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CS50: Week 1 (Command Line in C (Removing a file (rm hi.txt (hi.txt is the…

- - - - short for change directory
      - cd pset1
      - cd ..
        
        navigates to the folder above the current folder
      - executing cd only will immediately take me straight back to the home (uppermost) folder/directory
  - - - cp is the copy function
      - hello.txt is the file to be copied
      - hi.txt is the name of the copy I'm creating
    - - cp -r pset1 pset3
        
        cp is the copy function
        
        -r means to recursively copy everything in the first folder mentioned
        
        pset1 is the folder to be copied
        
        pset3 is the name of folder that will contain the copied contents of pset1
  - - - hi.txt is the name of the file I want to delete
      - using this command will result in the computer asking if I'm sure I want to delete it
    - - this command will remove the file, hi.txt, without giving a "are you sure?" prompt. the -f forces the computer to do what I say
    - - rm -r pset2
      - rm -rf pset2
        
        this recursively and forcibly gets rid of the folder pset2
  - - - this allows me to change the name of, greddy.c, to greedy.c
- - - - any line of code that starts with a hashtag is a pre-processor directive. which means, please do something with this file before compiling my own code
    - - the process of going from source code to assembly code
    - - takes assembly code and turns it into machine code
    - - brings all the pieces together into one program