Chapter 4

Question 1

Wildcard

Answer 1

symbol or set of symbols that stands in for other characters

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Question 2

? wildcard

Answer 2

Stands in for a single character

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Question 3

• wildcard

Answer 3

matches any character or set of characters even if there is no character

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Question 4

Bracket Values

Answer 4

matches any character combination enclosed in the brackets

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Question 5

What does Display All Files omit?

Answer 5

ls files starting with a “.”

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Question 6

Long Listing

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ls command with the -l parameter. produces a long listing that includes information such as the file’s permission string, owner, group, size, and creation date

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Question 7

ls option -F or –classify

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appends an indicator code to the end of the filename so that you know what type of file it is

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Question 8

ls file type: /

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Directory

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Question 9

ls file type: *

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Executable

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Question 10

ls file type: |

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Named pipe

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Question 11

ls file type: =

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Socket

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Question 12

ls file type: @

Answer 12

Symbolic link

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Question 13

ls option –color

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produces a color coded listing that differentiates directories, symbolic links, and others

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Question 14

ls option -R or –recursive

Answer 14

causes ls to display directory contents recursively. It displays subdirectories

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Question 15

tar

Answer 15

stands for “tape archiver”

archives data to other media

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Question 16

tar command

–create -c

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Creates an archive

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Question 17

tar command

–concatenate or -A

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Appends tar files to an archive

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Question 18

tar command

–append or -r

Answer 18

Appends non-tar files to an archive

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Question 19

tar command

–update or -u

Answer 19

Appends files that are newer than those in an archive

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Question 20

tar command

–diff or –compare or -d

Answer 20

Compares an archive to files on a disk

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Question 21

tar command

–list or -t

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Lists an archive’s contents

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Question 22

tar command

–extract or –get or -x

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Extracts files from an archive

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Question 23

tar qualifier

–directory dir or C

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Changes to directory dir before performing operations

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Question 24

tar qualifier

–file [host:]file or f

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Uses the file called file on the computer called host as the archive file

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Question 25

tar qualifier

–listed-incremental file or g

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Performs an incremental backup or restore, using file as a list of previously archived files

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Question 26

tar qualifier

–multi-volume or M

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Creates or extracts a multi-volume archive

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Question 27

tar qualifier

–preserve-permissions or p

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Preserves all protection information

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Question 28

tar qualifier

–absolute-paths or P

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Retains the leading / on filenames

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