BASH

Question 1

How do you comment?

Answer 1

Use #

Question 2

How do you delimit statements

Answer 2

With semicolon ;

Question 3

What operator will run commands in the background

Answer 3

The & symbol

Question 4

How do you continue a command with a newline?

Answer 4

Use backslash \

Question 5

What are the 2 options for declaring variables

Answer 5

-r for read only and -x for global

Question 6

How does BASH know where to look for programs

Answer 6

With the $PATH variable containing absolute pathnames, delimited by : .

If this ends with : , then the working directory is considered part of the path.

Question 7

What is something you have to consider regarding truth statements?

Answer 7

0 is true, and anything else is false (bruh)

Question 8

How do you get the number of commands line arguments

Answer 8

With the $# variable

Question 9

How do you get the current options set

Answer 9

$-

Question 10

How do you get the process ID of the current shell (but not subshell)

Answer 10

$$