Midterm

Question 1

copy file from personal PC to Matrix

Answer 1

scp filename server@matrix.senecacollege.ca:~/

Question 2

Copy directory from PC to matrix

Answer 2

scp -r ~/dir server@matrix.senecacollege.ca:~/

Question 3

List files and convert size to KB

Answer 3

ls -lh

Question 4

Find a file

Find a file and export path to new file

Answer 4

find -iname “filename”

find -iname “filename” > filename2

Question 5

Translate all lowercase letters to uppercase

Translate all commas to periods

Answer 5

tr “a-z” “A-Z” filename

tr “,” “.” filename

Question 6

cut and display words separated by a comma in a file

Answer 6

cut -d’,’ filename -f2,4,6

Question 7

cut and display words + translate commas to tab

Answer 7

cut -d’,’ filename -f2,4,6 | tr “,” “\t”

Question 8

sort file numerically

Answer 8

sort -n filename

Question 9

sort file backwards

Answer 9

sort -nr filename

Question 10

sort file randomly

Answer 10

sort -R filename

Question 11

search for word inside a file

Answer 11

grep “keyword” filename

Question 12

Enter matrix server from PC

Answer 12

sftp server@matrix.senecacollege.ca

Question 13

view files on server

view files on pc while on server

Answer 13

ls

!ls

Question 14

download file from server to pc

Answer 14

get filename

Question 15

upload file from pc to remote server

Answer 15

put song.mp3