File and Directory Management

Question 1

How do you list directory contents and what are the available options to go along with this command?

Answer 1

ls
-a to show all files including hidden ones
-l to use long listing format

Question 2

How do you print the current working directory?

Answer 2

pwd

Question 3

How do you change the working directory?

Answer 3

cd
- current working directory .
- the parent directory ..
- the previous working directory -
- the users home directory tilda

Question 4

How do you concatenate files and print output?

Answer 4

cat

Question 5

What command for visual display editor that can also be used to create files?

Answer 5

vi

Question 6

Change the timestamp for existing files or create new files?

Answer 6

touch

Question 7

Command to create a directory/ies if they do not already exist?

Answer 7

mkdir
-p option will create parent directories as needed

Question 8

Command to copy files and directories

Answer 8

cp
-r/-R option is used to copy directories recursively

Question 9

Command to move or rename files

Answer 9

mv

Question 10

remove files or directories

Answer 10

rm
-r/-R option removes directories and their contents recursively.
-f option removes the prompt when deleting files or directories

Question 11

rmdir

Answer 11

Remove empty directories

Question 12

How to show all files long list option and hidden files?

Answer 12

ls -al

Question 13

Show syntax for copying testfile to a new testfile2

Answer 13

cp testfile testfile2

Question 14

Change the name of testfile1 to testfile4

Answer 14

mv testfile1 testfile4

Question 15

Create two new files test01 and test02

Answer 15

touch test01 test02

Question 16

Create a new directory

Answer 16

mkdir storage