Command Line Basics

Question 1

What is a CLI?

Answer 1

Command line interfaces, commands run in the terminal

Question 2

What is a GUI?

Answer 2

Graphics user interface, the part users will interact with

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 = man + any command (manual)
cat: concatenatation = cat (file)
ls: to list = ls (file)
pwd: writting your directory to something = PWD + directory name
echo: print word to termincal / file = echo + string and/or file name
touch: creating of files = touch + file and or /directory
mkdir : creating a directory = mkdir directory and or directory/child/grandchild
mv: renaming = mv + file name
rm: removing = rm + filename
cp: copying = cp + file name + new file name

Question 4

What are the three virtues of a great programmer?

Answer 4

Laziness Impatience Hubris