🐧Linux Server 1: Chapter 2 QUIZ

What metacharacter indicates background command execution?

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Sandra needs to obtain the latest image of Fedora so that she can install it as a virtual machine on her Windows workstation. Which of the following file formats is Sandra likely to find available for download from Fedora's website in order to allow her to use the file as the source for booting and installing Linux as a VM?

.iso

In Linux, what is the root of the filesystem?

/

What is orindac's home directory?

/home/orindac

What is user1's home directory?

/home/user1

What is root's home directory?

/root

Under the root directory in Linux, which directory contains system commands and utilities?

/usr

What directory under / contains the log files and spools for a Linux system?

/var

When using command-line terminal, specific letters that start with a dash ("-") and appear after command names are considered to be:

Options

After logging into a terminal, a user will receive an interface known as which option?

Shell

After a shell is no longer needed, what command can be given to exit the shell?

exit

The apropos list command produces the same results as which command below?

man -k list

Dustin runs a command at the command line trying to find out what kernel version the system is running. However, it doesn't give him the information he needs. He knows there is an option that can be used to display the kernel version. How can he find out which option to use?

man uname

The Linux kernel exists as a file named:

vmlinuz

Which Linux command can be utilized to display your current login name?

whoami