最常见的缩写,取每个单词的首字母,如:
- cd Change Directory
dd Disk Dump
df Disk Free
du Disk Usage
pwd Print Working Directory
ps Processes Status
PS Prompt Strings
su Substitute User
rc Run Command
Tcl Tool Command Language
cups Common Unix Printing System
apt Advanced Packaging Tool
bg BackGround
ping Packet InterNet Grouper
如果首字母后为“h”,通常保留
- chsh CHange SHell
chmod CHange MODe
chown CHange OWNer
chgrp CHange GRouP
bash Bourne Again SHell
zsh Z SHell
ksh Korn SHell
ssh Secure SHell
递归缩写
- GNU GNU’s Not Unix
PHP PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
RPM RPM Package Manager
WINE WINE Is Not an Emulator
PNG PNG’s Not GIF
nano Nano’s ANOther editor
如果只有一个单词,通常取每个音节的首字母:
- cp CoPy
ln LiNk
ls LiSt
mv MoVe
rm ReMove
对于目录,通常使用前几个字母作为缩写:
- bin BINaries
dev DEVices
etc ETCetera
lib LIBrary
var VARiable
proc PROCesses
sbin Superuser BINaries
tmp TeMPorary
usr Unix Shared Resources
有些缩写中,第一个字母“g”,代表“GNU”
- awk Aho Weiberger and Kernighan
gawk GNU AWK
gpg GNU Privacy Guard
grep GNU Regular Expression Print
egrep Extended GREP