OSX terminal

Question 1

This command prints the location of your current working directory.

Answer 1

pwd

Question 2

Used to print contents of a directory, by default it lists contents of current working directory

Answer 2

ls

Question 3

move around with

Answer 3

cd

Question 4

to print the contents of a file to the screen(

Answer 4

cat

Question 5

copy files and directories with this command

Answer 5

cp

Question 6

command is used to move or rename directories and files

Answer 6

mv

Question 7

command is used to remove directory or files.

Answer 7

rm

Question 8

used to make a new directory in linux

Answer 8

mkdir

Question 9

remove a directory,

Answer 9

rmdir

Question 10

Linux command allows you to run programs or other commands with administrative privileges

Answer 10

sudo

Question 11

Takes you to the root directory.

Answer 11

cd/

Question 12

Takes you up one directory level

Answer 12

cd..

Question 13

Takes you to the previous directory

Answer 13

cd-

Question 14

Removes an empty directory.

Answer 14

rmdir (“remove directory”) –

Question 15

Removes a directory along with its content.

Answer 15

rm -r (“remove recursively”) –

Question 16

command displays all of your previous commands up to the history limit.

Answer 16

history

Question 17

command displays information about the disk space usage of all mounted filesystems.

Answer 17

df

Question 18

command displays the size of a directory and all of its subdirectories.

Answer 18

du

Question 19

Displays the amount of free space available on the system.

Answer 19

free

Question 20

Provides a wide range of basic information about the system.

Answer 20

uname -a

Question 21

Displays the processes using the most system resources at any given time. “q” can be used to exit.

Answer 21

top

Question 22

how to exit from top command?

Answer 22

q

Question 23

command displays a “manual page”

Answer 23

man

Question 24

Move cursor to beginning of line

Answer 24

Ctrl + A

Question 25

Move cursor to end of line

Answer 25

Ctrl + E

Question 26

Clears the entire current line

Answer 26

Ctrl + U

Question 27

Clears the command from the cursor right

Answer 27

Ctrl + K

Question 28

Delete the word before the cursor

Answer 28

Ctrl + W

Question 29

Allows you to search your history for commands matching what you have typed

Answer 29

Ctrl + R

Question 30

Kill the current process

Answer 30

Ctrl + C

Question 31

Suspend the current process by sending the signal SIGSTOP

Answer 31

Ctrl + Z

Question 32

Clears the terminal output

Answer 32

Ctrl + L

Question 33

Move forward one word

Answer 33

Alt + F

Question 34

Move backward one word

Answer 34

Alt + B

Question 35

Copy the highlighted command to the clipboard

Answer 35

Ctrl + Shift + C

Question 36

Paste the contents of the clipboard

Answer 36

Ctrl + Shift + V or Shift + Insert

Question 37

Used to complete the command you are typing. If more than one command is possible, you can press it multiple times to scroll through the possible completions.

Answer 37

tab

Question 38

a shortcut to home directory

Answer 38

~

tilday key

Question 39

formatted listing with hidden files

Answer 39

ls -al

Question 40

delete file

Answer 40

rm ‘filename’

Question 41

display your currently active processes

Answer 41

ps

Question 42

show the current date and time

Answer 42

date

Question 43

show this month’s calendar

Answer 43

cal