Mastering Basic Linux Commands

Which command is used to list all files and directories in the current directory, including hidden ones?

• ls -l

• ls -a

• ls -h

• ls -d

What is the command to create a new directory called "assignments"?

• mkdir assignments

• newdir assignments

• createdir assignments

• makedir assignments

Which command will display the contents of a file named "notes.txt" one page at a time?

• cat notes.txt

• less notes.txt

• open notes.txt

• show notes.txt

How do you search for the word "science" in a file called "report.txt" using grep?

• grep science report.txt

• grep report.txt science

• find science report.txt

• search science report.txt

Which command is used to display your current working directory?

• pwd

• cwd

• dir

• whereami

What does the command "ls -lh" do?

• Lists files in long format with human-readable file sizes

• Lists only hidden files

• Lists files in reverse order

• Lists files with their permissions only

Which command will move a file named "essay.doc" to a directory called "Documents"?

• mv essay.doc Documents/

• cp essay.doc Documents/

• move essay.doc Documents/

• transfer essay.doc Documents/

What is the purpose of the "awk" command in Linux?

• To search for patterns in files

• To process and analyse text files, especially columns and fields

• To list files and directories

• To create new directories

Which command will show the IP address of your computer?

• ifconfig

• ipconfig

• netstat

• ping

How do you copy a file named "data.csv" to a USB drive mounted at "/media/usb"?

• cp data.csv /media/usb/

• mv data.csv /media/usb/

• copy data.csv /media/usb/

• send data.csv /media/usb/