INFO 1111 – If Marie Smith logs on and has not changed directories

1. If Marie Smith logs on and has not changed directories yet, what command should she type to change into the /etc directory using a Relative Path? _________________

2. Filenames that start with a period, such as .file, are referred to as _____________ files.

3. If enough unique letters of a directory name have been typed, what key can be pressed to activate the BASH shell’s completion feature?

a.Ctrl

b.Esc

c.Tab

d.Alt

4. How can you specify a pattern occurs at the beginning of a line of text using a regular expression (regex)?

a.Precede the pattern with a ^

b.Precede the pattern with a /

c.Precede the pattern with a

d.Precede the pattern with a $

5.In vi, using command mode, what ?series of keystrokes will cause the line on which the cursor is positioned to be deleted?

a.yy

b.?dd

c.?X

d.?yw

6.In what mode does the vi editor open by default??

a.?insert mode

b.?append mode

c.?command mode

d.?overview mode

7.

It is acceptable to use shell metacharacters when naming files.

True

False

8.Linux has only one root directory per directory tree.

True

False

9. o move from Command mode in vi to the command prompt at the bottom of the screen, press the Esc key.

True

False

10.Select below the command and the associated alias available on most Linux systems that displays ?a long listing of the regular files in a directory?

a.?ls -l

b.?ls -F

c.?lf

d.?ll

11.Select below the command and the associated alias available on most Linux systems that displays ?a long listing of the regular files in a directory?

a.?ls -l

b.?ls -F

c.?lf

d.?ll

12. Select the regular expression metacharacter that matches 0 or more occurrences of the previous character.

a.^

b.+

c.?

d.*

13. Text wildcards used to ease the searching for specific text information within the content of a file(s) are called _________________________.

14.The more command should not be used on binary files.

True

False

15. After typing the ls -F command, you notice a filename that ends with an * (asterisk) character. What does this mean?

a.It is a linked file.

b.It is a metacharacter file.

c.It is an executable file.

d.It is a special device file.

16.To display the contents of a text file called data, what command should be used?

a.cat data

b.ls -l data

c.ls data

d.cat > data

17. Using wildcard metacharacters, how can one indicate a number is either 1, 2, 3, or 4?

a.[1-4]

b.1-4

c.{1234}

d.[1,2,3,4]

18. Using wildcard metacharacters, how can you indicate a character that is NOT a or b or c or d?

a.[^abcd]

b.[!a-d]

c.[^a-d]

d.[^a,b,c,d]

19. What will the following wildcard regular expression return: file[a-c]

a.file, filea, fileb, filec

b. filea, fileb, filec

c.filea, filec

d.filea-c