System information

Chapter 8: Reference

Exit / close Korn shell window exit

Set Korn shell for vi set -o vi

Edit the command line (in Korn shell set for vi) {ESC} (use vi commands)

Recall previous command line (in Korn shell set for vi) {ESC}k (back) or j (forward)

Execute previous command line (in Korn shell set for vi) {Return} (when line is displayed)

List current process status and PIDs

ps -ef

Redirect input from a file to a command

command < infile

Connect two processes with a “pipe”

command1 | command2

Network operations

Invoke ftp and connect to remote host

ftp <remove_hostname>

Set transfer mode to ASCII

ascii

Set transfer mode to binary

bin

Copy a file using ftp from remote_hostname

get <remote)file>

Copy a file using ftp from the local current directory to current

directory on the remote_hostname.

put <local_file>

Exit ftp

bye

Table 8-9 Korn shell quick reference (continued)

To Do This . . . Enter This . . .