Week 2 - Quiz Questions

Question 1

Which command is used to discover additional information about a Linux command or configuration file?

Answer 1

man [command]

Question 2

Which shell command is used to change the shell’s current directory to another directory?

Answer 2

cd - change directory

Question 3

What is the correct syntax to use copy a file from one location/directory to another location/directory?

Answer 3

cp source-file destination

Question 4

Which command is used to rename any file?

Answer 4

mv

Question 5

In Linux, what is the top-level directory?

Answer 5

root (/)

Question 6

Which command is used to view the contents of any large file one page at a time by moving back and forth?

Answer 6

less

Question 7

Which command is used to view the contents of any file?

Answer 7

cat

Question 8

Which command prints the current working directory?

Answer 8

pwd

Question 9

Which command deletes a non-empty directory?

Answer 9

rm -r

Question 10

Which command displays the contents of a directory?

Answer 10

ls

Question 11

Which command is used to change to the user’s home directory?

Answer 11

cd or cd ~