Two files, names.txt and emails.txt, each contain one entry per line. The administrator needs to combine them into a single file where each line has a name followed by a comma and the corresponding email. The files are guaranteed to have the same number of lines. Which command should be used?

cut -d, names.txt emails.txt > combined.txt

paste -d, names.txt emails.txt > combined.txt

cat names.txt emails.txt > combined.txt

join names.txt emails.txt > combined.txt

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

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Two files, names.txt and emails.txt, each contain one entry per line. The administrator needs to combine them into a single file where each line has a name followed by a comma and the corresponding email. The files are guaranteed to have the same number of lines. Which command should be used?
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A user needs to view a large configuration file interactively, searching for the word 'timeout' and scrolling through the results. The user wants to open the file in a pager that allows forward and backward navigation and search. Which command should be used?
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Two files, names.txt and emails.txt, each contain one entry per line. The administrator needs to combine them into a single file where each line has a name followed by a comma and the corresponding email. The files are guaranteed to have the same number of lines. Which command should be used?

A user needs to view a large configuration file interactively, searching for the word 'timeout' and scrolling through the results. The user wants to open the file in a pager that allows forward and backward navigation and search. Which command should be used?

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