Command Prompts Flashcards by Mariana Moctezuma

Q

Pwd

A

Print working directory

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hostname

A

computer’s network name

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mkdir

A

Make directory

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Cd

A

Change directory

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Ls

A

List directory

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Rmdir

A

Remove dir

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Pushd

A

Push dire

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Cp

A

Copy a file or directory

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Mv

A

Move a file

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Less

A

Page through a file

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Cat (mac) or type (windows)

A

Print the whole file

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Xargs

A

Execute arguments

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Find

A

Find files

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Grep

A

Find things inside files

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Man

A

Read a manual page

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Apropos

A

Find what man page is appropriate

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Env

A

Look at your environment

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Echo

A

Print some argument

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Export

A

Export/set a new environment variable

Q

Exit

A

Exit the shell

Q

Sudo

A

Danger! Become super root danger!

Q

Popd (windows)

A

Pop directory

Q

Robocopy (windows)

A

Robust copy

Q

More (windows)

A

Page through a file

Q

Forfiles (windows)

A

Run a command on lots of files

Q

Dir-r (windows)

A

Find files

Q

Select-string (windows)

A

Find things inside files

Q

Help (windows)

A

Read a manual page

Q

Help (windows)

A

Read a manual page

Q

Helpctr (windows)

A

Find what man page is appropriate

Q

Echo (windows)

A

Print some arguments

Q

Set (windows)

A

Export/set a new environment variable

Q

Exit (windows)

A

Exit the shell

Q

Runas (windows)

A

Danger! Become super user root danger!