Basics Flashcards

1
Q

My computer’s network name

A

hostname

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2
Q

Make directory

A

mkdir

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3
Q

Change directory

A

cd

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4
Q

List directory

A

ls

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5
Q

Remove directory

A

rmdir

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6
Q

Push directory

A

pushd

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7
Q

Pop directory

A

popd

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8
Q

Copy a file or directory

A

cp

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9
Q

Move a file or directory

A

mv

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10
Q

Page through a file

A

less

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11
Q

Print the whole file

A

cat

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12
Q

Execute arguments

A

xargs

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13
Q

Find files

A

find

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14
Q

Find things inside files

A

grep

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15
Q

Read a manual page

A

man

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16
Q

Find what man page is appropriate

A

apropos

17
Q

Look at your environment

A

env

18
Q

Print some arguments

A

echo

19
Q

Export/set a new environment variable

A

export

20
Q

Exit the shell

A

exit

21
Q

Danger! Become super user root danger

A

sudo

22
Q

Change permission modifiers

A

chmod

23
Q

Change ownership

A

chown

24
Q

Print working directory

A

pwd