Intro

Question 1

Terminal

Answer 1

The program that gives you the command line.

Question 2

What is a prompt?

Answer 2

Every command line starts with some symbol or symbols designed to “prompt” you to action. The prompt usually ends with a dollar sign $, and is preceded by information that depends on the details of your system. For example, on some systems the prompt might look like this:

Michael’s MacBook Air:~ mhartl$

Question 3

The place where characters get printed out is known as?

Answer 3

Standard Out

Question 4

Ctrl-C does what in the terminal?

Answer 4

Sends a control code to the terminal.

Question 5

The program we’re using to run a command line is known as..

Answer 5

a shell

Question 6

To exit a man page you should click what?

Answer 6

q for quit

Question 7

The presence of a color indicates what?

Answer 7

It indicates that there is more information below.

Question 8

The code man in the terminal does what?

Answer 8

prints a manual page of the command name you what.

Question 9

What does “echo” do?

Answer 9

Prints whatever you’ve added after echo in the terminal.

Question 10

Shortcut key to start at the beginning of the line?

Answer 10

control A

Question 11

Shortcut key to start at the end of the line?

Answer 11

control E

Question 12

Shortcut key to clear the line?

Answer 12

control U

Question 13

Shortcut key to go to a specific position on the line?

Answer 13

Option + mouse click

Question 14

What does “clear” do?

Answer 14

Clears the command line screen.

Question 15

What is the keyboard shortcut for clearing the screen?

Answer 15

Control L

Question 16

If you want to exit the terminal you can either type ____ or use the shortcut ____.

Answer 16

type exit or shortcut Control D