Flashcards in Basic Commands Deck (31)
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What is the command to see the current working directory?
pwd
2
What is the command to list items in current directory?
ls
3
What is the command to change directory?
cd
4
What symbol represents home?
~
tilda
5
What is the command to change directory outside the current one?
cd ..
6
What is the command to see all files and directories (including hidden)?
ls -a
7
What denotes a file or folder being hidden?
.
i.e .hiddenfolder
8
What is the command to create a file?
touch
i.e touch file.txt
9
How can you read the contents of a text file?
cat
i.e cat file.txt
10
What is the command to create a directory?
mkdir
i.e mkdir Folder1
11
What is the command to move a file?
mv
i.e mv file.txt ..
12
What is the command to remove an empty directory?
rmdir
i.e rmdir Folder1
13
What is the command to remove a directory containing items?
rm -r
i.e rm -r Directory1
*rm without parameter -r only removes files, r means recursively
14
What is the command to get help with a specific command?
man
i.e man mv
15
What is the shortcut to go to the beginning of the line in the shell?
ctrl + a
16
What is the shortcut to go to the end of the line in the shell?
ctrl + e
17
What is the shortcut to do a history search of commands?
ctrl + r
press combination again to iterate through previous commands
18
What is the command to create a symbolic link to an item?
ln
i.e ln -s /path/to/file /path/to/smylink
*must specify absolute path
19
What is the command to see the first 10 lines of text in a file?
head
20
What is the command to see the last 10 lines of text in a file?
tail
21
What is the command to list items with detailed accompanying information?
ls -l
22
What is the command to view the contents of a text file in real time?
tail -f
23
What are some commands to shutdown/reboot the system?
poweroff
shutdown -r now
halt -r +1
24
What is the command to see who is logged on?
w
25
What is the command to see what is running on a machine?
top
26
What is the command to see what internet ports are open?
netstat
i.e netstat -tupln
27
How do you edit a text document from the command line?
nano
vi
i.e vi text.txt
28
How doe you use vi?
vi
i - insert mode
d - delete mode
esc - escape current mode
:wq! - save and exit
:qa! - discard and exit
29
What is the command to rename a file or directory?
mv file renamedfile
mv file without specifying location path
30
What is the command to copy a file or directory?
cp
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