Linux Quiz 2d Covering the mv, tail, uniq, sdiff and sed Commands

Linux Command Line Quiz | 2d

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#1

How do you view bash history contents repeated in two columns?

$ paste .bash_history .bash_history

#2

How do you change the spelling of boyd to body in file1.txt?

$ sed -i '/s/boyd/body/' file1.txt

#3

How do you count the number of lines in your .bash_history file?

$ wc -l .bash_history

#4

How do you join file1.txt and file2.txt ignoring the header row?

$ join --header file1.txt file2.txt

#5

How do you print the first 10 lines (the default) of file1.txt?

$ head file1.txt

#6

How do you see if file1.txt and file1.bak have the same contents?

$ diff file1.txt file1.bak

#7

How do you show lines unique to each file1.txt and file2.txt?

$ comm file1.txt file2.txt

#8

How do you delete an empty directory called empty?

$ rm -d empty

#9

How do you create file3.txt from differences in file1.txt and file2.txt?

$ sdiff -o file3.txt file1.txt file2.txt

#10

How do you prompt before deleting an empty directory called empty?

$ rm -i empty

#11

How do you remove file1.txt with a prompt and a confirmation?

$ rm -iv file1.txt

#12

How do you count the number of bytes in file1.txt?

$ wc -c file1.txt

#13

How do you copy file1.txt to file1.bak if it is a newer version?

$ cp -u file1.txt file1.bak

#14

How do you print the first field in file1.txt?

$ cut -f 1 file1.txt

#15

How do you sort the bash history file in reverse alphabetic order?

$ sort -r .bash_history

#16

How do you remove a symbolic link called docs?

$ rm docs

#17

How do you create a bin directory followed by a confirmation?

$ mkdir -v bin

#18

How do you find all .conf files in all directories within /etc?

$ find /etc -name '*.conf'

#19

How do you get a warning before moving file1.txt to directory docs?

$ mv -i file1.txt docs

#20

How do you view the first 10 lines of the .bashrc file?

$ head .bashrc

#21

How do you view the version of the program that creates directories?

$ mkdir --version

#22

How do you print the last 20 lines from the bash history file?

$ tail -n 20 .bash_history

#23

How do you count the number of times mkdir is in your bash history?

$ grep -c "mkdir" .bash_history

#24

How do you list programs with math in the title or description?

$ apropos math

#25

How do you show unique rows in file1.txt, after the first character?

$ uniq -s 1 file1.txt

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Linux Quiz 2d Covering the mv, tail, uniq, sdiff and sed Commands

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