11. Utilize Bash Commands (file Management, Directory Navigation, and Environmental Variables) 200-901 Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

1. 21foundation · easy

   In Bash, what is the difference between an absolute path and a relative path?

   • AAn absolute path is used only for files, while a relative path is used only for directories.
   • BAn absolute path is stored in the PATH variable, while a relative path is stored in the current directory.
   • CAn absolute path always ends with a slash (/), while a relative path never ends with a slash.
   • DAn absolute path starts from the root directory (/), while a relative path starts from the current directory.
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2. 22application · medium

   An engineer needs to delete all files with a '.log' extension in the current directory and its subdirectories. The engineer wants to be prompted before each deletion to avoid accidental removal. Which command accomplishes this?

   • Arm -i *.log
   • Bfind . -name '*.log' -delete
   • Cfind . -name '*.log' -exec rm -i {} \;
   • Drm -rf *.log
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4. 23application · medium

   A junior admin is troubleshooting a script that fails to find a log file. The script runs from the /opt/scripts directory and references the log as `../../var/log/app.log`. The admin needs to verify the actual file location. Which command will show the absolute path of the log file as the script sees it?

   • A`pwd ../../var/log/app.log`
   • B`echo $PWD/../../var/log/app.log`
   • C`readlink -f ../../var/log/app.log`
   • D`ls ../../var/log/app.log`
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5. 24foundation · easy

   Which Bash command moves the file report.txt from the current directory into the subdirectory archive?

   • Arm report.txt archive/
   • Bmv report.txt archive/
   • Ccp report.txt archive/
   • Dtouch report.txt archive/
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6. 25application · easy

   An administrator needs to rename a file from config_old.txt to config_new.txt in the current directory. Which command accomplishes this?

   • A`cp config_old.txt config_new.txt`
   • B`mv config_old.txt config_new.txt`
   • C`ln config_old.txt config_new.txt`
   • D`rename config_old.txt config_new.txt`
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