Question 1

What does "ls" do?

Accepted Answer

Lists the files in the current directory

Answer

Lists all files on the hard drive

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Changes the password

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Lists the users

Question 2

Which command will list ALL files, including hidden files?

Accepted Answer

ls -a

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ls -l

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ls -F

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ls -A

Question 3

How do you make a new directory?

Accepted Answer

mkdir

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make dir

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md

Answer

makedir

Question 4

how do you change directories?

Accepted Answer

cd [directoryname]

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mkdir [directoryname]

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chdir [directoryname]

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change [directoryname]

Question 5

Which command tells you the full pathname of the folder you are currently in?

Accepted Answer

pwd

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dir

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pathname

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path

Question 6

What is the shortcut for the folder you are currently in?

Accepted Answer

.

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.....

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...

Answer

..

Question 7

What is the shortcut for the folder above the current one?

Accepted Answer

..

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..........

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.

Answer

...

Question 8

How do you copy a file?

Accepted Answer

cp [file1] [file2]

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copy [file1] [file2]

Answer

you can't do that

Answer

cd [file1] [file2]

Question 9

How do you move a file?

Accepted Answer

mv [file1] [file2]

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cd [file1] [file2]

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you can't do that

Answer

move [file1] [file2]

Question 10

How do you remove a file?

Accepted Answer

rm [filename]

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remove [filename]

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RM [filename]

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del [filename]

Question 11

How do you delete a directory?

Accepted Answer

rmdir [dirname]

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rm [dirname]

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deldir [dirname]

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delete [dirname]

Question 12

How do you show the contents of an entire file?

Accepted Answer

cat [filename]

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look [filename]

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type [filename]

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show [filename]

Question 13

How do you scroll through a file one page at a time?

Accepted Answer

less [filename]

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show [filename]

Answer

cat [filename]

Answer

rm [filename]

Question 14

What's the command to find text within a file?

Accepted Answer

grep [searchtext] [filename]

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find [searchtext] [filename]

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less [searchtext] [filename]

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more [searchtext] [filename]

Question 15

How could you sort a file NUMERICALLY into another file?

Accepted Answer

sort -n [file1] > [file2]

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sort numeric [file1] > [file2]

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sort [file1] > [file2]

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sort -n [file1] [file2]

Question 16

How can you list all files that start with the letter 'a'?

Accepted Answer

ls a*

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ls a~

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ls a?

Answer

ls a....

Question 17

How could you look up all the options for the ls command?

Accepted Answer

man ls

Answer

ls ls

Answer

whatis ls

Answer

google ls

Question 18

If you wanted to get ALL the information about ALL the files in your folder, you could type

Accepted Answer

ls -al

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dir -al

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ls -ALL

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list -al

Question 19

If you wanted to make a text file readable by everyone in the world, you could:

Accepted Answer

chmod a+r [filename]

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chmod u+r [filename]

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chmod a-r [filename]

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chmod o+r [filename]

Question 20

How can I make sure that only myself and my group can WRITE a file?

Accepted Answer

chmod o-w [filename]

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You can't do that

Answer

chmod o+w [filename]

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chmod a-w [filename]

Question 21

How can I find out how much disk space is left on my drive?

Accepted Answer

df

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fd

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space

Answer

ls

Question 22

What's the easiest way to compress files?

Accepted Answer

gzip

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squish

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squash

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compress

Question 23

How can I see the past few commands that I have run?

Accepted Answer

history

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last

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command

Answer

ls

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