Day 2 MOD 5

Question 1

this is defined as the grammatical rules and patterns governing the ordered use of appropriate words and symbols for issuing commands.

Answer 1

Syntax

Question 2

Parameters used to specify command features and options

Answer 2

Arguments

Question 3

Three basic parts of syntax
C
O
A

Answer 3

Command
Options
Arguments

Question 4

Feature built into windows that lists many built-in commands and may also be used to display detailed information for each.

/? Used at the end of a command

Answer 4

Help

Question 5

Indicates a separation between the command and its Associated arguments. Other common forms of this are.
/
-
;

Answer 5

Delimiter

Question 6

These are used to identify optional arguments in Windows.

Answer 6

[ ] brackets

Question 7

This character may be used in two ways; to pass the output of the first command to the second command as input and to represent “or” for example [ +R | -R ] indicates +R “or” -R can be used.

Answer 7

( | ) pipe

Question 8

Wildcard characters, like this symbol may also be used to denote anything and everything within a specific argument.

Answer 8

Asterisk *

Question 9

This is used to display output one screen at a time.

Answer 9

More

Question 10

This identifies the current location in the system’s directory structure, known as the working directory or present working directory.

Answer 10

Prompt

Question 11

This is the current location in the systems directory.

Answer 11

Working directory

Question 12

analyst must be able to navigate through a file system using these to either move from one location to another or identify a particular location of a file or directory.

Answer 12

Paths

Question 13

Starts at the volume root and specifies each directory that must be open to get to the desired file or directory.

Answer 13

Absolute path

Question 14

Gives the location of the target file or directory from relative to the present working directory.

Answer 14

Relative path

Question 15

Changing working directories within the CLI, is accomplished using the ______ command.

Answer 15

cd

Question 16

Displays the name of or changes current directory.

Answer 16

cd

Question 17

What does this command do?

c:\cd /d f:

Answer 17

Change current drive from c to f

Question 18

What does this command do?

C:>cd

Answer 18

Displays current working directory

Question 19

What does this command do?

C:\dir1\dir2>cd\

Answer 19

Changes the root directory to C:\

Question 20

What does this command do?

C:\dir1\dir2>cd..

Answer 20

Changes to Parent Directory C:\dir1

Question 21

What does this command do?

C:>path

Answer 21

Displays the path statement

Question 22

What does this command do?

C:>path=%path%;c:\Tools

Answer 22

Adds C:\Tools directory to the path statement

Question 23

Instead of typing out the entire path statement this variable can be used to represent the current path.

Answer 23

%path%

Question 24

Specifies a command prompt

Answer 24

Prompt

Question 25

What does this command do?

Prompt

Answer 25

Specifies text for command prompt

Question 26

What does this command do?

$P

Answer 26

Specifies current working directory for command prompt

Question 27

What does this command do?

$G

Answer 27

Specifies ‘>’ for command prompt

Question 28

What does this command do?

dir

Answer 28

Displays a list of files and subcategories

Question 29

What do these command do?
dir/t:
dir/a:
dir/s:

Answer 29

Controls which time field to display

Displays files with a specified attribute

Displays files and directories and all subcategories.

Question 30

What does this command do?

C:>cls

Answer 30

Clears the screen

Question 31

What do these command do?
C:>date
C:>date /t

Answer 31

Prompts for date change

Displays date without prompting for change

Question 32

What do these command do?
C:>time
C:>time /t

Answer 32

Prompts for new time change

Displays time without prompting for change

Question 33

What does this command do?

C:\ver

Answer 33

Displays os version

Question 34

What does this command do?

C:>title my window

Answer 34

Title of the CLI window is renamed to my window

Question 35

What does this command do?

C:>exit

Answer 35

Closes the CLI window

Question 36

What do these commands do?
C:>mkdir example\folder
C:>mkdir example folder
C:>mkdir “example folder”

Answer 36

mkdir command, creates a directory.

Creates a folder directory nested in example directory.

Create separate directories in current directory.

Creates a single directory named example folder.

Question 37

What do these commands do?

C:>rmdir example

C:>rmdir example \s

Answer 37

rmdir command, removes a directory.

Removes example directory, if empty.

Removes example directory and all contents.

Question 38

What does this command do?
C:\dir1>copy con example.txt
This an example message.
Cntrl z enter

Answer 38

Copy control command, creates a simple text file and saves it in the directory you specify.

Question 39

What do these commands do?
C:>edit example.txt Note: not available on 64 bit systems

C:>notepad example.txt. Note: same functions as above but is for use on 64 bit systems

Answer 39

Edit/notepad command, uses editor to create and edit text files

Creates and opens a text file in Ms dos editor to edit file contents.

Creates and opens a text file in notepad for editing.

Question 40

What do these commands do?

C:>copy example.txt C:\dir1\file2.txt

C:>copy example1.txt+example2.txt c:\dir1

Answer 40

Copies example1.txt to c:\dir1 and renames it to file2.txt

Combines example1.txt and example2.txt as example1.txt in c:\dir1
Copy- copies one or more files to another location.

Question 41

What do these commands do?

C:>move example.txt c:\dir1\new.txt

C:>move example.txt new.txt

Answer 41

This is the move command, it moves and renames files and directories.

Copies example.txt to c:\dir1 renaming it to new.txt

Renames example.txt to new.txt

Question 42

What do these commands do?

C:>type example.txt

C:>type example.txt | more

Answer 42

This is the type command, it displays the contents of a text file or files.

Displays contents of example.txt

Displays contents or example.txt one page at a time

Question 43

What do these commands do?

C:>ren example.txt new.txt

C:>ren dir1 new1

Answer 43

Rename command, renames a file or directory.

Renames example.txt to new.txt

Renames directory dir1 to new1

Question 44

What does this command do?

C:>find /n /I “fox” example.txt

Notes:
/n displays line numbers of lines containing specified text string.
/I ignores case when searching for specified string

Answer 44

Find command, searches for a text string in a text file or files.

The syntax example displays line number and line containing the text Fox ignoring case sensitivity.

Question 45

What do these commands do?

C:>del example.txt example2.txt

C:>del *.txt

Answer 45

Del command, deletes one or more files.

Deletes example.txt and example2 .text

Deletes all files with .text extension

Question 46

What do these commands do?

C:>xcopy /e dir1 f:\

C:>xcopy /e dir1 f:\dir1

Answer 46

Xcopy command, copies directory trees and files.

Copies contents or dir1, files and subdirectories, to F:\ Note: does not recreate dir1 directory in F:\, so contents or source dir1are in the root of F:\
Copies contents of dir1 files and subdirectories to F:\

Question 47

What do these commands do?

C:>doskey

C:>doskey / history

Answer 47

Doskey command, recalls windows commands

Displays windows commands entered

Displays all previously entered commands