Browse our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Details of the IT Services Unix system and facilities available on it
- How can I avoid retyping long commands in the Unix system?
- How can I get a list of all the processes that I have running on the Unix server?
- How do I check how much space my files are taking up on UNIX?
- How do I copy a file from a colleague's directory on the Unix system?
- How do I delete files like: *.;1 on the ITS Unix system?
- How do recall a previously-used command on the IT Services Unix system?
- How do I make a shell file executable?
- How can I create shorthand versions of long or complex commands on the Unix system?
- On the Unix system, how do I protect individual files against deletion?
- How do I send my program output to a file on a UNIX system?
- How do I stop a process or command that's running in the background?
- How do I make a 'tar' archive of a series of files?
- How do I use gzip?
- How do turn a ZIP file on the Unix system into an ordinary file?
- In Unix, how do I refer to files with names containing a space?
- What does the message "You have running jobs" mean?
- What editor should I use on the central Unix system?
- What is an environment variable?
- Why am I having a problem with mget in the ftp command?
- Why can't I list any of my UNIX files with names beginning with a dot?
- Why can't I open one of my files or directories?
- Why might I be having a problem with a text file on the Unix system?
- How can I connect to a secure shell session if I get a notification that its identification has changed?
Updated on 12 March 2018