Read the Manual

Linux lab Beginner 5 tasks 10 points

Real Linux users look things up all the time. Use man, --help and whatis to answer the questions. Remember: press q to leave a man page, and / to search inside it.

How it works: the terminal below is a real Linux machine running in your browser. Click it and type. Tasks tick themselves off as you complete them; questions are answered in the box under each task. Press Reset any time for a fresh machine.

Getting your Linux machine ready…

The first start downloads about 20 MB. After that your browser keeps it, and labs start in a moment.

Hints

Inside a man page: Space for the next page, /word to search, q to quit.

Solution explanation

man ls shows -t: sort by time, newest first. date --help lists -u (--utc). whatis pwd says print name of current/working directory, and type cd says cd is a shell builtin.

Show solution

man ls
date --help
whatis pwd
type cd