command line

Question 1

What is a CLI?

Answer 1

command-line interfaces usually refers to a specific program and uses text to navigate commands

Question 2

What is a GUI?

Answer 2

graphical user interface navigates commands using graphics

Question 3

Give at least one use case for each of the commands listed in this exercise.
-man
-cat
-ls
-pwd
-echo
-touch
-mkdir
-mv
-rm
-cp

Answer 3

• man = manual to learn more on a command
• cat = prints files in the terminal
• ls = list to see the files in the directory or check if the files were created ( dash l gives more info )
• pwd = prints parent directory to see the full path
• echo = to print out a prompt
• touch = to see if its been modified and last accessed
• mkdir = creates a directory
• mv = move or rename files
• rm = remove files
• cp = copy files to a new spot with a new name