An administrator is cleaning up a server and needs to delete all files in /tmp that are older than a certain date, but they are unsure of the exact filenames. They also need to remove the empty subdirectories that remain after deletion. Which approach is most appropriate?

Use rmdir with a wildcard pattern to delete all files and directories.

Use rm -r with a wildcard pattern to delete everything, including subdirectories.

Use touch to mark files for deletion, then use rm to delete them.

Use rm with a wildcard pattern to delete the files, then use rmdir to remove empty subdirectories.

A developer needs to create a directory structure for a new project: /home/dev/project/src, /home/dev/project/docs, and /home/dev/project/tests. The directory /home/dev/project does not exist yet. Which command creates all three directories in one step?

mkdir /home/dev/project/src /home/dev/project/docs /home/dev/project/tests

mkdir -r /home/dev/project/{src,docs,tests}

mkdir /home/dev/project/src docs tests

mkdir -p /home/dev/project/{src,docs,tests}

LPI Linux Essentials (010-160)

Domain 2Objective 4

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1expert · hard
An administrator is cleaning up a server and needs to delete all files in /tmp that are older than a certain date, but they are unsure of the exact filenames. They also need to remove the empty subdirectories that remain after deletion. Which approach is most appropriate?
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A developer needs to create a directory structure for a new project: /home/dev/project/src, /home/dev/project/docs, and /home/dev/project/tests. The directory /home/dev/project does not exist yet. Which command creates all three directories in one step?
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3foundation · easy
Which command creates a directory named projects in the current directory?
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4foundation · easy
Which command copies the entire directory project (including all its files and subdirectories) to a new location?
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5foundation · easy
Which command creates the directory structure /home/user/docs/2024, even if /home/user/docs does not yet exist?
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An administrator is cleaning up a server and needs to delete all files in /tmp that are older than a certain date, but they are unsure of the exact filenames. They also need to remove the empty subdirectories that remain after deletion. Which approach is most appropriate?

A developer needs to create a directory structure for a new project: /home/dev/project/src, /home/dev/project/docs, and /home/dev/project/tests. The directory /home/dev/project does not exist yet. Which command creates all three directories in one step?

Which command creates a directory named projects in the current directory?

Which command copies the entire directory project (including all its files and subdirectories) to a new location?

Which command creates the directory structure /home/user/docs/2024, even if /home/user/docs does not yet exist?

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