Fergie's Unix Reference

When you type in ls -la , you might get something like this: ~/stuff fergie$ ls -l total 6584 -rw-r--r-- 1 fergie fergie 1252146 Jan 28...

Use ls to display the contents of a directory: ~ fergie$ ls Desktop Movies Pictures Documents ...

Use the cd (change directory) command to navigate through directories.

The shell is the window where you type in commands. The unix shell is conceptually synonymous with the Windows 'command-line' althou...

Unix is more widespread than you might think. Unix is a catch-all term that can describe a family of operating systems including Linux , B...