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OCR: Some common UNIX commands: Command Description man There is a series of "man" (manuals) that will list the syntax and usage of any command. If I want to know what the "cd" command does, I may do the following: e.g ., 2% man cd . and then hit enter. A manual page for "cd" will be displayed. cd Change directory cd .. this will take you up one directory df this will list the mounted drives and available space hinv this will give a listing of all the installed hardware Is This will list the current directory Is -a this lists all files including dot files Is -I this lists all available directories and files in long format. It will show permissions, owner, size, date and full name Examples of Is -I -rwxrwxrwx 1 pau techpro 2145238 Jan 13 15:24 pammy* -rw-rw-rw 1 acr techdev 231 Jan 13 15:24 tmpucode.var (permissions) (owner) (group) (file size) (date) (time) (file name)