Question 1

When a user logs into their Linux system, he is placed in the _________________________ directory.

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Question 2

Match between columns
                        Premises: Displays the first 10 lines of a text file.
Displays a file in reverse order.
A file that contains the most recent entries at the bottom of the file.
Displays lines of text that match extended regular expressions.
Special file that serves as placeholders to organize other files.
Identifies a channel that passes information from one process in memory to another, and in some cases can be mediated by files on the hard drive.
Files that have an association with one another.
A file that allows a process on another computer to write to a file on the local computer while another process reads from that file.
A file that represents a device on the system, such as a hard disk or serial port.

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Question 3

In a file listing, the 9 characters following the file type (for example, -rwxr-xr-x )refer to the file's _________________________.

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Question 4

Why is the vi editor called a bi-modal editor? Explain.

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Question 5

An alternative to the vi editor that offers an equal set of functionality is the GNU _________________________.

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Question 6

What is the disadvantage of using the cat command to display a very large text file? How can you get around this problem?

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Question 7

Special metacharacters used to match patterns of text within text files are called _________________________.

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Question 8

The ____ regular expression metacharacter matches 0 or more occurrences of the previous character.
A)(*)
B)(?)
C)(+)
D)(^)

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The (*) metacharacter matches zero or more occurrences of the previous character in a regular expression.

Question 9

What does the cd command do? What happens if you use this command without an argument?

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Question 10

List three differences between wildcard metacharacters and regular expressions.

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Question 11

The file .file.dat is an example of a(n)_________________________ file.

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Question 12

What is the difference between an absolute and a relative pathname? What is a benefit of each?

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Quiz 4: Exploring Linux Filesystems