CH6 Flashcards

1
Q

What is the standard option to provide a command line program to view it’s documentation?

  • h
  • info
  • help
  • doc
A

-help

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2
Q

The directory where additional documentation for software packages most likely can be found is?

/usr/software/doc
/var/lib/doc
/usr/share/doc
/var/share/doc

A

/usr/share/doc

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3
Q

If you are reading the synopsis of a command from a Man page, then items in the square brackets are?

Required Arguments
Comments
Optional
Required Options

A

Optional

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4
Q

In order to exit viewing a Man Page, press?

q
z
x
y

A

q

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5
Q

To get help on using the INFO command, execute? (Choose Two)

man info
info -q
info info
help info

A

man info

info info

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6
Q

To exit the info page, press?

Q
X
Z
E

A

Q

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7
Q

When interpreting the synopsis of a command found on a Man page, the “I” means?

The items it separates CAN be used together.
The items it separates CANNOT be used together.

A

The items it separates CANNOT be used together.

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8
Q

The ___ command is normally executed daily to update the database of all files that are on the system?

find
locate
search
Updatedb

A

Updatedb

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9
Q

The ____ command is normally executed to search for a command or man page?

updatedb
whereis
find
man -k

A

whereis

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10
Q

The _____ command can be used to find any file, not just commands or man pages?

apropos
whereis
find
locate

A

locate

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