Linux Quiz 1c Covering clear, cd, whoami, which and type Commands
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Published: December 05, 2016
Updated: February 24, 2021
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#1
How do you find out what type of file
.bash_history is?
$ file .bash_history
#2
How do you leave the less pager in one
keystroke?
$ q
#3
How do you leave a second bash session opened with
bash?
$ exit
#4
How do you show a description of the touch
command?
$ whatis touch
#5
How do you show the current full weekday
name?
$ date +%A
#6
How do you show permissions and details of files in
a directory?
$ ls -l
#7
How do you look up online help for the which
command?
$ man which
#8
How do you print directory permissions and
details?
$ ls -l
#9
How do you print last Monday's
date?
$ date -d "last Monday"
#10
How do you find out if the ls command is an
alias?
$ type ls
#11
How do you erase the terminal
screen?
$ clear
#12
How do you find locations of manuals for the
cat command?
$ whereis -m cat
#13
How do you list files without showing owner and
group info?
$ ls -og
#14
How do you close the current terminal
session?
$ exit
#15
How do you print "hello" tabbed one
time?
$ echo -e "\thello"
#16
How do you move to the directory of user
files?
$ cd /home
#17
How do you open file1.txt in nano at
line 20?
$ nano +20 file1.txt
#18
How do you show shell built-in
commands?
$ bash -c help
#19
How do you find help on the built-in version
of pwd?
$ man bash
#20
How do you combine file1.txt and file2.txt and
print to the screen?
$ cat file1.txt file2.txt
#21
How do you find multiple locations of the nano
command?
$ which -a nano
#22
How do you change the file1.txt modify date to
yesterday?
$ touch -d yesterday file1.txt
#23
How do you show a user guide for the non-shell
program date?
$ man date
#24
How do you find help on built-in
commands?
$ man bash
#25
How do you find out if bash is a bash
built-in?
$ type bash
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