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Chapter 15 - Working with the Command-Line Interface Flashcards

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CLI stands for what?

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Command-Line Interface(CLI). Very old but are kept up to date. a specific CLI is called a shell. Most OSes provide multiple shell options. All shells have a prompt to type in commands.

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Linux Command is called what?

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a Bash Shell. Have to use the “sudo” command to run command as an admin.

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“dir’ command

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shows dates and times of files and shows the folder that they are in.

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What is a switch in the command prompt

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The Switch is the end part added to the command line.

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/? switch

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this switch is very important followed by help and the command line you want to know about.

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“LS” command

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is the “dir(display)” command in Linux.

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“man” command in Linux

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is the /? switch just in Linux

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“cd" command

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The Change Directory(cd). Is a command in all operating systems to move the prompt to different folders/directories.

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“cd ..” command

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takes you into the next folder/directory upstream

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“cd (name of folder)” command

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To go to the next folder downstream.

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“pwd” command in Linux

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Just tells you want directory that your currently in.

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“md” command

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Make Directory(md). Allows you to make a folder in command prompt.

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Windows vs. Linux command

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Windows doesn’t care about Capital letters and uses (). Linux uses (/) and does care about Capital letters.

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“rd” command

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Remove Directory(rd). Allows you to remove/delete empty directories. You can’t delete directories using “rd” in windows. To delete directories, use the “rd /s” command.

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“mkdir” command in Linux

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Is the “md(make directory)” command just in Linux.

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“rmdir” command in Linux

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is the “rd” command just in Linux.

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“del” command

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Delete(del) command prompt to delete files in command prompt.

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*. (file type)

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Use *. followed by a file type named can be used with multiple commands to perform actions on a certain file type.

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.

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Use . can be used with multiple commands to perform actions on a entire folder.

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copy

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  1. Get to the directory with the files you want to copy. 2. Type copy followed by a space. 3. Type name of the file you want to copy followed by a space. 4. Type the path of where you want the file to go. 5. hit enter. copy fred.txt k:
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move

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same steps just moving the file not actually making a copy.

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Standard vs. Admin command prompt

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Commands available with standard privileges vs. admin privileges.

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/FS:filesystem

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Specifies the type of the file system (FAT, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, UDF, ReFS).

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/FS:NTFS

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Formats a hard drive to NTFS

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/Q

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Performs a quick format. Note that this switch overrides /P.

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chkdsk command

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Scanning a hard drive for errors from the command prompt.

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SFC stands for what?

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System File Checker(SFC). Repairs critical Windows files based on the system store

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DSIM stands for what?

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Deployment Image Servicing & Management(DISM). Repairs critical Windows files based on online system stores.

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Diskpart

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Allows you to partition hard drives from the command prompt.

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xcopy

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Is the original Windows tool to copy entire directory trees, including any files in the tree

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Robocopy

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Is an improved version of xcopy, it’s faster and safer.

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“dd” Linux command

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Is the xcopy/robocopy command in Linux

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Shutdown command

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Shuts down your system. Can be paired with the switches /s and /r which are complete shutdown(/s) and shutdown and restart(/r)

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Tasklist/Taskkill

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Tasklist will list all the processes running on your system. Taskkill will let us shut down any of the processes running on your system.

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“cls” command

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clears the command prompt.

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gpupdate/gpresult

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Gpupdate forces policy updates. And Gpresult lists the resultant policy.

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apt-get

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Gives users access to the Debian repository on Linux

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apt-get update

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Updating the program repository on Linux.

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apt-get upgrade

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Upgrades/updates programs/applications on Linux

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apt-get remove

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Removes programs/applications on Linux

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ps

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the command in Linux that gives you control over processes.

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ps aux

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shows all processes running on the system regardless of user on Linux.

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grep

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only works with test files.

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Kill

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kills or ends a process on Linux

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VI text editor

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Very old text editor.

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icacls

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Windows command that enables changing NTFS permissions from the command line

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chmod

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Linux command that enables changing Linux Permissions

48
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chown

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Linux command that enables root users to take control of any Linux folder or file.

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Batch file

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A text file that stores a list of commands. That uses the extension “.bat”.

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Environment Variables

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Are phrases that point to system-wide functions

51
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Windows Powershell

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Can provide more powerful scripts than command prompt.

52
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Extension for Powershell is what?

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.ps1

53
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ISE stands for what?

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Integrated Scripting Environment.

54
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Linux Bash Shell

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Bash shell scripts in Linux can also provide powerful scripting functions.

55
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“.exe” files are what?

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Compiled code.

56
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Visual Basic - “.vbs”

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Been around a long time.

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Variables

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Are values that can change depending on how we define them.

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Integers and Strings

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Integers are numbers in code and Strings are text in code.

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Comment syntax

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Are just notes in code that don’t execute.

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Python code - “.py”

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Very popular coding language, easy to read. And be ran on all OS’s.

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JavaScript code - “.js”

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Another popular coding/programming language, Heavily used for web pages and animation.

62
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Client-side Application

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The code from the server to show you a web page.

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