User`s guide
116 Cray T3E User’s Guide
Appendix C
Metacomputer Environment
• help topic (CSC help system)
• 
ls (list directory)
• less (print a file to the screen)
• cp (copy a file)
• rm (delete a file)
• mv (move or rename a file)
• cd (change the current directory)
• pwd (print name of the current directory)
• mkdir (create a directory)
• rmdir (delete a directory)
• exit (quit the session)
• passwd (change password)
Unix commands
• less file  (print a file to the screen)
• ls -la | less (page the output of a command)
 • return (next line)
 • space bar (next screen)
 • b (previous screen)
 • h (list the commands of less)
 • q (quits the less program)
Paging with less
• emacs file  (start the emacs editor)
• Notation Ctrl-c means: “hold down the 
 Control key and press the c key”
• Moving: cursor keys and Ctrl-f (forward), 
 Ctrl-b (back), Ctrl-n (next line), 
 Ctrl-p (previous line) 
• Ctrl-x Ctrl-c (quit and save)
• Ctrl-x Ctrl-s  (save)
• Ctrl-g (interrupt an emacs command)
• Ctrl-h Ctrl-h (Emacs help system)
Emacs editor
lynx, mosaic, netscape (hypertext 
 information system)
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• 
usage program  (quick help for programs)
• man program  (manual pages)
• msgs (system messages)
Help commands
• ftp computer  (file transfer program,
 help lists commands, quit ends the session)
• Example with ftp:
 ftp cypress.csc.fi (open session)
 bin (binary transfer)
 dir (directory listing in Cypress)
 put file1 (put the file to Cypress)
 get file2 (get the file from Cypress)
 quit (end of session)
• scp computer1:file1 computer2:file2
 (copy files between computers).
• rcp computer1:file1 computer2:file2
 (copy files between computers).
File transfer
• saldo (show CPU quota)
• quota -v (disk quota)
• ps (process status)
• top (continuous process status)
• uptime (show the load of the computer)
• who (list logged-in users)
• finger user@computer (gives information
 about a user)
• df -k (disk status in kilobytes)
• du -k (disk space used by a directory)
• qsub, nqeq, nqestatus (submit and get status
 of batch jobs)
System status
• fsput file (put the file to the file server)
• fsget file (get the file from the file server)
• fsls (list the files in the file server) 
• man fsput (manual page for the command)
Fileserver
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ssh computer (open a new secure session)
• telnet computer  (open a new session)
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• rlogin computer  (open a new session)
• Modem lines (1200–28800 bps):
 (09) 455 0399, (09) 455 0322 
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