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G.U. Linux Users’ reference card
(staff version)

Note that Linux is cASe-sEnSITive
- all commands should be written in lower-case.
Use the 'TAB' key for command completion.
Staff central Linux server addresses:
IP adddress: gul3.bim.gantep.edu.tr
email address: username@gantep.edu.tr
web address:
http://www1.gantep.edu.tr/~username
For information about your Linux system
visit the following web-sites:
http://www1.gantep.edu.tr/ and
http://mail1.gantep.edu.tr/ and
and send email to the system manager:
system@gantep.edu.tr
Commands and utilities (by example):
Quitting your login session: exit
Programming
Creating/editing files: edit myprog.f
Compiling a F77 program: fortran myprog.f
Running a program: run myprog
Breaking out of a running program: Ctrl-C
Internet
Sending and receiving email: mail
Web browser (text only): lynx and links
Creating a basic web page: makeweb
Information about other users
finger, w, what, when, top, ps aux
File-space
showquota displays your diskspace usage
Listing files:
ls (short listing), ll (long listing)
ll *.f (long list all files with extension .f)
Moving (renaming) files:
mv myprog.f myprog2.f
Copying files: cp myprog.f myprog2.f
Removing (deleting) files: rm myprog.f
Creating directories: mkdir documents
Removing directories: rmdir documents
Moving between directories:
cd documents takes you ‘down’ to documents
cd .. takes you ‘up’
cd takes you to your ‘top’ directory
pwd displays your present working directory
If your username is yilmaz then your top
directory is /home/yilmaz which is the
same as ~/
A sub-directory e.g. documents can be
addressed /home/yilmaz/documents
or ~/documents
mv ~/mydoc.txt ~/documents/ moves the
file mydoc.txt to the sub-directory called
documents; if you are in the top directory then
you could type mv mydoc.txt documents/
G.U. Linux Users’ reference card
(staff version)

Note that Linux is cASe-sEnSITive
- all commands should be written in lower-case.
Use the 'TAB' key for command completion.
Staff central Linux server addresses:
IP adddress: gul3.bim.gantep.edu.tr
email address: username@gantep.edu.tr
web address:
http://www1.gantep.edu.tr/~username
For information about your Linux system
visit the following web-sites:
http://www1.gantep.edu.tr/ and
http://mail1.gantep.edu.tr/
and send email to the system manager:
system@gantep.edu.tr
Commands and utilities (by example):
Quitting your login session: exit
Programming
Creating/editing files: edit myprog.f
Compiling a F77 program: fortran myprog.f
Running a program: run myprog
Breaking out of a running program: Ctrl-C
Internet
Sending and receiving email: mail
Web browser (text only): lynx and links
Creating a basic web page: makeweb
Information about other users
finger, w, what, when, top, ps aux
File-space
showquota displays your diskspace usage
Listing files:
ls (short listing), ll (long listing)
ll *.f (long list all files with extension .f)
Moving (renaming) files:
mv myprog.f myprog2.f
Copying files: cp myprog.f myprog2.f
Removing (deleting) files: rm myprog.f
Creating directories: mkdir documents
Removing directories: rmdir documents
Moving between directories:
cd documents takes you ‘down’ to documents
cd .. takes you ‘up’
cd takes you to your ‘top’ directory
pwd displays your present working directory
If your username is yilmaz then your top
directory is /home/yilmaz which is the
same as ~/
A sub-directory e.g. documents can be
addressed /home/yilmaz/documents
or ~/documents
mv ~/mydoc.txt ~/documents/ moves the
file mydoc.txt to the sub-directory called
documents; if you are in the top directory then
you could type mv mydoc.txt documents/