ACSP Command-Line Interface 2

Question 1

Which Terminal command displays the manual page for another command?

Accepted Answer

man

Answer

help

Answer

info

Answer

whatis

Question 2

What does the 'sudo' command do in macOS Terminal?

Accepted Answer

Executes the following command with superuser (root) privileges

Answer

Switches the current user account to another user

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Displays a list of commands the current user is allowed to run

Answer

Permanently elevates the current Terminal session to admin level

Question 3

Which command would you use to change file permissions in macOS Terminal?

Accepted Answer

chmod

Answer

chown

Answer

chgrp

Answer

ls -l

Question 4

What is the function of the 'grep' command in macOS Terminal?

Accepted Answer

Search text using patterns and display matching lines from files or input

Answer

Copy files matching a specific pattern to another directory

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Find files by name in the file system

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Display file contents with line numbers

Question 5

Which command displays the current user's username in macOS Terminal?

Accepted Answer

whoami

Answer

id

Answer

users

Answer

who

Question 6

What does piping (|) do in macOS Terminal commands?

Accepted Answer

Sends the standard output of one command as the standard input to the next command

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Saves the output of a command to a file

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Runs two commands simultaneously in parallel

Answer

Separates two independent commands to run sequentially