IT 244: Introduction to Linux/Unix
Class 18 Ungraded Quiz

  1. What character would you use if you wanted to run two commands, one right after the other, on a single command line?


  2. What other two characters allow more than one command to be run on a single command line?


  3. How can you continue a command onto the next line?


  4. What does the dirs command do?


  5. If you wanted to go to the root directory, but wanted to get back to where you were easily, what would you enter at the command line?


  6. If you used the command above, what would you type at the command line to get back to the previous directory?


  7. What is special about a global variable?


  8. What are the limitations of a local variable?


  9. What would you type at the command line to create the local variable foo and assign it the value "FOO"?


  10. What would you type at the command line to create the global variable bar and assign it the value "BAR"?