Symbols
A symbol representing the parent of the current directory
What is .. ?
history
What command is used to look at your previous commands?
Working directory
What is the directory you are currently located in called?
/etc/passwd
What file stores information about user accounts in Linux?
A tool that compares and highlights differences between files
What is diff?
~
What symbol refers to the current user’s home directory?
Print the current working directory
What is pwd ?
A program that acts as an interface between the user and the operating system's kernel
What is a shell?
Maps host names to IP addresses.
What is /etc/hosts
A command line utility to create and manage archive files
What is tar?
>
What symbol redirects standard output to a file, overwriting its contents.
ps
What command displays information about running processes on the system?
Interpreted relative to your working directory
What is a relative path?
/home
What is the directory in linux where all user's personal directories are stored?
Nano
What is a simple, user-friendly text editor for Unix-like systems?
What symbol is used to run a command in the background?
chmod
What command is used to change file permissions?
The security mechanism that controls who can access and manipulate files and directories
What are file permissions?
Tells Git which files or folders in your project to ignore
What is .gitignore?
A network protocol that provides secure access to a remote computer
What is ssh?
A wildcard symbol that matches exactly one character in a filename
What is ?
Creates an empty file or updates a file’s timestamp
What is touch ?
The process of changing where input comes from or output goes to
What is redirection?
Sends everything into a black hole
What is /dev/null
Searches for patterns in text files
What is grep?