Bash commands (terminal)

Question 1

pwd

Answer 1

print working directory (shows where you are)

Question 2

LS

Answer 2

list directory (shows the list of directories in the directory you’re in)

Question 3

cd

Answer 3

change directory (choose where you want to go)

Question 4

cd ..

Answer 4

go to parent directory (back)

Question 5

command + k

Answer 5

clear screen

Question 6

w

Answer 6

remove file (it deletes it without sending to trash WATCHOUT!!)

Question 7

rm -r

Answer 7

remove folder (and everything inside! WATCH OUT!)

Question 8

nano

Answer 8

to open nano text editor

Question 9

mkdir

Answer 9

make directory (to create a directory)

Question 10

touch

Answer 10

create file (e.i. touch test.txt)

Question 11

rmdir

Answer 11

remove directory

rmdir , replacing with the name of the directory to remove

Question 12

pushd

Answer 12

push directory

Question 13

popd

Answer 13

pop directory

Question 14

cp

Answer 14

copy a file or directory

Question 15

mv

Answer 15

move a file or directory

Question 16

less

Answer 16

page through a file

Question 17

cat

Answer 17

print the whole file

Question 18

xargs

Answer 18

execute arguments

Question 19

find

Answer 19

find files

Question 20

grep

Answer 20

find things inside files

Question 21

man

Answer 21

read a manual page

Question 22

apropos

Answer 22

find what man page is appropriate

Question 23

env

Answer 23

look at your environment

Question 24

echo

Answer 24

print some arguments

Question 25

export

Answer 25

export/set a new environment variable

Question 26

exit

Answer 26

exit the shell

Question 27

sudo

Answer 27

DANGER! become super user root DANGER!

Question 28

GENERAL TERM (not terminal): CLI

Answer 28

Command line interface