Basic UNIX Tools
Navigating Your UNIX Account
To see what is on your account
To list files present on your account: ls
To see more information about the files: ls -l
To see all files, including "system" files: ls -a
File management
To copy a file: cp FILENAME NEWFILENAME
To move a file: mv FILENAME NEWFILENAME
To delete a file: del FILENAME
To make a new directory: mkdir DIRECTORYNAME
To move from one directory to another: cd DIRECTORYNAME
To move back to you "home" directory: cd
Text Editors -- EMACS / JOVE
If you are on a Unix system (and even if you are not) you are likely to have a simple on-line text editor, which will also work within your e-mail program. We are using one called JOVE, a version of emacs.
Basic JOVE Commands
jove FILENAME open a new or existing file
CTRL-x s save a file (chose Y when asked to confirm the action)
CTRL-x CTRL-c close a file
CRTL-k delete a line, from the cursor onwards
CTRL-y restore the last line deleted
CTRL-x CTRL-i allows you to insert an existing file into a document