download putty
  username@rabbit.eng.miami.edu
  keyboard
    backspace = ctrl-H
    vt-100+
  session: save the settings for the future

Enter your password

username abc123 if your UM email is abc123@miami.edu
password C-number with a capital C

command to change password
  passwd
  it asks for current password again, nothing appears when you type it
  it asks for your new password
  it asks for your new password again

to log out
  exit

to create a directory
  mkdir name

to change directory
  cd name

where am I?
  pwd

to see contents of dir
  ls
  ls -l    for more details

to create or modify a file
  pico name-of-file
  or "vi", or "emacs"

in pico
  ^x to quit
  ^w^v go to end of file
  ^w^y go to start of file
  ^w^t go to particular line number
  ^e go to end of line
  ^a go to beginning of line
  ^k delete whole line (should be at beginning)
  ^u = paste

(if you know the name of a command: man command
    space for next page
    q to quit)

to compile
  CC name.cpp

to run it 
  a.out

at command prompt arrow keys go back through old commands

ctrl-C stops a running program
do not type ctrl-Z

rm name   deletes a file
mv oldname newname    changes name or moves
cp oldname newname    make a copy

cat filename     dump whole file to screen ready for scrolling and copying to word
more - same but screen-by-screen
tail - just the last few lines