Command Line Commands

Question 0

pwd

Answer 0

Print working directory

Question 1

hostname

Answer 1

my computer’s network name

Question 2

mkdir

Answer 2

make directory

Question 3

cd

Answer 3

change directory

Question 4

ls

Answer 4

list directory

Question 5

rmdir

Answer 5

remove directory

Question 6

pushd

Answer 6

push directory

Question 7

popd

Answer 7

pop directory

Question 8

cp

Answer 8

copy a file or directory

Question 9

robocopy

Answer 9

robust copy

Question 10

mv

Answer 10

move a file or directory

Question 11

more

Answer 11

page through a file

Question 12

type

Answer 12

print the whole file

Question 13

for files

Answer 13

run a command on lots of files

Question 14

dir -r

Answer 14

find files

Question 15

select -string

Answer 15

finds things inside files

Question 16

help

Answer 16

read a manual page

Question 17

helpctr

Answer 17

find what man page is appropriate

Question 18

echo

Answer 18

print some arguments

Question 19

set

Answer 19

export/set a new environment variable

Question 20

exit

Answer 20

exit the shell

Question 21

runas

Answer 21

DANGER! become superuser root DANGER!

Question 22

attrib

Answer 22

change permission modifiers

Question 23

iCACLS

Answer 23

change ownership

Question 24

(pipe)

Answer 24

takes output from command on the left, and runs command on the right on it

Question 25

>

Answer 25

Takes command of the file on the left, and writes it to the file on the right.

Question 26

>>

Answer 26

Takes ouput from command on the left, and appends it to the file on the right.

Question 27

*

Answer 27

matches anything in a wildcard like *.txt

Question 28

dir -r -filter

Answer 28

finds all files that fill filter parameters, for instance “*.mp4” finds all mp4 files