Linux Command Line
Test your knowledge of basic Linux commands.
- 1.
What command is used to copy?
- A.
Cp
- B.
Copy
- C.
Mv
- D.
All of the above
Correct Answer
A. Cp -
- 2.
What command is used to show what is in a directory?
- A.
Cd
- B.
Sd
- C.
Chmod
- D.
Ls
Correct Answer
D. Ls -
- 3.
Which of the following commands will list all files, in long format, with human readable file sizes, along with their inode numbers?
- A.
Ls -lt
- B.
Ls -lahi
- C.
Ls -lah
- D.
Ls -t
Correct Answer
B. Ls -lahi -
- 4.
What command would you use to change to the public_html folder for the user jprescott?
- A.
A) cd ~/public_html
- B.
B) cd public
- C.
C) cd /home/jprescott/public_html
- D.
Both A and C
Correct Answer
C. C) cd /home/jprescott/public_html -
- 5.
What would the following command do? # chmod 755 index.html
- A.
Modify index.html to be 755 bytes
- B.
Change the permissions of index.html to rwxr-xr-x
- C.
Change the permissions of index.html to r--r--r--
- D.
It would do nothing.
Correct Answer
B. Change the permissions of index.html to rwxr-xr-x -
- 6.
What do the permissions rwxr-wr-w represent numerically?
- A.
755
- B.
644
- C.
000
- D.
1 bagillion in hex
Correct Answer
A. 755 -
- 7.
What command is used to change the ownership of a file.
- A.
Changgrp
- B.
Chanown
- C.
Chown
- D.
Chmod
Correct Answer
C. Chown -
- 8.
Which command is used to locate files/directories in the file system?
- A.
Look
- B.
Find
- C.
Get
- D.
Mkdir
Correct Answer
B. Find -
- 9.
What does chattr do?
- A.
Allows you to change the secondary attributes on the files and folders making them immutable and unappendable
- B.
Runs the chat program
- C.
Prints all files on the current screen
- D.
Not a valid command.
Correct Answer
A. Allows you to change the secondary attributes on the files and folders making them immutable and unappendable -
- 10.
Which command shows a list of open files, directories, libraries, etc that is currently open on the system?
- A.
Ls
- B.
Show
- C.
Lsof
- D.
Grep
Correct Answer
C. Lsof -
- 11.
What command is used to search files for a pattern?
- A.
Find
- B.
Ls
- C.
Grep
- D.
Help
Correct Answer
C. Grep -
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