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Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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Answer
pwd   print working directory  
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hostname   my computer's network name  
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mkdir   make directory  
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cd   change directory  
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ls   list directory  
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rmdir   remove directory  
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pushd   push directory  
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popd   pop directory  
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cp   copy a file or directory  
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mv   move a file or directory  
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less   page through a file  
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cat   print the whole file  
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xargs   execute arguments  
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find   find files  
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grep   find things inside files  
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man   read a manual page  
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apropos   find what manual page is appropriate  
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env   look at your environment  
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echo   print some arguments  
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export   export/set a new environment variable  
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exit   exit the shell  
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sudo   DANGER! become super user root DANGER!  
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