Linux Set 7

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What vi command moves to the beginning of the next word?: e
How does Linux indicate the end of a line?: line feed
What option runs vi in binary mode?: -b
What command will reveal the purpose of a file?: man -f filename
Why do text files copied from Windows to Linux not work as scripts?: Linux and Windows indicate line ends in different ways?
How does Windows indicate a line return?: carriage feed, line return
How is a carriage return indicated?: ^M
What command will search man pages for a keyword?: man -k keyword
In what three directories are most commands stored?: /bin, /usr/bin, and /usr/local/bin
What command will remove duplicate lines from a file?: uniq
What is process status R?: runnable (in run queue)
What command will tell you where another command is located?: which
Why are shell commands faster than other commands?: a new process does not have to be created
What command will list currently-running processes?: ps
What key combination is used to suspend a process?: CTRL-Z
What is process status D?: uninterruptible sleep (usually IO)
What is process status S?: sleeping
What is process status T?: traced or stopped
What is process status Z?: defunct ("zombie") process
What is the difference between kill and kill -9?: kill allows the program to shut itself down
What does a "sticky bit" on a directory do?: Restricts who can delete or rename a file in that directory
What character represents a "sticky bit"?: t
What three entities can delete/rename a file when the "sticky bit" is set on the directory?: the owner of the directory, the owner of the file, or the superuser
What command displays password aging information?: chage
What command will force a password change every x days with y days warning?: chage -M x -W y user
What command can be used to check library dependencies?: ldd
What utility is used to write messages to the system file?: logger
In the absence of either an at.allow or at.deny file, which users are allowed to create jobs to run at different times?: only superusers
Where are at.allow files stored?: /etc
By default, who can read entries in the messages file?: only superusers
What filesystem is used for CD-ROMs?: iso9660
Is the swap filesystem mountable?: no
What can be done if the root password is forgotten?: reboot into runlevel 1 and use "init=/bin/sh" as a boot option
What is the newgrp command used for?: changing a user's primary group
What pseudodirectory provides information about hardware devices?: /proc
Where are default settings for new users copied from?: /etc/skel
What are inodes?: file pointers
What command will show inode usage?: df -i
What command will show free space in kilobytes?: df -k
Can a disk become full even if it still has free space?: yes, if all inodes are used
What file contains information about IRQs?: /proc/interrupts
What command will return a list of active network controllers?: ifconfig
What character is used to separate commands?: ;
What character is used to tell a command to run in the background?: &
What command is used to run a command a single time only?: at
Where is most locally-added software stored?: /usr/local
In vi, what does : do?: allows ex commands

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