UNIX Help

UNIX Help

Manuals and books are available for borrowing from Room 203A. Faculty, staff and graduate students are required to sign out the material. Short-term loans are available to undergraduate students after a "deposit" of a student card, driver's license or credit card.

Frequently Asked Questions are answered on our website.

For those new to UNIX, here's a short introductory tutorial.

For an introduction to UNIX commands, type: man intro

For information on a specific command, type: man

If you want to find out if a particular command is available, type: which, and the path to that command will be displayed if it exists.

Computer lab TAs are on duty each day during term time. Schedules are posted on the web.


Source URL: https://phas.ubc.ca/unix-help