Unix commands

This is a simple list of unix commands, to get details look at the man page for the command. This can be done by typing 'man' followed by the command name. for example: If you want to learn about the ls command just type
man ls
pico starts the pico editor ( weak, but easy to use )
vi starts the vi editor ( look at the vi page I put up )
vim starts the vim editor ( look at the vim page I put up )
g++ the Gnu C++ compiler ( look at the g++ page I put up )
script captures all I/O into a file until 'exit' is typed.
ls lists the files in the current directory
cd change directory
rm remove file(s)
mkdir create a directory
grep looks for a string in a file or program output
man brings up a manual page on a command
cp copy a file or directory
mv move / rename a file or directory