Question 1

change the current/working directory

Accepted Answer

cd

Answer

setwd

Answer

pwd

Answer

dir

Question 2

print name of current/working directory

Accepted Answer

pwd

Answer

ls

Answer

dir

Answer

getwd

Question 3

list directory contents

Accepted Answer

ls

Answer

dir

Answer

list

Answer

cont

Question 4

define or display aliases

Accepted Answer

alias

Answer

sudo

Answer

touch

Answer

type

Question 5

display a line of text

Accepted Answer

echo

Answer

cat

Answer

ln

Answer

out

Question 6

copy files and directories

Accepted Answer

cp

Answer

cpdir

Answer

copy

Answer

alias

Question 7

move (rename) files

Accepted Answer

mv

Answer

move

Answer

rename

Answer

cd

Question 8

make new blank file / change file timestamp

Accepted Answer

touch

Answer

time

Answer

chmod

Answer

cat

Question 9

remove files or directories

Accepted Answer

rm

Answer

cut

Answer

del

Answer

remove

Question 10

remove empty directories

Accepted Answer

rmdir

Answer

clear

Answer

null

Answer

del

Question 11

make directories

Accepted Answer

mkdir

Answer

adddir

Answer

touch

Answer

make

Question 12

compress files

Accepted Answer

gzip

Answer

zipper

Answer

compress

Answer

tar

Question 13

archiving utility

Accepted Answer

tar

Answer

arch

Answer

archive

Answer

gzip

Question 14

expand files

Accepted Answer

gunzip

Answer

gzip

Answer

untar

Answer

expand

Question 15

output the first part of files

Accepted Answer

head

Answer

top

Answer

first

Answer

cat

Question 16

output the last part of files

Accepted Answer

tail

Answer

bottom

Answer

last

Answer

end

Question 17

number lines of files

Accepted Answer

nl

Answer

number

Answer

numlin

Answer

lines

Question 18

concatenate files and print on the standard output

Accepted Answer

cat

Answer

concat

Answer

append

Answer

combine

Question 19

translate or delete characters

Accepted Answer

tr

Answer

rm

Answer

del

Answer

cat

Question 20

view file contents with forward and backward pagination

Accepted Answer

less

Answer

page

Answer

more

Answer

cat

Question 21

file content viewer with only forward paging

Accepted Answer

more

Answer

pager

Answer

less

Answer

touch

Question 22

sort lines of text files

Accepted Answer

sort

Answer

lines

Answer

arrange

Answer

order

Question 23

print newline, word, and byte counts for each file

Accepted Answer

wc

Answer

file

Answer

count

Answer

stats

Question 24

extract specific fields from a text file

Accepted Answer

cut

Answer

select

Answer

rm

Answer

field

Question 25

print lines matching a pattern

Accepted Answer

grep

Answer

match

Answer

pattern

Answer

regex

Question 26

APT package handling utility

Accepted Answer

apt-get

Answer

dpkg

Answer

handle

Answer

apt-pkg

Question 27

change user ID or become superuser

Accepted Answer

su

Answer

super

Answer

useradd

Answer

userchange

Question 28

execute a command as another user

Accepted Answer

sudo

Answer

runas

Answer

comm

Answer

exec

Question 29

configure a network interface

Accepted Answer

ifconfig

Answer

netcfg

Answer

ipint

Answer

ipconfig

Question 30

send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts

Accepted Answer

ping

Answer

test

Answer

connect

Answer

echo

Question 31

remote login program with encryption

Accepted Answer

ssh

Answer

login

Answer

telnet

Answer

echo

Question 32

create a new user

Accepted Answer

useradd

Answer

newuser

Answer

adduser

Answer

create

Question 33

change user password

Accepted Answer

passwd

Answer

change-password

Answer

usermod

Answer

userdel

Question 34

delete a user account and related files

Accepted Answer

userdel

Answer

kill

Answer

drop

Answer

rmuser

Question 35

change file owner and group

Accepted Answer

chown

Answer

usermod

Answer

file

Answer

chmod

Question 36

change file mode bits

Accepted Answer

chmod

Answer

file

Answer

chown

Answer

bits

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