Lecture 2 - Linux through the shell Flashcards
1
Q
Windows and Linux both use what kind of kernel?
A
Monolithic
2
Q
Is the user interface in linux part of the operating system?
A
No - separate
Can be command line - shell
or gui - GNOME, KDE, Unity
3
Q
What is a shell?
A
A program on top of kernel
Provides basic human interface
text based command line interpreter
4
Q
How are shell, gui and kernel related?
A
Usually GUI and shell on top of kernel
used to be gui on shell on kernel
5
Q
What characters should not be used in filenames?
A
”.” at start
”-“ at start
spaces or control characters anywhere
Special characters
6
Q
What does the -a qualifier do with the ls command?
A
Includes hidden files (dotfiles)
7
Q
What is a bash script?
A
file containing line by line bash commands
