Computer History Notes - Herong's Tutorial Notes - v3.13, by Herong Yang
Bourne Shell Command Line Examples
This section provides some Bourne shell command line examples with explanations.
Below are some Bourne shell command line examples with explanations:
set Displays the values of all shell variables. PS1=\$ Sets the prompt to be the dollar sign $ D=`pwd` Sets the current working directory to variable d. echo $D Displays the value in variable D date Displays the date. cat > myself (Type in some words about yourself) ^D Creates a file and lets you to enter text from the keyboard. ls -l Lists the contents of the current directory in long format. cat myself Displays the contents of "myself" on the screen. sleep 200 ^C A dummy command. It runs for 200 seconds. "Ctrl-C" cancels the execution of any command. sleep 200 ^Z "Ctrl-Z" stops the execution of any command. command & Runs the command in the background
Table of Contents
2002 - .NET Framework Developed by Microsoft
1995 - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor Created by Rasmus Lerdorf
1995 - Java Language Developed by Sun Microsystems
1991 - WWW (World Wide Web) Developed by Tim Berners-Lee
1991 - Gopher Protocol Created by a University of Minnesota Team
1984 - X Window System Developed a MIT Team
1984 - Macintosh Developed by Apple Inc.
1983 - "Sendmail" Mail Transfer Agent Developed by Eric Allman
1979 - The Tcsh (TENEX C Shell) Developed by Ken Greer
1978 - Bash (Bourne-Again Shell) Developed by Brian Fox
1978 - The C Shell Developed by Bill Joy
►1977 - The Bourne Shell Developed by Stephen Bourne
►Bourne Shell Command Line Examples
Bourne Shell Script File Examples
1977 - Apple II Designed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
1976 - vi Text Editor Developed by Bill Joy
1974 - Internet by Vinton Cerf
1972 - C Language Developed by Dennis Ritchie
1971 - FTP Protocol Created by Abhay Bhushan
1970 - UNIX Operating System Developed by AT&T Bell Labs