[TUHS] UNIX Reference Card (Was: Vi Quick Reference card for 4.4 BSD)

[Clem Cole via TUHS]

Agreed I’ll try to push doing some scans up onto the TUHS archived a big
farther up my ToDo list.

Sent from a handheld expect more typos than usual


On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 7:36 PM Jonathan Gray via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:

> Thanks, I hadn't considered blank pages.  Of the missing pages in the scan
> (4, 6, 18) only page 6 (chgrp to du) is listed in the contents.
>
> The reference card is not often discussed, but as far as I can tell there
> was
> only one edition in 1979.  So it seems likely you have the same one as
> Clem.
>
> On Sun, Jan 04, 2026 at 12:07:07PM -0800, Mary Ann Horton via TUHS wrote:
> > I also have a copy of Cherry's booklet (spiral bound, 1979) in my
> > collection.
> >
> > Comparing it with the incompete chilton scan, it's only missing pages 4
> and
> > 22. The other missing pages are blank.
> >
> > I gather this is the same one Clem has? If not, let me know and I'll scan
> > it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > /Mary Ann Horton/ (she/her/ma'am)
> >       Award Winning Author
> > maryannhorton.com <https://maryannhorton.com>
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/3/26 20:41, Jonathan Gray via TUHS wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jun 04, 2024 at 10:32:25AM -0400, Clem Cole wrote:
> > > > Also, while looking for the vi cards, I turned up two wonderful
> artifacts
> > > > that I'll try to get scanned and added to TUHS at some point. When
> you
> > > > purchased V7 from AT&T, you got one copy of the printed docs and a
> small
> > > > "purple/red" 9"x3.5" flip-binding reference card that Lorinda Cherry
> > > > compiled. Also, when DEC released V7M-11, they printed a small
> flip-binding
> > > > 8"x4" reference called the "programmers guide" [AA-X7978-1C]—which is
> > > > similar but different.
> > > Was the first edition also distributed to V6 licensees?
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > UNIX Reference Card - First Edition
> > > L. L. Cherry
> > > September, 1975
> > > A handy guide to UNIX commands and syntax.
> > >
> > > mentioned in:
> > > tuhs Distributions/Research/Dan_Cross_v10/v10src.tar.bz2
> > > v10/doc/bibliog.a unpm-docs
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > UNIX Reference Card
> > > distributed by
> > > Computing Information Service
> > > BELL LABORATORIES
> > > Murray Hill, N. J. 07974
> > > compiled by Lorinda Cherry
> > > Second Edition, March 1979
> > >
> > > incomplete scan, some pages missing:
> > > http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/inf/pdfs/idus/idus00.pdf
> > > viahttp://
> www.chilton-computing.org.uk/inf/literature/notes/unix_notes_1_19.htm
> > >
> > > CHM has a copy, not currently scanned
> > > https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102632799/
> > >
> > > spiral bound
> > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/n1kdo/53136436051
> > > comb bound
> > >
> https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/bell-laboratories-unix-memorabilia-3759802979
>