This document contains a list of common VMS commands and functions, and their equivalent form in Unix. DEC designed VMS for it's own machines, while Unix has been a 'public' operating system from the start. The commands have accumulated over time, and may not have a consistent syntax. The SCEC handout 'Using Unix' has more detailed descriptions and examples of the commands covered in this handout. Throughout this document, Monaco font is used to illustrate interactions with the computer.
Commands typed in are bold face , the computer's responses are plain text .
Comments on interaction with the computer are in italic . Logging On When logging on remotely to either the Vax of the SGI you will normally be using either telnet or rlogin. The login process on the SGI looks very much the same as the Vax. All user names are in lower case letters. Check that your keyboard does not have caps lock set.