Chapter 1

Question 1

BASH

Answer 1

Bourne-again shell

Question 2

What is the history command?

Answer 2

Shows you all the commands you typed into the terminal.

Question 3

What command will show you the day, month, year and current time.

Answer 3

date

Question 4

How do you copy and paste using the mouse in the terminal?

Answer 4

Double click the file name or word.

Middle click on the cursor to paste.

Question 5

What does the up arrow do?

Answer 5

Recalls the previous commands.

Question 6

What does the down arrow do?

Answer 6

Scrolls down the list of previous commands.

Question 7

How do you cancel a process?

Answer 7

ctrl + c

Question 8

What will the cd - command do?

Answer 8

Brings you back to the previous folder you were in. This doesn’t have to be a parent or subfolder.

Question 9

ctrl + u will?

Answer 9

Delete from the cursor to the start of the line.

Question 10

ctrl + right arrow will?

Answer 10

Move the cursor to the right one word.

Question 11

What is the home folder?

Answer 11

Holds personal directories for regular users.

Question 12

ctrl + E or ^E will?

Answer 12

Move the cursor to the end of the line.

Question 13

What are the short cut keys to copy something from the terminal?

Answer 13

ctrl + shift + c

Question 14

What does the cd command stand for and what does it do on its own?

Answer 14

Stands for change directory.

cd on its own will bring you back to your home directory.

Question 15

What is the command to bring up a calendar?

Answer 15

cal

Question 16

What short cut command brings the cursor left one word?

Answer 16

ctrl + left arrow

Question 17

ls -l will?

Answer 17

Will bring up files and folders in a long list, along with information.

Question 18

What are these options? ls -lhFs
ls -lht
ls -lhr

Answer 18

• F Puts an indicator character on each of the listed items. (a directory would have / )
• s Sorts list by file size.
• t Sorts list be modification time.
• r Sorts list in reverse order.

Question 19

What short cut keys will paste to the terminal?

Answer 19

ctrl + shift + v

Question 20

What are the short cut keys bring up a list of All the commands you have typed in the terminal (even from previous sessions)

Answer 20

ctrl + R

Question 21

What is the short cut key to delete from the cursor to the end of the line?

Answer 21

ctrl + k

Question 22

ls -R will?

Answer 22

-R is the recursive option and will list files / folders and SUBFOLDERS.

Question 23

What is the -h option? Thats used with ls -lh

Answer 23

The -h option must be used with the -l option. ls -lh
Human readable changes the file sizes from bytes to kb, mg, gb tb.

Question 24

ls -F will?

Answer 24

Blah