Common Commands and Scripts

Question 1

What is the command to show Directory on Windows

Answer 1

dir

Question 2

What is the command to show Directory on Linux

Answer 2

ls

Question 3

How do you create a folder on Windows and Linux

Answer 3

mkdir (make)

Question 4

How to change directory on Windows and Linux

Answer 4

cd (change directory)

Question 5

How to delete a file/folder on Windows

Answer 5

del (delete)

Question 6

How to delete a file/folder on Linux

Answer 6

rm (remove)

Question 7

How to copy a file/folder on Windows

Answer 7

copy

Question 8

How to copy a file/folder on Linux

Answer 8

cp

Question 9

How to move a file/folder on windows

Answer 9

move

Question 10

How to move a file/folder on Linux

Answer 10

mv (move)

Question 11

What does nslookup do

Answer 11

nslookup matches names to IP addresses

Question 12

What does netstat do

Answer 12

Displays protocol statistics and TCP/IP connections

Question 13

How to show ipconfig on Linux

Answer 13

Linux uses ifconfig

Question 14

How to rename a file/folder on Windows

Answer 14

ren(ame)

Question 15

How to rename a file/folder on Linux

Answer 15

mv (move). This will allow you to move and rename the file/folder

Question 16

What is MS-DOS

Answer 16

MS-DOS is the original OS made by Microsoft. CMD is based off this original OS

Question 17

What is BASH

Answer 17

Bash is the most common CLI used for local and remote Linux machines

Question 18

What is PowerShell

Answer 18

PowerShell is essentially a more powerful version of CMD

Question 19

How to remove a directory

Answer 19

RMDIR (Remove Directory)

Question 20

How to change file permissions on Windows and Linux

Answer 20

Windows: Attrib
Linux: chmod

Question 21

What is a Script

Answer 21

A script is a plain text file that can contain a series of commands