		UNIX BASICS (Originally from Hamline)
		Modified by Luke Bullock (lucc@powertech.no)
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					Reduced Version for muLinux 

	Whenever you login to a Unix system you are placed in a program 
	called the shell. It is a utility program that enables the user 
	to interact with the UNIX operating system. Commands entered by
	the user are passed by the shell to the operating system which 
	carries them out. The results are then passed back by the shell
	and displayed on the user's display. You can see its prompt at 
	the bottom left of your screen. To get your work done, you enter
	commands at this prompt.

	Login requires usually an username and a password. If you login in
	muLinux the very first time, you can use 'root' as username
	and nothing (RETURN) as password. You can change the password
	for the 'root' user later, using the command 'passwd'.   

	Shell prompt:
      	a character at the start of the command line which indicates 
	that the shell is ready to receive your commands. The character
	is usually a '%' (percent sign) or a $ (dollar sign). It may be 
	different on your system.
	
	As in MS-DOS, Unix commands are typed out at the prompt, and
        followed by the "Enter" or Return) key. Commands can consist
        of a single word, such as ls, or a word followed by one or more
        "option" (or "switch"), such as ls -l (options in Unix are
        normally preceded by a - (minus) character. Here the "-l" option
        specifies that the listing be given in the "long" form.
        Commands may also have one or more parameters, such as
        "cp fileA.txt fileB.txt", which specifies that "fileA.txt" is to
        be copied to "fileB.txt" (note that parameters do not have the
        minus character). It is possible to have a combination of options
        and parameters in the same command, as in "ls -l *.txt", which
        gives the "long" listing of all files that end with ".txt".

Selected Unix Commands by Function:

	The following list of Unix commands are arranged by function.
        A one line description is given for each command. For further
        information on given commands, see the following section
        "Alphabetical List of Unix Commands", or see the online manual
        pages (see "Online Manual Pages" or type "man command" at the
        prompt).

Working with Files:

      ls      	list the files in a directory
      cp      	copy the contents of a file
      chmod   	change file permissions
      mv      	move (or rename) a file
      file    	identify the file type
      cat     	display the contents of a file
      lpr      	print to a system printer
      more,less display the contents of a file a page at a time
      rm      	remove (delete) a file
      wc      	count the lines, words, and characters in a file
      grep    	search a file for text
      sed	stream editor
      tail	output the last part of files
      sort	sort lines
 
Working with Directories:

      pwd       display the current directory name
      mkdir     make a new directory
      cd        change into a new working directory

     Email/Internet Utilities:

      ftp       file transfer program
      telnet    log on to internet computers
      lynx      charachter based (text) internet browser
      talk      talk to another person in real time via keyboard
      irc	Internet Relay Chat
     
Editors:

      vi
      e3

Other Commands:

      mount	mount file system
      df        show free space on disk
      du        show disk usage
      free      show memory status
      ps        show information on running processes
      finger    show who is logged on
      man       online manual pages
      info      get information on your system
      kill	kill process
      fdisk	repartitioning tools
      dmesg	kernel boot log   

Commands history:

	You can obtains the "history" pressing the "up-arrow"
	on your keyboard.

Mulinux specifics:

	systest		probe the system	
	setup		configure the system
	mon		resurce monitor
	info		hardware's info
	help		help and docs
	pion		file browser
		

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						Enjoy muLinux!
