Midterm (True/False) Flashcards
You can switch from one shell to another by typing the shell’s name on the command line.
T
UNIX/Linux are not case sensitive.
F
The clear command has no options or arguments.
T
Most shells keep a list of your recently used commands and allow you to recall a command without retyping it.
T
The less command scrolls only down, whereas more enables you to scroll down and up.
F
A disadvantage of ufs is that it does not support journaling
F
A directory is a special kind of file that can contain other files and directories.
T
UNIX/Linux systems interpret a single dot character to mean the current working directory.
T
The rm -r command can be used to delete a directory that is not empty.
T
Files that contain nonprintable characters, such as machine instructions, are called binary files
T
In vi, a tilde (~) precedes all line-oriented commands.
F
Moving and renaming a file are essentially the same operation.
T
When you use cat to combine two files into a third file, the first line of the output contains the first line of the first file followed by the first line of the second file.
F
When you use the paste command, by default, the pasted results appear in columns separated by commas.
F
You can complete a project using awk that you cannot complete using a combination of paste, cut, sort, and join.
T
