Terminal

Question 1

Hot key for opening the terminal on Linux

Answer 1

CRTL + ALT + T

Question 2

What do terminal commands begin with

Answer 2

$

Question 3

When executing ls -F
A trailing / indicates what

Answer 3

A directory

Question 4

When executing ls -F
A trailing @ indicates what

Answer 4

A link

Question 5

When executing ls -F
A trailing * indicates what

Answer 5

An executable

Question 6

When executing ls -F
Any names with no symbols indicates what

Answer 6

A file

Question 7

How do you clear the terminal

Answer 7

Enter clear

Question 8

What does command ls do

Answer 8

List information about the files

Question 9

Dissect the following command into its component parts

$ ls -F /

Answer 9

$ is a prompt
ls is the command
-F is an option
/ is an argument

Question 10

Terminal command to delete/remove a file

Answer 10

rm -ri

-r recursive option allows deletion of a directory and all of its contents

-i interactive option helps prevent the deletion of unintended contents by asking before deleting.

Question 11

Terminal command to move a file

Answer 11

mv

Question 12

Terminal command for counting the number of lines, words, and characters in a file

Answer 12

wc

Question 13

What is a pipe in terminal commands

Answer 13

|
Used to run multiple commands together

Question 14

What terminal commands allows you the see the contents of a file

Answer 14

cat or less

Question 15

Terminal command to sort its inputs

Answer 15

sort

Question 16

Terminal command to display the first lines of input and the command to display the last

Answer 16

head to display first
tail to display last

Question 17

What’s the difference between > and&raquo_space;

Answer 17

Command > [file] redirects a command’s output to a file, overwriting if one already exists

Command&raquo_space; [file] appends a command’s output to a file

Question 18

Command to create a new file directory

Answer 18

mkdir or touch