Linux Command Line Quiz

What is the purpose of the pwd command?

• To print the working directory

• To change the directory

• To list the contents of a directory

• To show the last executed command

Which command shows the current logged-in user?

• who

• whoami

• pwd

• ls

What does ls -l display?

• Only the names of files and directories

• Detailed information about files, including permissions

• The size of all files in bytes

• Recently modified files

What happens when you run cat /etc/passwd?

• It deletes user accounts

• It displays system users

• It lists all system groups

• It modifies user passwords

How do you view the first 5 lines of the /etc/passwd file?

• head /etc/passwd

• tail -n5 /etc/passwd

• head -n5 /etc/passwd

• wc -l /etc/passwd

What does wc -l /etc/passwd output?

• The total number of words

• The total number of lines

• The total number of bytes

• The total number of characters

Which command displays a file one page at a time?

• cat

• less

• wc

• head

What does date > time.txt do?

• Appends the date to time.txt

• Overwrites time.txt with the current date

• Displays the date without saving it

• Deletes time.txt

What does mkdir Fruits Vegetables do?

• Creates two directories named Fruits and Vegetables

• Deletes the directories Fruits and Vegetables

• Creates files instead of directories

• Moves the directories to another location

How can you create three files inside the Fruits directory?

• touch Fruits/banana Fruits/mango Fruits/apple

• mkdir Fruits banana mango apple

• ls > Fruits/banana Fruits/mango Fruits/apple

• cat Fruits banana mango apple