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| 2.3 - What are two ways to create directories and files with spaces in the name? |
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| Wrap the name in quotes, escape the spaces with the "\" character |
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| 2.3 - What is the "/etc" directory used for? |
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| 2.3 - What is the "/var" directory used for? |
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| Variable files (file that are subject to change like: logs, spool files, temporary email files) |
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| 2.3 - Which users do changes to the root filesystem affect? |
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| 2.3 - What defines the standardized location of files and directories in Linux? |
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| The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) |
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| 2.3 - A path with a "~" in it is known as what? |
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| A "relative-to-home" path (Example: ~/Documents/test.txt) |
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| 2.3 - What does the "ls -lh" command and options do? |
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| Display contents of a directory with a long list (-l) and human-readable format (-h) |
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| 2.3 - What does the "ls -d */ " command and options do? |
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| Display contents of the directory, show all subdirectories, no files |
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| 2.3 - What does the "ls -lt" command and options do? |
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| Display contents of the current directory, long list and sort by modification times with newest first |
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| What does the "ls -lrt" command and options do? |
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| Display contents of the current directory, long list and sort by modification times and reverse the order (by default newest modifications would be first) |
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| 2.3 - What does the "ls -lx" command and options do? |
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| Displays the contents of the current directory, long list, and display the file extensions |
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| 2.3 - What does the "ls -S" command and option do? |
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| Displays the contents of the current directory and print the file size (largest file size first, you can reverse the order by adding the "-r" switch) |
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| 2.3 - What does the "ls -R" command and option do? |
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| Displays the contents of the current directory, modified to display the list recursively |
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| 2.3 - What is an alias for the "ls -l" command and option? |
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