Linux Basics commands quiz

Linux Basic Commands quiz

This is a quiz on basic commands of linux.

1. Which option with the command "rm" is required to remove a directory

-d
-f
-r
-i


2. The command used to display the manual pages for any command is

man
manual
help
show


3. Which of following will show the first 5 lines of the input file

less -5 file
head -5 file
more -5 file
show -5 file


4. Which option of "ls" will show the hidden files

-h
-a
-l
-i


5. The command "cat -n file" will

Add a new line after every line of the output
Add line numbers to every line of the output
Will show only a count of number of lines in the file.
Will not print any thing.


6. The command "echo -n hello" will

Print "hello" and add a new line after it
Not print any thing
Print "hello" and not add a new line after it
Change the case and print HELLO


7. The command sort by default sorts

Text
Numbers
Any thing
Special symbols


8. Which of the following will list the users who currently logged in in the system

login
which
who
tty


9. To change the password of a user we can use the command

password
passwd
chpass
su


10. Which command can be used to view the content of a file in reverse i.e from last line to first.

cat -r
rev
tac
less

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