Bash Terminal Command Line

Question 1

What code language uses Bash Terminal in a major way?

Answer 1

Linux

Question 2

What is the benefit of using a terminal verses point and click?

Answer 2

Allows me to do things quickly with just a small command

Question 3

What does the Bash Terminal assume?

Answer 3

That I know what I want and I know what I am doing (it is blank)

Question 4

What is the default shell on most systems?

Answer 4

Bash

Question 5

What does “ls” command show?

Answer 5

A list everything that is in the current directory that I am logged into.

Question 6

What does “ls” stand for?

Answer 6

“list storage”

Question 7

What is the default directory that I am usually logged into?

Answer 7

Home directory

Question 8

What does the “~” (tilde) character tell me?

Answer 8

That I am in the home folder/directory

Question 9

What does the “$” indicate

Answer 9

That I am logged in as a standard user with regular privileges

Question 10

What is “root?”

Answer 10

The base of a file system on a Linux or Unix machine

Question 11

What are contained within the root?

Answer 11

Directories

Question 12

What are “directories?”

Answer 12

Files that contain more files

Question 13

Where are my personal files located in my computer’s root system?

Answer 13

Within the “home” directory

Question 14

What does “pwd” command tell me?

Answer 14

Tells me the “full path” of exactly where I am in my computer’s root file system

Question 15

What is a “full path” location

Answer 15

The exact path from root to folder that I need to take to get to my file

Question 16

Are “directories” also known as “folders?”

Answer 16

Yes, they are interchangeable terms

Question 17

Why are “directories” also known as “folders?”

Answer 17

We were taught, back in the day, that directories were like files in a file cabinet where the hard drive represented the file cabinet, the directories would be the file folders, and the files within the folders would be the documents.

Question 18

What is the name for the “full path” that “pwd” shows me?

Answer 18

Absolute Path

Question 19

What is “Relative Path”

Answer 19

How I get to something from where I am right now assuming that it is located within my current working directory

Question 20

What does “ls Documents/” do?

Answer 20

List everything in the documents folder

Question 21

Is “ls Documents/” command a Relative or Absolute path command?

Answer 21

Relative because I am not providing the exact steps I would take (from root to end path) to get to my end goal

Question 22

How can I ask my computer to show me everything (including hidden) that is in my current directory (folder)?

Answer 22

With command “ls -a”

Question 23

What does command “ls -l” perform?

Answer 23

Shows me a LONG list of everything in my current directory (folder)

Question 24

How can I see a long list AND hidden files in my current directory (folder)?

Answer 24

With command “ls -la”

Question 25

What are the features of the “cd” command

Answer 25

Allows me to from one place to the next

Question 26

What does “cd” stand for?

Answer 26

Change Directory