Linux Commands Walkthrough Quiz
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What is the purpose of the command 'awk -F',' '{print $1"-"$2}' file.csv'?

  • Move fields from file.csv to another location
  • Copy fields from file.csv to another file
  • Concatenate fields in the second column of file.csv
  • Add a delimiter between fields in the second column of file.csv (correct)
  • Which command is useful for combining datasets with matching records, especially when the records are sorted?

  • join (correct)
  • cat
  • paste
  • cp
  • What does the '-d' option in the 'paste -d',' file1.txt file2.txt' command do?

  • Delete files after pasting
  • Define the number of lines to be pasted
  • Specify a different delimiter for merging lines horizontally (correct)
  • Duplicate the files after pasting
  • What is the primary function of the 'cat' command in Unix/Linux?

    <p>Concatenate and display contents of files</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which command is appropriate for copying files and directories from one location to another?

    <p>cp</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the 'grep' command with the '-n' option do?

    <p>Print line number in a file</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the 'sed' command, what does 'sed 's/old/new' file.txt' do?

    <p>Replaces 'old' with 'new' in file.txt</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of the 'awk' command with '{print $1}'?

    <p>Print specific fields from a file</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When using 'grep -l "pattern" *.txt', what does it do?

    <p>Print only file names containing matches</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of 'sed '#,#d' filename.txt' command?

    <p>Delete lines within a range in the filename.txt</p> Signup and view all the answers

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