Git Bash

Question 1

How do you see the current directory?

Answer 1

pwd

Question 2

How do you change directories?

Answer 2

cd

Question 3

How do you see every file in the current directory?

Answer 3

ls

Question 4

How do you clear the terminal?

Answer 4

clear

Question 5

What does pwd do?

Answer 5

It tells you the current directory.

Question 6

What does cd do?

Answer 6

It changes directories.

Question 7

What does ls do?

Answer 7

It shows every file in the current directory.

Question 8

What does clear do?

Answer 8

It clears the terminal.

Question 9

How do you see the contents of the home directory?

Answer 9

ls ~

Question 10

What does ls ~ do?

Answer 10

It shows the contents of the home directory.

Question 11

How do you go one directory back?

Answer 11

../

Question 12

How do you list all the files in long format?

Answer 12

ls -l.

Question 13

What does ls -l do?

Answer 13

It lists all the files in a long format.

Question 14

How do you see all files in a directory, including hidden ones?

Answer 14

ls -a

Question 15

What does ls -a do?

Answer 15

It shows all files in the current directory, including hidden ones.

Question 16

How do you sort a directory by size?

Answer 16

ls -lS

Question 17

What does ls -lS do?

Answer 17

It sorts the directory by size.

Question 18

How do you list all the files with the .txt extension in the Documents folder?

Answer 18

ls /Documents/*txt

Question 19

What does ls /Documents/*txt do?

Answer 19

It lists all the files with the .txt extension in the Documents folder.

Question 20

How do you save a text file with the ls output?

Answer 20

> out.txt

Question 21

What does > out.txt do?

Answer 21

It saves a text file with the ls output.

Question 22

How do you list out all the directories?

Answer 22

ls -d */

Question 23

What does ls -d */ do?

Answer 23

It lists out all the directories.

Question 24

What does the cd command do on its own?

Answer 24

It brings you to the current home directory.

Question 25

How do you go to the parent directory?

Answer 25

cd ..

Question 26

What does cd .. do?

Answer 26

It brings you to the parent directory.

Question 27

How do you navigate to the My Books folder?

Answer 27

cd My\ Books OR cd ‘My Books’

Question 28

What does the cat command do on its on?

Answer 28

It echoes whatever you type.

Question 29

How do you exit the cat command?

Answer 29

CTRL + D

Question 30

How do you print a txt file with cat?

Answer 30

cat file_name.txt

Question 31

How do you print two txt files with cat?

Answer 31

cat list1.txt list2.txt

Question 32

How do you print a txt file with line numbers?

Answer 32

cat -b list1.txt