Managing Files at an SSH Terminal
For the following procedures, make sure you have logged in to an SSH Client and are at the Unix terminal. Instructions on how to log in to an SSH Client can be found at the Help page.
To submit a command line in Unix, press Enter.
Creating and editing files
Pico is an easy-to-use text editor provided with your UTS account.
To edit the contents of a file with Pico, enter the command pico filename.
Note: Help and menu options will be provided in the program.
Creating a directory
To create a directory, enter the command mkdir directoryname.
Deleting a file or directory
To delete a file, enter the command
rm filename.To delete an empty directory, enter the command
rmdir directoryname.To delete a directory containing files, enter the command
rm -R directoryname.
Moving or renaming files
The mv command allows files to be moved from one directory to another or to be renamed.
To move a file to a new directory, enter the command
mv filename directoryname.To rename a file, enter the command
mv oldfilename newfilename.
Last updated February 12, 2013 @ 4:03 pm
