Linux

Question 1

What is “ls”?

Answer 1

List directories

Question 2

What is “pwd” ?

Answer 2

Print working directory

Question 3

What is “mkdir”?

Answer 3

Command used to create directories in Linux

Question 4

What is “cd”?

Answer 4

Linux command to navigate through directories

Question 5

What is “mv”?

Answer 5

Move or rename files in Linux

Question 6

What is “cp”?

Answer 6

Similar usage as mv but for copying files in Linux

Question 7

What is “rm”?

Answer 7

Delete files or directories

Question 8

What is “touch”?

Answer 8

Create blank/empty files

Question 9

What is “ln”?

Answer 9

Create symbolic links (shortcuts) to other files

Question 10

What is “cat”?

Answer 10

Display file contents on the terminal

Question 11

What is “clear”?

Answer 11

Clear the terminal display

Question 12

What is “echo”?

Answer 12

Print any text that follows the command

Question 13

What is “less”?

Answer 13

Linux command to display paged outputs in the terminal

Question 14

What is “man”?

Answer 14

Access manual pages for all Linux commands

Question 15

What is “uname”?

Answer 15

Linux command to get basic information about the OS

Question 16

What is “whoami”?

Answer 16

Get the active username

Question 17

What is “tar”?

Answer 17

Command to extract and compress files in Linux