MASTERS OF COMPUTER APPLICATION
(MCA)
Operating System Lab (Unix)
MCAN-292
[Link]- 14271024032 YEAR- 2025
SEMESTER- 2nd SESSION-2024-2026
MAULANA ABDUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Unix Commands
List of Command Comments
date Show Day, Month, Date, Time, Year
man Display the user manual of any command
that we can run on the terminal.
who Displays information about all users
currently on the local system.
ps Display a list of your processes that are
currently running and obtain additional
information about those processes
cat>MCA25 This allows the type of content for
[Link].
cat >>MCA25 This allows you to add content at the end of
[Link].
cat MCA25 This prints the contents of file.
ls Lists files and directories in the current
directory.
mkdir The mkdir command in Unix is used to
create folders.
cd The cd (change directory) command in Unix
is used to navigate between directories.
touch Used to create empty files or update the
timestamp of existing files.
tree To display the directory structure in a tree-
like format. It shows directories and files in
a hierarchical view.
ls -l It provides information such as permissions,
owner, size, and last modified date.
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chmod The chmod command in Unix is used to
change file or directory permissions.
chmod o+w MCA Adds write (w) permission for others (o)
chmod 777 Grants full permissions to everyone
lTo run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.
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supriya@supriya:~$ date
Wed Feb 19 14:33:16 IST 2025
supriya@supriya:~$ man date
supriya@supriya:~$ who
supriya pts/1 2025-02-19 14:28
supriya@supriya:~$ ps
2
PID TTY TIME CMD
369 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
2136 pts/0 00:00:00 ps
supriya@supriya:~$ cat>MCA25
^Z
[1]+ Stopped cat > MCA25
supriya@supriya:~$ cat MCA25
supriya@supriya:~$ cat >>MCA25
supriya matabbar
^Z
[2]+ Stopped cat >> MCA25
supriya@supriya:~$ cat MCA25
supriya matabbar
supriya@supriya:~$ cat >>MCA25
^Z
[3]+ Stopped cat >> MCA25
supriya@supriya:~$ ls
MCA25
3
supriya@supriya:~$ mkdir college
supriya@supriya:~$ cd college
supriya@supriya:~/college$ mkdir CA
supriya@supriya:~/college$ mkdir CSE
supriya@supriya:~/college$ mkdir CIVIL
supriya@supriya:~/college$ ls
CA CIVIL CSE
supriya@supriya:~/college$ cd CA
supriya@supriya:~/college/CA$ mkdir MCA BCA
supriya@supriya:~/college/CA$ ls
BCA MCA
supriya@supriya:~/college/CA$ cd MCA
supriya@supriya:~/college/CA/MCA$ touch 1st 2nd
supriya@supriya:~/college/CA/MCA$ cd ...
-bash: cd: ...: No such file or directory
supriya@supriya:~/college/CA/MCA$ cd ..
supriya@supriya:~/college/CA$ cd ..
supriya@supriya:~/college$ cd ..
supriya@supriya:~$ cd college
supriya@supriya:~/college$ cd BCA
-bash: cd: BCA: No such file or directory
supriya@supriya:~/college$ cd CA
supriya@supriya:~/college/CA$ cd BCA
supriya@supriya:~/college/CA/BCA$ touch 1st 2nd
supriya@supriya:~/college/CA/BCA$ cd ..
supriya@supriya:~/college/CA$ cd ..
supriya@supriya:~/college$ cd CSE
4
supriya@supriya:~/college/CSE$ mkdir CSE_Ai CSE_ML
supriya@supriya:~/college/CSE$ cd CSE_Ai
supriya@supriya:~/college/CSE/CSE_Ai$ touch 1st 2nd
supriya@supriya:~/college/CSE/CSE_Ai$ cd ..
supriya@supriya:~/college/CSE$ cd CSE_ML
supriya@supriya:~/college/CSE/CSE_ML$ touch 1st 2nd
supriya@supriya:~/college/CSE/CSE_ML$ cd ..
supriya@supriya:~/college/CSE$ cd ..
supriya@supriya:~/college$ mkdir CIVIL
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘CIVIL’: File exists
supriya@supriya:~/college$ cd CIVIL
supriya@supriya:~/college/CIVIL$ mkdir MTECH
supriya@supriya:~/college/CIVIL$ mkdir BTECH
supriya@supriya:~/college/CIVIL$ cd MTECH
supriya@supriya:~/college/CIVIL/MTECH$ touch 1st 2nd
supriya@supriya:~/college/CIVIL/MTECH$ cd ..
supriya@supriya:~/college/CIVIL$ cd BTECH
supriya@supriya:~/college/CIVIL/BTECH$ touch 1st 2nd
supriya@supriya:~/college/CIVIL/BTECH$ cd ..
supriya@supriya:~/college/CIVIL$ cd ..
supriya@supriya:~/college$ cd ..
supriya@supriya:~$ tree college
5
college
├── CA
│ ├── BCA
│ │ ├── 1st
│ │ └── 2nd
│ └── MCA
│ ├── 1st
│ └── 2nd
├── CIVIL
│ ├── BTECH
│ │ ├── 1st
│ │ └── 2nd
│ └── MTECH
│ ├── 1st
│ └── 2nd
└── CSE
├── CSE_Ai
│ ├── 1st
│ └── 2nd
└── CSE_ML
├── 1st
└── 2nd
10 directories, 12 files