| Command | Description |
| pine | Opens the mail program Pine |
| ftp hostname | FTP's to the specified hostname |
| chmod ### filename | Changes a file's mode |
| chown | username file changes ownership |
| pico filename | Opens/Creates a specified file |
| perl scriptname.pl | Runs perl on the specified script |
| mv file target_directory | Moves a file to a specified directory |
| cd directory_name | Changes current directory |
| pwd | Prints working directory |
| mkdir directory_name | Creates specified directory |
| rmdir directory_name | Removes specified directory |
| rm filename | Removes specified file |
| tar cvf name.tar * | Creates a tar archive of all the files in the directory |
| tar xvf name.tar | Expands a tar archive with directories and permissions |
| gzip name.tar | Zips a tar archive |
| gunzip name.tar.gz | Unzips a zipped tar archive |