Ch7 Text Utilities Exam

Ch7 Text Utilities Exam

1. If you want to see the entire contents of a text file, you can use the _____ command:

   • wc
   • cat
   • type
   • cut

2. The head -n -1 readme.txt command will:

   • Display all but the first line of readme.txt
   • Display the first line of readme.txt
   • Display all but the last line of readme.txt
   • Number the first line of readme.txt

3. Which command will merge two files together line by line?

   • join
   • paste
   • combo
   • merge

4. Which of the following is a non-interactive editor?

   • ed
   • nano
   • vi
   • sed

5. If you want to break apart a large file into smaller files, you can use:

   • cat
   • split
   • break
   • dump

6. If you want to extract fields from a file, you can use:

   • cols
   • field
   • split
   • cut

7. Select the function that the tr command cannot perform:

   • Eliminate duplicate characters
   • Delete specific characters
   • Translate from one set of characters to another
   • Insert characters

8. Which command will remove consecutive duplicate lines from a file?

   • uniq
   • tr
   • dedup
   • sed

9. This command displays binary files in a variety of representations:

   • od
   • cat
   • cut
   • format

10. If you want a file to be displayed with its lines numbered, you can use:

    • fmt
    • nl
    • cut
    • nc

11. To put the lines of a file in alphabetical order, you can run:

    • uniq
    • paste
    • cat
    • sort

12. Which of the following commands can be used to scroll through a text file?

    • less
    • cat
    • head
    • sed

13. Which option of the head command will display only the first six lines of a file?

    (choose two)

    • -6
    • -n 6
    • -n
    • -n -6

14. The _____ command will tell you if a command exists as a built-in command, function, alias or a command located within the PATH variable.

    • type
    • export
    • set
    • declare