QUIZ I – LINUX ESSENTIALS
# LINUX CHALLENGE LINUX COMMAND
1 How do you list the contents of a directory?
How about hidden files (with a .)? ls
ls -al
2 How to do go to your home directory?
How do you go back one directory? cd
cd ..
3 How do you see how much disk space you have on the
temp drive? df -k
4 How do you auto mount your supreme power folder on
Linux?
In Linux desktop, click Lin Neghiborhood ICON,
mount supreme power, Options-export mountscript as
supremeMnt.
kate .bashrc file, type ~/supremeMnt
5 How do you execute your shell script, including your
.bashrc file? source .bashrc
6 How do you tell what type of files are in a directory? file *
7 What is a good, well rounded script editor for MEL,
Python, & Shell scripting? Kate, You type kate file.txt to edit any file
8 I rendered unpadded files with Maya. How do I pad them
with the standard file.0001.tga format? Shell scripting will help you. On one line type:
for i in `seq 1 9`;do mv file.$i.tga
fileNew.000$i.tga;done
9 How do I rename a file?
mv file.tga file2.tga
10 How do I find a file? find –name file.txt
11 How do I remove every file in a directory?
How do I delete a folder with files in it? rm *
rm –rf folder [be careful...no going back]
12 How do I copy a file? cp sas.txt sas2.txt
13 How do I use the internet?
How do I read a .pdf file mozilla yahoo.com
xpdf file.pdf
14 How do I mount my firewire/USB device? Plug in you device. Click MountFire wire icon
To Read device, cd /misc/firewire1
