Getting Around

Question 0

cd

Answer 0

Change to another directory

Question 1

ls

Answer 1

List out the contents of the current directory

Question 2

./

Answer 2

Short for “here”

Question 3

../

Answer 3

Short for “the folder right above here”

Question 4

~/

Answer 4

Short for home folder of the currently logged in user

Question 5

mv

Answer 5

Move a file from one place or another:

mv ~ /my_text.txt ~/Documents/
mv ~ /my_text.txt ~/my_doc.txt

Question 6

cp

Answer 6

Copy a file or folder from one place to another.

cp ./my_text.txt ~/Documents/

Now there are two copies of my_text.txt. One in the home folder, and one in ~/Documents/

Question 7

rm

Answer 7

Remove a file or folder.

rm ~/my_text

With great power comes great responsibility.

Question 8

ln

Answer 8

Create a shortcut to a file or folder.

Question 9

|

Answer 9

Pipe allows you to chain commands together

command 1 | command 2

Here command does something, and when it is finished, like an assembly line, it passes the completed work to the second line for further processing.

ls - a | grep.git

Search for all files and then filter them for files matching the .git pattern.