LinuxZoo

Question 0

The directory where you are in at the moment, also known as your working directory; may be referred to as . (dot)

Answer 0

Current Directory

Question 1

The directory in which the Unix system places you at login is called ___, also may be referred to as ~ (tilde).

Answer 1

Home Directory

Question 2

The directory above the current directory in the naming tree, which may be referred to as .. (double dot)

Answer 2

Parent Directory

Question 3

There are three different levels of file permission

Answer 3

r - read: allows users to read the contents of a file
w - write: allows users to change the contents of a file
x - execute: signifies a program or script file and allows users to run the file

Question 4

File permissions can be set for three different levels of ownership

Answer 4

u - user: the user who created the file is its owner
g - group: group to which you are assigned, usually made up of those users engaged in similar activities, and who need to share file among themselves
o - others: all other users on the system

Question 5

As the leading character to a file, the possibilities include

Answer 5

• means a normal file
  d means directory
  c means a character device (mouse, keyboard)
  b means block device (ide disk, scsi disk)

Question 6

File permission values for any digit related to owner, group, or other are derived from adding the value of the permissions from the following list

Answer 6

0 - no permission (-)
1 - execute permission only (x)
2 - write permission only (w)
4 - read permission only (r)

Question 7

Display manual pages on a command

Answer 7

man

Question 8

Display a month-long calendar

Answer 8

cal (input as ‘m yyyy’ or just yyyy)

Question 9

Display the current date

Answer 9

date

Question 10

Use this command for the home directory of a particular user

Answer 10

~name of the user

e.g. ~root, ~john, ~demo