Command Line Flashcards
What is a CLI?
Command Line Interface
What is a GUI?
Graphical user interface.
allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and audio indicator
What is the man command for?
Let’s you see the manual
what is the cat command for?
Take one of more files, concatenate the contents together, and display the results
What is the ls command for?
used in listing contents inside a directory
what is the pwd command for?
print name of current/working directory
What is the echo command for?
Displays a line of text
What is the touch command for?
Changes the file’s time stamps.
Also can create new files if the file doesn’t exist
What is the mkdir command for?
Makes directories
What is the mv command for?
Renames a file and moves a source to a different directory
What does the rm command do?
removes a file(s)
What does the cp command do?
copy your files or directories
