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Linux Commands

This document provides summaries of useful Linux and IRAF commands for file management, directory navigation, text editing, data visualization, image processing, and starting interactive programs. Commands like ls, pwd, and cd help navigate directories, while mv, cp, rm, and tar manage files. Commands like more, man, and gnuplot help view files, get command help, and plot data. IRAF commands like cl, imheader, contour, and imcombine allow starting and interacting with IRAF, viewing image headers, making contour maps, and combining images.

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Linux Commands

This document provides summaries of useful Linux and IRAF commands for file management, directory navigation, text editing, data visualization, image processing, and starting interactive programs. Commands like ls, pwd, and cd help navigate directories, while mv, cp, rm, and tar manage files. Commands like more, man, and gnuplot help view files, get command help, and plot data. IRAF commands like cl, imheader, contour, and imcombine allow starting and interacting with IRAF, viewing image headers, making contour maps, and combining images.

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Useful Linux commands

ls: list directory contents


pwd: list path to current directory
mkdir: create new directory
rmdir: delete directory
cd: change location to named directory
man: syntax help on named command
mv: move named file to new location
cp: copy named file
rm: remove named file
ftp: file transfer protocol
df: list capacity of available disk units
du: list file sizes in current directory
more: show file contents
wc: display basic file information
nedit: text editor
gnuplot: data plotting routine
gv: postscript file viewer
lpr: postscript printing command
tar: multiple file archive
gzip/gunzip: compress/uncompress files
xgterm: startup xgterm window
ds9: image display tool
mkiraf: prepare IRAF directory structure
cl: startup IRAF
Useful IRAF commands
mkiraf: prepare IRAF directory structure
cl: startup IRAF
help: display IRAF task information
lpar/epar: list/edit task parameters
imheader: image header visualisation
hselect: display selected header keywords
contour: contour map of an image
surface: surface map of an image
imexamine: image examination tool
imcombine: combine images (average, median, sum)
imarith: perform image arithmetics
imstatistics: image statistics
imhistogram: histogram of image pixel values

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