A Bash script currently pings a single host. What modification would allow the script to read a list of hosts from a file and ping each one?

Use a 'while read' loop to iterate over the lines of the file.

Use the 'grep' command to find the hosts in the file.

Use the 'chmod' command to change the file permissions.

Use the 'cat' command to display the file contents.

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Script Modification PT0-003 Practice Questions (Page 5)

Part of the Reconnaissance and enumeration domain, which accounts for 21% of the PT0-003 exam. CompTIA does not publish an official question count, but from its 165-minute exam (~65–110 total, ~14–23 in this domain), expect 4–6 from this objective — we provide 26 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 21–25

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Which Python library provides low-level networking capabilities, such as creating sockets for custom TCP connections during a port scan?
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22foundation · easy
Which PowerShell cmdlet is used to test network connectivity to a remote host, such as checking if a target is reachable during reconnaissance?
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23foundation · easy
Which Python library is commonly used in reconnaissance scripts to perform HTTP requests and interact with web resources?
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24foundation · easy
A Bash script currently pings a single host. What modification would allow the script to read a list of hosts from a file and ping each one?
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25foundation · easy
Which Bash utility is used to test network connectivity to a host by sending ICMP echo requests?
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Script Modification PT0-003 Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

Which Python library provides low-level networking capabilities, such as creating sockets for custom TCP connections during a port scan?

Which PowerShell cmdlet is used to test network connectivity to a remote host, such as checking if a target is reachable during reconnaissance?

Which Python library is commonly used in reconnaissance scripts to perform HTTP requests and interact with web resources?

A Bash script currently pings a single host. What modification would allow the script to read a list of hosts from a file and ping each one?

Which Bash utility is used to test network connectivity to a host by sending ICMP echo requests?

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