Basic Terminal Commands
This command repeats back whatever text you give it.
What is "echo"?
This command prints out the contents of a file.
What is "cat"?
This function outputs text to the terminal.
What is "print"?
When you want to store multiple values in the same variable you reach for this data type.
What is a list?
Where does the Nile River reside.
What is North East Africa.
This command lists all subdirectories and files in your current directory.
What is "ls"?
his control code exits the python interactive shell.
What is "Ctrl + D"? (also accept "exit()")
When you want your program to get a response from the user you use this function.
What is "input"?
When it's time to repeat a section of code over and over you need this control flow structure.
What is a loop? ("while" and "for" should also be accepted)
This South American country is the largest on the continent.
What is Brazil?
This command changes what directory you are in.
What is "cd"?
This symbol tells a command to run in the background.
What is an ampersand? ("&").
This data type stores whole numbers.
What is an "int"? (or "integer")
If you need to store key value pairs, you need this data type.
What is a dictionary?
How many states border Alaska?
What is 0?
This command makes a new directory.
What is "mkdir"?
This command shows a diagram of a section of your file system.
What is "tree"?
This data type stores text.
What is a "string"? (or "str")
This python function takes in the name of a file and opens it.
What is "open"?
This city in Europe gets 50million annual visitors, make it the most visited city in the continent.
What is Paris, France.
This command creates a new empty file.
What is "touch"? ("gedit" is also acceptable)
This directory is found in every directory, and takes you back to your parent directory.
What is ".."? (dot dot)
This operator is used to compare if two values are equal, as opposes to setting the value of a variable.
What is "=="? (or "equals equals")
This technique involves a function calling itself to solve a similar problem, often used for the factorial function.
What is recursion?
This country has more pyramids then Egypt.
What is Sudan?