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What is a startup file?
a text file containing Unix commands that are run just before the shell gives you a prompt
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Where are startup files located?
in your home directory
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If you entered the following at the command line, where would you be?
cd ~
your home directory
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If you entered the following at the command line, where would you be?
cd ~ghoffman
in the home directory of ghoffman
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What does the . (dot) in your current directory mean?
your current directory
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What does the .. (dot dot) in your current directory mean?
the parent directory of your current directory
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What is a path?
the list of directories you must go through to get from one directory to another
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What directory is the starting point for an absolute path?
the root directory
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What directory is the starting point for a relative path?
the current directory
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What character is used to separate directory and filenames in a path?
/