Guide 4: Some UNIX commands

Guide 4: Useful Unix Commands

Just to round off the Unix based guides, here are some other commands you
may find useful (don't include brackets <>): 

finger             'Fingering' someone (yes, I know, ha ha) will 
                             give you information about their mailname,
		       	     whether they've read their mail recently 
                             and some other stuff. Useful alternative to the
                             mailname command if you only know the 
                             person's username and not their surname.

w                            Produces a list of who's logged onto the server 
			     you're using, and what they're doing... 

ytalk  ...         such as using ytalk.  Some servers still retain 
                             this feature, which allows you to 'talk'
			     to someone on the same server (or another if
       	    	             you specify username@server).  Very 
                             popular with the inhabitants of Mary's,
                             apparently...!  (Oh, by the way, this does 
                             chew up system resources, so try to avoid 
                             ytalking during the day).

lynx                         This is a text only World Wide Web browser.  I 
                             won't say any more about it or the WWW here; 
                             see the separate guide.  If you do choose to 
                             use it, you should be able to figure it out 
                             for yourself.

help			     Three guesses...!	

nquota -v          This command lets you see how much space you 
                             have left on your account. 

pico .signature              Fancy having an automatic ending for your mail
                             messages and newsgroup postings?  Just type 
                             it in and then exit the pico text editor, saving
                             the changes.  Note:  Newsgroupers don't appreciate
                             huge signature files; stick to about 5 lines.
               	
There are many other commands, but these should be enough for your basic
needs. 

Written by Andy Thomas, A.G.Thomas@durham.ac.uk