Command Description
telnet hostname Connect to hostname using telnet program
who List logged in users
whoami Display current user
finger [username] Output user information
talk userid@hostname talk to userid at given hostname
write userid write to userid screen/session
ping hostname check if hostname is alive
man name Unix manual entry for name
pwd Print working directory
gs filename A postscript previewer
xv filename Image previewer
date Print date & time
history Display recent commands
alias [name] Display command aliases
quota -v Display disk quota for User
head f Output beginning of file f
tail f Output end of file f
passwd/yppasswd Change password
alias name1 name2 Create command alias
unalias name1[na2...] Remove command alias na
script filename Save terminal session to given filename
(Useful to store a.out)
logout/exit/quit/bye End terminal session
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