Linux Jeopardy

Networked

100

Display and manipulate route and network interfaces.

ifconfig

200

Similar to traceroute but doesn't require root privileges.

tracepath

300

Display connection information.

netstat

400

Query DNS related information.

dig

500

Used to configure wireless network interface.

iwconfig

Name that Distro

100

This distro family has a default package manager called dpkg

Debian

200

This distro is one of the only distros that require payment for support

Red Hat

300

RPM is to Yum as dpkg is to ?

Apt-Get

400

Give the command you would use to install emacs on an RPM system

sudo yum install emacs

500

This distro is a very common replacement for the complexities and cost of Red Hat.

CentOs

The Archives

100

This man is responsible for the creation of the Linux kernel.

Linus Torvalds

200

This was the year the Linux kernel was first developed.

1991

300

This recursive acronym stands for GNU's Not Unix.

GNU

400

Explain what the following command will do:

tar -cvf tecmint-14-09-12.tar /home/tecmint/

The command will create a tar archive file tecmint-14-09-12.tar for a directory /home/tecmint in the current working directory.

500

What would I need to replace the * in this command with so it will use the gunzip archive type?

tar cvzf MyImages-14-09-12.tar.* /home/MyImages

gz

Tales from the Script

100

In scripting, this option will have the system output something to the person running the script

echo

200

This is the utility that will run the .sh script

bash

300

When a script starts with these two symbols, the Linux system knows it is a bash script

#!

400

You are able to create these within the script so that there are changing inputs from multiple areas

variable

500

What would the output be if the following script was run with the input of 110

• if [ $1 -gt 100 ] 

                       

• then

                       

• echo Hey that\'s a large number.

                       

• pwd

                       

• fi

Hey that's a large number and pwd

A Commanding lead

100

What does the Command "ls" do?

List directory contents

200

What command lists all files including hidden files in the current directory?

ls -al

300

This command will allow you to search for something inside of a file

grep

400

Command, and also service, that allows for secure logins to a remote machine via the terminal.

ssh

500

Running this command will change the permission on a file so that the Owner has full permissions and everyone else has read-only permissions for the file named command.txt.

chmod 744 command.txt