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Linux Terminal Study Cards


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What does the ls command do?

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Lists files and directories in the current directory

What does the cd command do?

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Changes the current directory

What does the pwd command do?

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Prints the current working directory path

What does the mkdir command do?

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Creates new directories

What does the rmdir command do?

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Removes empty directories

What does the rm command do?

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Removes files and directories

What does the cp command do?

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Copies files and directories

What does the mv command do?

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Moves or renames files and directories

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What does the touch command do?

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Creates empty files or updates file timestamps

What does the cat command do?

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Displays the contents of a file

What does the less command do?

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Views file contents one page at a time

What does the head command do?

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Displays the first lines of a file

What does the tail command do?

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Displays the last lines of a file

What does the grep command do?

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Searches for text patterns in files

What does the find command do?

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Searches for files and directories based on criteria

What does the chmod command do?

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Changes file and directory permissions

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What does the chown command do?

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Changes file and directory ownership

What does the ps command do?

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Shows running processes

What does the top command do?

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Displays real-time system processes and resource usage

What does the kill command do?

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Terminates processes by process ID

What does the df command do?

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Shows disk space usage of filesystems

What does the du command do?

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Shows disk usage of files and directories

What does the free command do?

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Displays memory usage information

What does the tar command do?

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Archives and extracts files

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What does the wget command do?

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Downloads files from the internet

What does the curl command do?

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Transfers data to or from servers

What does the ssh command do?

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Connects to remote systems securely

What does the scp command do?

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Copies files between systems over SSH

What does the history command do?

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Shows command history

What does the man command do?

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Displays manual pages for commands

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