CSE271: Short Quiz #2 -- UNIX comands and utilities
- Give a short description of what ls -la
does. (2 points)
- When you are logged in to a unix shell, what command will
tell you where you are in the filesystem structure? (We are intentionally
ignoring the shell prompt which might also show where you are.) (2
points)
- Explain what a unix "pager" does and give an example. (3 points)
- Imagine that you have just started a long-running program and realized
that you made a mistake. What are two different things you could do to
terminate this program? (4 points)
Last revised: 25 January 2007, Brian D. Davison.