Unix
Basic Commands
rm <filename> - remove a file
rm -r <dirname> - remove a directory and everything below it.
cp <file1> <file2> - copy file1 to file2
mv <file1> <file2> - rename file1 to file2
cd <dirname> - change directory
ls - List files in current directory
pwd - prints your current working directory
vi <filename> - The generic UNIX text editor
df - Lists all the filesystems in our domain

Where to find out more The UNIX command "man" will tell you most of what you need to know about a specific command. For example, "man vi" will tell you the options/commands for vi. "man -k" will tell you all the commands associated with the subject.

On the SGIs, There is a program called "insight" which is a documentation viewer for information that is distributed from Silicon Graphics.