command-line-basics

Question 1

What is a CLI?

Answer 1

command line interface- processes commands to a computer program in the form of lines of text.

Question 2

What is a GUI?

Answer 2

graphical user interface-allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and audio indicator

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- look at the manuals for commands
cat- show contents of a file 
ls- show list of directories and files
pwd- show you current working directory
echo-display line of text as an argument
touch-create/change file timestamp
mkdir- make a new directory
mv- change name of file or directory
rm-delete a file or directory
cp-copy files or directories