Linux Filter Commands Aptitude Questions and Answers

1. The piping the process which is used to redirect the output of one command to another command as an input.
2. We use the pipe (|) operator to perform piping.
3. The piping is not supported in Linux; it works only in the UNIX operating system.
4. None of the above

Options:

1. Only A
2. Only B
3. A and B
4. A and C

1. The cut command is used to select a specific column of a file.
2. We can use a delimiter in the cut command to separate the columns of a file.
3. We cannot use a delimiter in the cut command.
4. The cut command is used to move files from one location to another location.

Options:

1. Only A
2. Only B
3. A and B
4. A and C

1. Hyphen
2. Space
3. Slash
4. All of the above

Options:

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

1. -del
2. -d
3. -delmiter
4. -delm

1. This command is used to filter the content of the file.
2. This command is not used to filter the content of the file.
3. We can search the specified word in the file using grep command.
4. There is no grep command that exists in the Linux operating system.

Options:

1. Only A
2. Only A
3. A and B
4. A and C

1. Global Regular Expression Print
2. General Regular Expression Pegging
3. General Regular Expression Post
4. Global Regular Expression Post

1. grep -v <specific word> <filename>
2. grep -i <specific word> <filename>
3. grep -k <specific word> <filename>
4. grep -n <specific word> <filename>

1. -a
2. -i
3. -c
4. -ing

1. The comm command is used to compare the data of two files.
2. It displays three columns in the output by default.
3. It displays two columns in the output by default.
4. The comm command is used to communicate with the TCP socket.

Options:

1. A
2. B
3. A and B
4. C and D

1. comm -13 <file1> <file2>
2. comm -23 <file1> <file2>
3. comm -12 <file1> <file2>
4. None of the above

1. The sed command is used to display modified data on the console screen, actual data in the file remain the same.
2. The sed command is used to modify the data of a file permanently.
3. The regular expressions are used to display modified data of a file in the sed command.
4. The sed command does not use regular expressions.

Options:

1. A and C
2. A and D
3. B and C
4. B and D

1. String Editor
2. Stream Editor
3. Simple Editor
4. Single Editor

1. zcat
2. zmore
3. zless
4. zgip

Options:

1. d
2. del
3. delete
4. rem

1. tea
2. tei
3. tie
4. tee

1. Yes
2. No

1. Yes
2. No

1. This command is used to delete unique data from a file permanently.
2. This command is used to display a sorted list in which every word will occur only once.
3. We can count the occurrence of a word using uniq command.
4. None of the above

Options:

1. A and B
2. A and C
3. B and C
4. B and D

1. This command is used to count the lines of a file.
2. This command is used to count the words of a file.
3. This command is used to count the characters of a file.
4. All the above.

Options:

1. A and B
2. A and C
3. B and C
4. D

1. This command is used to display the content of the file in octal format.
2. This command is used to display the content of the file in hexadecimal format.
3. This command is used to display the content of the file in ASCII format.
4. All the above.

Options:

1. A and B
2. A and C
3. B and C
4. D

1. This command is used to sort the content of a file in alphabetical order.
2. This command is used to sort the content of a file based on the column.
3. This command is used for numeric sorting bases on the column.
4. None of the Above.

Options:

1. A and B
2. A and C
3. A, B, and C
4. D

1. -c
2. -k
3. -n
4. -f

1. zip
2. gzip
3. ezip
4. mzip

1. Using -c option of gzip command
2. Using -r option of gzip command
3. Using -l option of gzip command
4. Using -cr option of gzip command

1. Yes
2. No

1. gzip
2. dzip
3. tar
4. rat