Changing reverse video to normal in unix workstation
tput sgr0
Bringing up scroll bars in xterm
/usr/openwin/bin/xterm -d @d -sb
Tar
tar -cvf <file_name> *  - To create
tar -xvf <file_name>     - To extract
Find the size of the file using awk
ls -al <file name> | awk ' {print $5 } '
Example for mailx and ftp with attachment
Remote login from one server to another using rsh

Need to create a .rhosts file with content "kiowa gajapda" in the target server on your home directory.  kiowa - server name from where you need to login, gajapda - user name to be identified
also save the .rhosts file with permission '600', i.e. chmod 600 .rhosts which will allow you to
remotly login using rsh. syntax is rsh <server> <command>
Cron Jobs - Is an utility to run script automatically, the format for giving entry is given below
min hour daymo month daywk cmd
Examples
9 9,15 * * * ls
7 0-23 * * * ptcstatus

We can edit jubs using crontab -e, list using crontab -l
To find out size each sub-directories occupies --> du -sk
To find out capacity used by the diredtory or disk --> df -k
To find the version in unix uname -a
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