHOW QUOTA quota -v
stop process STOP kill
print file PRINT flpr
display print queue SHOW QUEUE flpq
display print entries SHOW ENTRY flpq
change password SET PASSWORD yppasswd
display logged-in users SHOW USERS who
finger
w
display processes SHOW PROCESS ps
change terminal settings SET TERMINAL stty
talk to another user PHONE talk
disable messages SET NOBROADCAST mesg n
The Copyright for the UNIXhelp deliverables rests with the Computing Services of the University of Edinburgh.
Thanks to Dave Atkin at the University of York for permission to adapt his VMS/Unix translation.
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Last updated and validated August 9th 1998