Basic Shell Commands

Question 1

(Windows) dir

Answer 1

List contents of current directory

Question 2

(UNIX) ls

Answer 2

List contents of current directory

Question 3

(Windows) cd

Answer 3

Display current directory

Question 4

(UNIX) pwd

Answer 4

Display current directory

Question 5

(Windows) / (UNIX) cd path

Answer 5

change current directory

Question 6

(Windows)
copy
path1
path2

Answer 6

copy file path1 to name/location path2

Question 7

(UNIX)
cp
path1
path2

Answer 7

copy file path1 to name/location path2

Question 8

(Windows)

move path path

Answer 8

move file path1 to name/location path2

Question 9

(UNIX)

mv path path

Answer 9

move file path1 to name/location path2

Question 10

(Windows)

del path

Answer 10

delete file path

Question 11

(UNIX)

rm path

Answer 11

delete file path

Question 12

(Windows) rm dir path

Answer 12

delete folder/directory path

Question 13

(UNIX) rm dir path

Answer 13

delete folder/directory path

Question 14

(Windows) mkdir path

Answer 14

create folder/directory path

Question 15

(UNIX) mkdir path

Answer 15

create folder/directory path

Question 16

(Windows) type path

Answer 16

print file path to screen

Question 17

(UNIX) cat path

Answer 17

print file path to screen

Question 18

(Windows) Notepad path

Answer 18

Open file path im a text editor

Question 19

(UNIX) gedit path nano path

Answer 19

Open file path im a text editor

Question 20

(Windows) whoami

Answer 20

Tells the username for the account that is executing the command

Question 21

(UNIX) whoami

Answer 21

Tells the username for the account that is executing the command