Practical 6 p1

Question 1

passwd

Answer 1

Used to set a new password or change the current password

Question 2

whoami

Answer 2

Display the current login user at the terminal

Question 3

date

Answer 3

Display the current system date

Question 4

date (strings? w/o time)

Answer 4

+%Y%m%d
+%Y/%m/%d
+%Y-%m-%d
+%d-%m-%Y

Question 5

date (strings? w/ time)

Answer 5

’+%d-%m-%Y %H:%m’

Question 6

cal (needs to be tried out)

Answer 6

Display the calendar for the current month

Question 7

cal (parameters)

Answer 7

cal 12 4 2014 (shows that year)
cal -3 (display the previous month, current month and next month calendar)

Question 8

bc (needs to be tried out)

Answer 8

Some arithmetic calucations

Question 9

echo