Archiving & Compression

Question 1

What is the linux command to hide a file?

Answer 1

mv file.ext .file.ext

Question 2

What is the linux command to remove an item?

Answer 2

rm

Question 3

What is the linux command to copy an item?

Answer 3

cp

Question 4

What is the linux command to create and remove a folder?

Answer 4

mkdir

rmdir *folder must be empty

Question 5

What is the linux command to update a folder/files timestamp?

Answer 5

touch file.ext

Question 6

What is the linux command to create an empty file?

Answer 6

touch file.ext

Question 7

What is the linux command to copy a folder?

Answer 7

cp -R

Question 8

What is the linux command to remove a folder/item forces?

Answer 8

rm -rf

Question 9

What can be substituted for quotes when referencing a name with spaces?

Answer 9

\

i.e
My\ Pictures

Question 10

What is the linux command to zip a file?

Answer 10

zip -r filename.zip filetobezipped

must specify -r to recurse folder hierarchy/structure on folders, tar does automatically

Question 11

What is the linux command to archive (concatenate) files/folders?

Answer 11

tar -c -f filename.tar files/folderstobearchived

• c create -f must be called last
• z gzip file -j bzip2 file
• x extract

Question 12

What is the linux command to gzip a file/folder?

Answer 12

gzip filetobegzipped
*cannot archive multiple
gunzip filetobegunzipped

Question 13

What is the linux command to bzip2 a file/folder?

Answer 13

bzip2 filetobebzipped
*cannot archive multiple
bunzip filetobebunzipped

Question 14

What is an alternative file extension to .tar.gz?

Answer 14

.tgz

Question 15

What is an alternative file extension to .tar.bz2?

Answer 15

.tbz

Question 16

When running a linux command what parameter can often be specified to see verbose output?

Answer 16

-v