A user received a file named backup.tar.xz and wants to verify that a specific file, report.txt, is inside without extracting the entire archive. Which command should the user run?

tar -xJf backup.tar.xz report.txt

tar -cJf backup.tar.xz report.txt

tar -tJf backup.tar.xz | grep report.txt

LPI Linux Essentials (010-160)

Domain 3Objective 1

3.1 Archiving Files on the Command Line (weight: 2) LINUX-ESSENTIALS Practice Questions (Page 3)

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Questions 11–15

11application · medium
A user received a file named backup.tar.xz and wants to verify that a specific file, report.txt, is inside without extracting the entire archive. Which command should the user run?
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12application · easy
A user has a compressed file named data.txt.bz2 and wants to decompress it to get the original data.txt file. Which command should the user run?
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13foundation · easy
Which compression tool typically produces the smallest file size among gzip, bzip2, and xz, at the cost of slower compression speed?
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14application · medium
A user has an archive backup.tar that contains a file called config.old. The user has a newer version of the file in the current directory and wants to replace the version in the archive with the newer one. Which command should the user run?
Select an answer first
15application · easy
A user has a large text file, data.log, and wants to compress it for archival. The user needs to decompress it later with a single command. Which command should the user run to compress the file?
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Questions 11–15

A user received a file named backup.tar.xz and wants to verify that a specific file, report.txt, is inside without extracting the entire archive. Which command should the user run?

A user has a compressed file named data.txt.bz2 and wants to decompress it to get the original data.txt file. Which command should the user run?

Which compression tool typically produces the smallest file size among gzip, bzip2, and xz, at the cost of slower compression speed?

A user has an archive backup.tar that contains a file called config.old. The user has a newer version of the file in the current directory and wants to replace the version in the archive with the newer one. Which command should the user run?

A user has a large text file, data.log, and wants to compress it for archival. The user needs to decompress it later with a single command. Which command should the user run to compress the file?

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