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Linux Essentials 3.1
Archiving Files on the Command Line
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Computer Science
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04/06/2020

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2.4 - What does the globbing character "*" match?
Definition
Match any character, including no characters
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2.4 - What does the globbing character "?" match?
Definition
Match any one character
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2.4 - What does the "[ ]" globbing character match?
Definition
Match a class of characters
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3.1 - What type of compression allows all of the bits to be restored?
Definition
Lossless
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3.1 - This type of compression allows for imperceptible data loss in images and video
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Lossy
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3.1 - This type of tool is used to bundle up files and directories, common usage is backup
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Archiving tools
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3.1 - While all archiving tools bundle up files and directories, some will not do this?
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Compression, some archive tools will need a stand-alone compression tool (ie. my-file-archive.tar.gz)
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3.1 - What is the most common archiving tool in Linux.
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tar (Tape Archive) tool
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3.1 - What is a common use for tarballs?
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Bundling up source code to be distributed
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3.1 - What are the commands used inside a "bzip2" file?
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bzcat, bzgrep, bzdiff, bzless, bzmore, bzcat (bzip2 are prefixed with bz)
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3.1 - What commands are used inside of a "gzip" file?
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zcat, zdiff, zless, zmore, zgrep, (all commands used inside of a gzip file are prefixed with "z")
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3.1 - What are the commands used inside an "xz" file?
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xzcat, xzdiff, xzless, xzgrep, xzmore (all commands used inside an "xz" files are prefixed with an "xz")
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3.1 - What does the "tar u" option do?
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Added a files to an existing uncompressed "tar" file
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3.1 - What does the "tar c" option do?
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Creates a new archive file
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3.1 - What does the "tar f" option do?
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This option is the name of the file to create
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3.1 - What does the "tar t" option do?
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This option allows you to view the contents of the tarball file
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3.1 - What does the "tar x" option do?
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This will extract files from an archive
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3.1 - What does the "tar v" option do?
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It means verbose and will list the files processed
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3.1 - What does the "tar z" option do?
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Calls "gzip" for compression
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3.1 - What does the "tar j" option do?
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Calls on "bzip2" for compression
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3.1 - What does the "tar J" option do?
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Calls for "xz" for compression
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What is the argument right after the option when using the "tar" command?
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This is the file to be worked on
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