There will also be a sign by the CL119 door indicating the location and times of the Programming Help Sessions put on by the Computer Science Department. Enter your Hercules username and password when prompted to do so. Your username and password are on the account sheet you got from your lab instructor. Unix Commands General Format Unix commands are cryptic, often only two or three characters in length. However, they are representative of the function they perform.
Options are generally single characters that represent specific options.
There will be several related Unix manual entries cited. Look for the one most relevant to what you want to do. This document will present other Unix commands in the context of tasks that you will need to perform for your CS170 class. It is assumed that you have no prior experience with Unix and are using your Hercules account for the first time. Like Unix, vi is cryptic, designed to minimize typing.