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

[Mary Ann Horton via TUHS]

I had some extra time today, so I went ahead and scanned the Cherry card 
and the Bolsky card.

The Cherry card is unique in that the pages aren't all the same length. 
Each section has slightly longer pages, with a "tab" heading at the 
bottom of the first page of each section. See the 3rd page of the PDF 
for the full effect.

https://stargatemuseum.org/maps/UNIX_Reference_Card_Second_Edition_by_L.L.Cherry.pdf

https://stargatemuseum.org/maps/UNIX_System_Quick_Guide.pdf

Thanks,

/Mary Ann Horton/ (she/her/ma'am)
       Award Winning Author
maryannhorton.com <https://maryannhorton.com>



On 1/6/26 17:41, Clem Cole via TUHS wrote:
> 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
>>