1.1 Command Line Basics¶

Knowledge Check¶

What is the command line?
- Text-based way to control your computer
How do you open the command line on your computer?
- Pop!_OS = win+t
How can you navigate to a particular directory?
- cd your/directory/here
Where will cd on its own navigate you to?
- home directory
Where will cd .. navigate you to?
- up one directory
How do you display the name of the directory you are currently in?
- pwd present working directory
How do you display the contents of the directory you are currently in?
- ls
How do you create a new directory?
- mkdir
How do you create a new file?
- touch
How do you destroy a directory or file?
- remove a directory = rm -r
- remove a file = rm
How do you rename a directory or file?
- mv oldfile.txt newfile.txt