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Linux Command Line Quiz

Authored by Akhilash K

Computers

1st Grade

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Linux Command Line Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of the pwd command?

To print the working directory

To change the directory

To list the contents of a directory

To show the last executed command

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which command shows the current logged-in user?

who

whoami

pwd

ls

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does ls -l display?

Only the names of files and directories

Detailed information about files, including permissions

The size of all files in bytes

Recently modified files

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens when you run cat /etc/passwd?

It deletes user accounts

It displays system users

It lists all system groups

It modifies user passwords

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you view the first 5 lines of the /etc/passwd file?

head /etc/passwd

tail -n5 /etc/passwd

head -n5 /etc/passwd

wc -l /etc/passwd

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does wc -l /etc/passwd output?

The total number of words

The total number of lines

The total number of bytes

The total number of characters

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which command displays a file one page at a time?

cat

less

wc

head

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