MISCELLANEOUS OTHER UNIX COMMANDS

  • jobs - see what processes you have running from this login.
  • history - see what commands you have recently tried to execute. Then you can do !no to re-execute the command numbered no.
  • date - display the current date and time.
  • cal - display the calendar for the current month.
  • cal month-no 4-digit-year-no - display the calendar for the month and year given.
  • who - see who is logged on to your machine.
  • finger loginname - find out if is logged on and active.
  • ru - find out who is logged on anywhere on the system.