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1
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What is a shell?

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A program used to read commands and run other programs.

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What is Bash?

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The default shell used in many iterations of Unix.

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What are the main advantages of Bash?

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High action-to-keystroke
support for automation
used to access networked machines

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4
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What is a significant challenge of Bash?

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Knowing which commands to run and how.

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5
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What is the command ‘pwd’?

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Print Working Directory

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What is important to know before running a command?

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The directory you are in.

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7
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What part of the OS is responsible for managing files and directories?

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The file system.

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8
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What is the directory you are working in called?

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Current Working Directory

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What is a synonym for directory?

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Folder

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What is the command ‘cd’?

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Change Current Working Directory

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Which directory holds all others?

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Root

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What is the ‘bin’ directory?

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built-in programs

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13
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What is the ‘Users’ directory?

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all user personal directories

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What is the command ‘ls’?

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list names of files in current working directory

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After inputting ‘ls’, what does a trailing ‘/’ mean?

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Directory

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After inputting ‘ls’, what does the output ‘@’ mean?

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Link

17
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After inputting ‘ls’, what does the output ‘*’ mean?

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Executable

18
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What is an executable?

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Program file

19
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What is a way to find out how to use a command using ‘ls’?

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ls –help

20
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How do you print the manual for ls?

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man ls

21
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What is the ‘..’ directory?

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parent directory

22
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What is the ‘.’ directory?

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Current Working Directory

23
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What is ‘.bash_profile’?

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A file containing bash shell configuration settings

24
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What does the prefix ‘.’ mean when added to files and directories?

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Files and directories used for configuring programs

25
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What is a relative path command?

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commands that find directories using current working directory

26
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Give 2 examples of a relative path command

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ls
cd

27
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What is an absolute path command?

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Using a directory entire path with the leading ‘/’

28
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What is the ‘cd -‘ command?

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Brings you back to the previous directory

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