VMS to UNIX Translation


To ...                              VMS                     UNIX


display list of files DIRECTORY ls DIRECTORY/FULL ls -l display contents of file TYPE cat display file with pauses TYPE/PAGE more, less display first few lines of file head display last few lines of file tail copy file COPY cp find string in file SEARCH grep fgrep compare files DIFF diff cmp rename file RENAME mv delete file or directory DELETE rm rmdir change file protection SET FILE/PROT chmod change file ownership SET FILE/OWNER chown chgrp create directory CREATE/DIR mkdir change working directory SET DEFAULT cd display working directory SHOW DEFAULT pwd get help HELP man apropos display date and time SHOW TIME date display free disk space SHOW DEV df stop process STOP kill print file PRINT * lpr # flpr display print queue SHOW QUEUE * lpq display print entries SHOW ENTRY * lpq # flpq change password SET PASSWORD * passwd # fpasswd display logged-in users SHOW USERS who finger w display processes SHOW PROCESS ps change terminal settings SET TERMINAL stty talk to another user PHONE talk disable messages SET NOBROADCAST mesg n logout LOGOUT logout

* indicates your system may be configured to use an alternate Fermilab command to perform this action.

# indicates a local Fermilab command.


Last Modified May 1997 by Dong Zhao