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The document contains questions and answers about various UNIX commands. It covers commands for getting help (man, help), navigating directories (cd, ls), copying/renaming files (cp, mv), setting permissions (chmod), searching files (grep), and more. Correct answers are provided for each question to test understanding of UNIX commands and their syntax.

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UNIX Test PDF

The document contains questions and answers about various UNIX commands. It covers commands for getting help (man, help), navigating directories (cd, ls), copying/renaming files (cp, mv), setting permissions (chmod), searching files (grep), and more. Correct answers are provided for each question to test understanding of UNIX commands and their syntax.

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UNIX test

1 How do you get help about the command "cp"?


a
help cp
b
man cp
c
cp ?
2 Make a copy of file "upper" in the directory two levels up.
a
jump -2 upper
b
cp upper ../..
c
cp upper -2/
3 How do you list all the files that are in the current directory?
a
list all
b
ls -full
c
ls -a
4 Which of the following UNIX commands will not take the user employee5 to his home directory?
a
cd
b
cd ~
c
cd ~employee5
5 How do you rename file "new" in file "old"?
a
mv new old
b
cp new old
c
rn new old
6 What is the generic syntax for all UNIX commands?
a
command name, followed by arguments, followed by options
b
command name followed by arguments
c
command name followed by options
d
command name, followed by options, followed by arguments
7 How do you visualize the content of file "not_empty"?
a
type not_empty
b
cat not_empty
c
more not_empty
8 Change the current directory to /usr/local/bin
a
mv /usr/local/bin
b
cd /usr/local/bin
c
setdir /usr/localbin
9 Which of these commands will set the permissions on file textfile to read and write for the owner,
read for the group, and nothing for everyone else?
a
chmod 755 textfile
b
chmod 640 textfile
c
chmod 644 textfile

10 Create a new file "new.txt" that is a concatenation of "file1.txt" and "file2.txt".


a
cat file1.txt file2.txt > new.txt
b
make new.txt=file1.txt+file2.txt
c
tail file1.txt | head file2.txt > new.txt
11 When you use the ln command, which of the following occurs?
a
a file is created that points to an existing file
b
a file is created that is a copy of an existing file
c
a file is moved from one location to another
d
a file is renamed
12 What UNIX command is used to update the modification time of a file?
a
time
b
modify
c
cat
d
touch
13 Which command will print the contents of all files in the current directory whose names start with
the character "a" and end with a period (".") followed by any two characters followed by a number?
a
ls a*.??[0-9]
b
ls a*.??#
c
cat a*.??[0-9]
d
cat a?.**#
14 In ksh, what is the difference between the expressions VAR and $VAR?
a
VAR refers to a variable name and $VAR to its value
b
VAR refers to a variable value and $VAR to its name
c
VAR refers to an integer variable and $VAR to a string variable
d
both expressions refer to the same thing
15 What is the effect of the command alias up2="cd ../.."?
a
typing "cd ../.." at a shell prompt causes the shell to print "up2"
b
typing "up2" at a shell prompt takes you up two levels in the directory tree
c
an error message is printed
16 Which of these situations would cause an error message to be printed after typing the command
"my_script" on the command line, assuming that my_script is a ksh script?
a
my_script does not have execute permission set
b
the current working directory is not in the PATH
c
both a) and b)
d
neither a) nor b)
17 In a ksh script, how does one indicate the beginning and end of a block of statements in a while
loop?
a
with { and }
b
with [ and ]
c
with while and elihw
d
with do and done

18 What is the command to search all files in your current directory for the word "plasmodium"?
a
grep plasmodium *
b
find plasmodium -all
c
lookup plasmodium *
19 How do you print the first 15 lines of all files ending by ".txt"?
a
print 15 .txt
b
cat *.txt -length=15
c
head -15 *.txt
20 Count the files you own in all your directories.
a
ls -lR | grep myusername | wc -l
b
ls -a | cnt *
c
ls -n ~myusername

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