Which flag for the tail command is often used to view log files?
-a or -f or -l or -z??
I mostly work on Solaris where -a and -z don't work. I will use -f to see what a log file shows when I run a command. (Take two sessions on the system, run tail -f in one and the command in the other).
When using traceroute, how many timing values are shown for each router?
2 or 3 or 5 or 8
Which option for wget turns on recursive downloads?
-a or -c or -r or -z
abril2006,
There is a utility called "man" which is short for manual.
When looking up the answers for a multiple-choice questionaire you could use the man utility to look up the answer, eg
man tail
man traceroute
man wget
the simplest utility for viewing file content is the ___ command, which display the contents of a file to the screen.
more or cat
What are the three standard channels?
How do I set up a printer under GNOME? What is a print queue?
how about dd, less, head or tail?
which one you would use: file, less, more or cat?
How about you look at the man page for each and look at the features and capabilities of each, then you can look at the pros and cons and determine the best tool for the job.
which one you would use: file, less, more or cat?
What does each one do? How would you find out?
One is the classic pager, one doesn't do the job at all, another is non-portable, and one just streams to stdout.