Terminal Vocabulary

Question 1

What is pwd?

Answer 1

Print Working Directory. Shows your full path of current location in files.

Question 2

What is cd?

Answer 2

Change Directory. Allows you to move to a different DIRECTORY. (ex: cd .. = moves back one directory. cd / = back to first directory. cd Documents = moves to Documents)

Question 3

What is touch?

Answer 3

Create new FILE. (ex: touch newfile.txt)

Question 4

What is mkdir?

Answer 4

Create new DIRECTORY. (ex: mkdir NewFolder)

Question 5

What is clear?

Answer 5

Clears your terminal screen. This does not delete anything.

Question 6

What is ls?

Answer 6

List. Displays all files and directories. (current directory or not)

Question 7

What is rm?

Answer 7

Remove File / Directory. (for files: rm newfile.txt. for directories: rm -r NewFolder) (also asks for confirmation)

Question 8

What is rm -rf?

Answer 8

Same as rm, Remove File / Directory, however, does not ask for confirmation. Immediately forcefully deletes.