Linux Terminal Basics Quiz

What does the pwd command do?

• Changes the current directory

• Lists the contents of the current directory

• Prints the current working directory

• Deletes the current directory

How do you create a new file named example.txt?

• cp example.txt

• touch example.txt

• mkdir example.txt

• nano example.txt

Which command allows you to view the content of document.txt one page at a time?

• cat document.txt

• edit document.txt

• less document.txt

• touch document.txt

To get a brief help message for the cp command, which of the following commands should you use?

• man cp

• cp --manual

• cp --help

• cp --info

How do you move or rename oldname.txt to newname.txt?

• cp oldname.txt newname.txt

• mv oldname.txt newname.txt

• rename oldname.txt newname.txt

• touch newname.txt

What command and option(s) would you use to create a detailed list of files, including hidden files, in a directory?

• ls -d

• ls -a

• ls --all --long

• ls -la

Which command is used to change the current directory?

• cd ..

• dir

• cd

• change

What is the correct way to copy file1.txt to file2.txt?

• mv file1.txt file2.txt

• cp file1.txt

• cp file1.txt file2.txt

• touch file1.txt file2.txt

How can you list the contents of a directory, including hidden files?

• ls -h

• ls -a

• ls --hidden

• ls -listall

How do you safely remove a directory named old_directory and its contents?

• rm old_directory

• rmdir old_directory

• rm -r old_directory

• delete old_directory