Terminal

Question 1

Shortcut to open up terminal on the mac?

Answer 1

CMD + Space

Question 2

pwd

Answer 2

Printing Work Directory

Question 3

ls

Answer 3

list files

Question 4

cd ..

Answer 4

traverse to parent folder

Question 5

cd /

Answer 5

root directory of computer

Question 6

cd ~

Answer 6

root directory of current user

Question 7

mkdir

Answer 7

will make a new directory, whatever argument you pass into this command will be the name of your new file.

Question 8

rmdir

Answer 8

will try to delete a folder, but if there are files you’ll get an error

instead rm -rf where r stands for recursive, which is saying continue the remove function for all files and folders inside this directory. the f stands for force, the delete will happen regardless of permissions.

so empty folder:
rmdir [folder name]

non-empty folder:
rm -rf [folder name]

Question 9

touch

Answer 9

creates a new, empty file with the nane and extension type that you specify.

Question 10

rm

Answer 10

rm [file name]

Y for yes, and N for no

Question 11

mv

Answer 11

two uses. firt you can rename a file by first providing the file’s name and then providing what you want the file to be renamed to. or move

mv renamedFile.html ../renamedFile.html

Question 12

cp

Answer 12

The cp command will copy a file into the current directory with the new name you provide

cp -rf to copy a file folder recursively