Useful NetBSD / *NIX Commands For Newbies

chsh
change your shell
nano -Sw .profile
change your own settings (substitute nano with your favourite text editor
passwd
changes current user’s password
echo $SHELL
prints your running shell
mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/cd0a [directory]
mounts most internal optical drives
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0a /mnt
mounts an dos formatted disk
umount [directory]
unmount volume
eject /dev/cd0a
makes a cupholder accessible
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