Basic Putty Commands

Present Working Directory

shows you the working directory you are currently in.

Change Password

Change your current password (note: you must know the current one to change it)

userid@opentech:~$ passwd
Changing password for userid.
(current) UNIX password:
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
userid@opentech:~$

Change Directory

Now, you are at a location and you want to navigate to another. Type “cd /location” and you will reach that location. It stands for “change directory”. “cd .” makes you stay at the same directory you are at. “cd ..” makes you shift one directory back. For example, you are at “/home/task/files” and you type “cd..” and hit enter. This will move you to “home/task”. “cd -” makes you go to the previous location you were at. For example, you were at “/home” but you moved to “/dir”. Typing “cd-” command will take you back to “/home”. “cd ~” will take you to your home directory and “cd /” will take you to root directory.

Make Directory

List Directory

Copy

Move

Remove

Create File

Display Content

Compress ZIP

Uncompress ZIP

String Search

File Find