acronyms
acronyms
acronyms & explain
IT gets more difficult
lesson 1 stuff
100

MV

move command 

100

PWD

print working directory

100

Explain touch command

to create a file

100

To navigate into a subdirectory the user simply needs to use cd followed by directory_ name such as ____________.

cd Desktop

100

_______directory does not actually contain files but rather information about processes, hardware configuration, and kernel parameters.

/proc

200

CP

copy

200

RM

remove

200

option will display every file and/or list command

-a or -all

200

To use, type the command cat followed by the name of the file,e.g.___________  and the contents of the file will be printed in the terminal window.

cat File2.txt

200

_______ directory is similar to the /proc directory where it holds information about the kernel parameters as well as device attributes.

/sys

300

MKDIR

make directory

300

CD

change directory

300

Using ______  option will list the current directory’s contents

as well as the subdirectories’ contents recursively

-R

300

_______directory contains all the files required for the system’s boot process. This includes the kernel of the system, RAM disk images, bootloader configuration files, etc.

/boot

300

_______directory stands for variable. This directory contains all the files that change while the system is being used.

/var

400

RMDIR

remove directory

400

Explain TREE 

visually map out the working directory

400

which will list the full details or metadata of the files and directories

within the current working directory as well as the details of the contents within any subdirectories.

-laR

400

If the absolute path involves the user’s home directory, then the command can be abbreviated using the __ or tilde symbol at the beginning of the path such as cd __ Desktop

~/

400

_________directory contains data and resources about the users on the system. This is actually one of the largest directories on most systems

/usr

500

LS

list

500

CAT

concatenate command 

500

The tree command does have additional options such as tree _________ that will list only

directories.

tree -d

500

If the user is currently in a directory that does not contain the Desktop folder, then they can type the absolute or relative path based on the current working directory as seen in the command_________.

cd /home/user/Desktop

500

_________directory contains several libraries that are essential for the system.

/lib