A company manages a fleet of minimal Linux servers that only have vi installed. A new admin is more comfortable with nano. What is the most appropriate action for the admin to take?

Use a graphical editor like gedit over SSH.

Learn to use vi, as it is the only editor guaranteed to be available on all systems.

Install nano on every server using the package manager.

Use sed for all editing tasks instead of an interactive editor.

A user who is unfamiliar with vi needs to edit a text file using nano. After making changes, they want to save the file with a different name and exit. Which key sequence in nano accomplishes this?

Ctrl+X, type new filename, Enter

Ctrl+W, type new filename, Enter, then Ctrl+X

Ctrl+S, type new filename, Enter, then Ctrl+Q

Ctrl+O, type new filename, Enter, then Ctrl+X

Which common administrative task typically requires the use of a command-line text editor?

Checking disk usage with the df command

Changing a user's password with the passwd command

Listing directory contents with the ls command

Editing the /etc/fstab file to add a new mount point

A user has made several changes to a file in vi and wants to save the changes and exit. However, they are currently in insert mode. What is the correct sequence of commands?

Press Ctrl+Z, then type :wq and press Enter

Press Esc, then type :wq and press Enter

Press Ctrl+C, then type :wq and press Enter

LPI LPIC-1:Linux Administrator (101-500)

Domain 3Objective 8

103.8 Basic File Editing LPIC-1 Practice Questions (Page 3)

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11application · medium
A company manages a fleet of minimal Linux servers that only have vi installed. A new admin is more comfortable with nano. What is the most appropriate action for the admin to take?
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12application · easy
A user who is unfamiliar with vi needs to edit a text file using nano. After making changes, they want to save the file with a different name and exit. Which key sequence in nano accomplishes this?
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13foundation · easy
Which vi/vim ex command replaces all occurrences of 'foo' with 'bar' in the entire file?
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14foundation · easy
Which common administrative task typically requires the use of a command-line text editor?
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15application · easy
A user has made several changes to a file in vi and wants to save the changes and exit. However, they are currently in insert mode. What is the correct sequence of commands?
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