Topic 2 - Unix Basics (Basic Commands)

Question 1

man

Answer 1

find and displays pages from the online Unix reference manual

Question 2

who

Answer 2

displays info about currently logged in userids

Question 3

whoami or who am i

Answer 3

Displays the userid that is currently logged in

Question 4

finger

Answer 4

displays information about local and remote userid

Question 5

which

Answer 5

locates a command and displays its pathname or alias

Question 6

whereis

Answer 6

Finds ALL files associated with a command

Question 7

hostname

Answer 7

Displays the name of current host system

Question 8

tty

Answer 8

Displays the name of a specific file assigned to your terminal

Question 9

quota

Answer 9

displays your system resource quotas

Question 10

cal

Answer 10

Displays a calander

Question 11

date

Answer 11

prints or sets the system date and time

Question 12

find

Answer 12

searches for a file in a directory tree

Question 13

ls

Answer 13

displays various types of information bout files

Question 14

cat

Answer 14

concatenates files and print the result on the standard output

Question 15

ctrl-c

Answer 15

interrupts the current task