COMMANDLINE Flashcards
What is CLI
A command-line interface is any kind of interface that is used
by entering (textual) commands. The terminal is one of these,
but some programs have their own command-line interfaces.
What is GUI?
graphical user interface, is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and audio indicator such as primary notation, instead of text-based UIs, typed command labels or text navigation.
Give at least one use case for each of the commands listed in this exercise.
man pulls up manual
cat - concat and print files
ls- lists files in directory
pwd - prints working directory
echo - displays lines of text
touch - change file timestamps
mkdir - make directory
mv - move and rename files
rm - remove files or directories
cp - copy files or directories
