2.4 Creating, Moving and Deleting Files (weight: 2) LINUX-ESSENTIALS Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–19

1. 16application · medium

   A user has multiple files in the current directory: file1.txt, file2.txt, file3.log, and notes.txt. They want to move all files ending with .txt to a subdirectory called 'textfiles'. Which command accomplishes this?

   • Amv file?.txt textfiles/
   • Bmv *.txt textfiles/
   • Cmv *.log textfiles/
   • Dmv file*.txt textfiles/
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2. 17application · medium

   A user wants to create a new empty file named 'config.ini' in the directory /etc/myapp, which already exists. They also want to ensure the file's timestamp is updated if it already exists. Which command should they use?

   • Atouch /etc/myapp/config.ini
   • Bmkdir /etc/myapp/config.ini
   • Cecho > /etc/myapp/config.ini
   • Dcp /etc/myapp/config.ini
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4. 18application · medium

   An administrator needs to remove the directory /var/log/old and all of its contents, including subdirectories and files. The directory is not empty. Which command should they use?

   • Armdir /var/log/old
   • Brm /var/log/old
   • Crm -f /var/log/old
   • Drm -r /var/log/old
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5. 19foundation · easy

   After running rm important.txt, what happens to the file's data?

   • AIt is renamed to important.txt.bak.
   • BIt is permanently removed from the filesystem.
   • CIt is moved to the system trash folder and can be restored.
   • DIt is compressed and stored in a backup archive.
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