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  1. pwd command displays
  2. A.
    user password
    B.
    password file content
    C.
    present working directory
    D.
    none of the mentioned

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  3. Which of the following commands can be used to change default permissions for files and directories at the time of creation
  4. A.
    Chmod
    B.
    Chown
    C.
    Umask
    D.
    Chgrp

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  5. Which tar command option is used to list the files in a tape archive format?
  6. A.
    cvf
    B.
    tvf
    C.
    xvf
    D.
    ovf

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  7. Which of the following commands will allow the user to search contents of a file for a particular pattern
  8. A.
    touch
    B.
    grep
    C.
    find
    D.
    ls

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  9. Write the command to display the current date in the form dd/mm/yyyy.
  10. A.
    date +%d/%m/%Y
    B.
    date +"%d/%m/%Y"
    C.
    date +/%d/%m/20%y
    D.
    date +"/%d/%m/20%y"

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  11. The command syntax to display the file 'sample.txt' one page at a time is
  12. A.
    man sample.txt>more
    B.
    cat sample.txt
    C.
    cat sample.txt|more
    D.
    None of the above

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  13. Which one shows the name of the operating system?
  14. A.
    uname -n
    B.
    uname -r
    C.
    uname -o
    D.
    uname "“m

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  15. How do you add (append) a file "file1? to the example.tar file
  16. A.
    no you cannot add a file to example.tar
    B.
    tar -cvf example.tar file1
    C.
    tar -rvf file1 example.tar
    D.
    tar -evf file1 example.tar

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  17. How to execute ls command inside a vi editor?
  18. A.
    !ls
    B.
    :ls
    C.
    :!ls
    D.
    we can't execute

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  19. Which command gives the first byte where the difference is in the file1 & file2?
  20. A.
    diff
    B.
    cmp
    C.
    comm
    D.
    ls -a

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