BASIC COMMANDS

QUESTION 1 OF 5

Using a Linux machine, you have the following directory tree: ( Image S1Q1 ) / |-- home | |-- cindy | |-- Pictures | |--Alaska | |--Canada | |-- Movies |-- var If your current path is /home/cindy/Pictures/Canada, and you want to change to the Alaska directory, which of the following commands can you use? Check all that apply. Nice work! You can use the ~ to get to the user)s home directory, and you can use the cd .. to get to the parent directory you)re currently in.

cd ~/Pictures/AlaskaCorrect Answer

cd ../AlaskaCorrect Answer

cd /Pictures/Alaska

cd /home/cindy/Pictures/AlaskaCorrect Answer

QUESTION 2 OF 5

In Bash, which of the following commands can you use to view a long list of all files in the /home directory? Check all that apply. Awesome! You can use the ls command with the -la flags to show a long list of all files in a directory.

list -a /home

ls -la /homeCorrect Answer

ls -l -a /homeCorrect Answer

ls -la ~

QUESTION 3 OF 5

In Bash, which of the following commands can you use to remove a directory named: "Miscellaneous Directory?" Nice job! To remove a directory you have recursively remove the files with -r. Don)t forget that folders with spaces in the name have to be escaped with an \.

rm Miscellaneous Directory

rm -r Miscellaneous Directory

rm Miscellaneous\ Directory

rm -r Miscellaneous\ DirectoryCorrect Answer

QUESTION 4 OF 5

What's the main directory in a Linux filesystem called? Great job! The root directory is the main directory in Linux. We denote it with a /.

Home directory

Root directoryCorrect Answer

Master directory

C Drive

QUESTION 5 OF 5

In Bash, if you need a little help with how a command like ls works, which of the commands can you use to get more information? Check all that apply. Wohoo! The --help flag shows useful information on how to use a command, and the man command shows the manual pages of a command.

ls --helpCorrect Answer

man lsCorrect Answer

manual ls

help ls

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Using a Linux machine, you have the following directory tree: ( Image S1Q1 ) / |-- home | |-- cindy | |-- Pictures | |--Alaska | |--Canada | |-- Movies |-- var If your current path is /home/cindy/Pictures/Canada, and you want to change to the Alaska directory, which of the following commands can you use? Check all that apply. Nice work! You can use the ~ to get to the user)s home directory, and you can use the cd .. to get to the parent directory you)re currently in.

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cd ~/Pictures/Alaska

cd ../Alaska

cd /Pictures/Alaska

cd /home/cindy/Pictures/Alaska

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