Some simple unix commands

Note:  . stands for "current directory"
       .. stands for "parent directory"
       *  is the "wildcard" symbol: replace with any string

cd                      change directory
ls                      list files
ls -a                   list all files
ls -l                   list files with detailed information
mv                      move file  (takes two arguments)
rm                      remove file (takes one argument)
cp                      cp file  (takes two arguments)
cat                     list contents of a file
more                    list contents of a file, page by page
less                    list contents of a file, page by page
make                    execute the commands in the file Makefile