A technician is updating a Linux server that had been in storage. After booting into single-user mode, a command is issued that displays the technician's current location in the filesystem. Which of…

The correct answer is D. grep. NOTE: The stated correct answer of D (grep) appears to be an error in this question. The command that displays a user's current location (working directory) in the Linux filesystem is 'pwd' - Print Working Directory - which corresponds to option A. 'grep' (D) is a text-search…

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Question

A technician is updating a Linux server that had been in storage. After booting into single-user mode, a command is issued that displays the technician's current location in the filesystem. Which of the following commands was issued?

Options

Apwd
Bpasswd
Capt-get
Dgrep

How the community answered

(52 responses)

A
2% (1)
B
4% (2)
C
6% (3)
D
88% (46)

Explanation

NOTE: The stated correct answer of D (grep) appears to be an error in this question. The command that displays a user's current location (working directory) in the Linux filesystem is 'pwd' - Print Working Directory - which corresponds to option A. 'grep' (D) is a text-search utility used to find patterns within file content; it does not display filesystem location. 'passwd' (B) is used to change user passwords. 'apt-get' (C) is a package management command for Debian-based systems. The functionally correct answer is A (pwd). Students should recognize that 'pwd' is the canonical Linux command for showing the current directory path, and this question most likely contains a keying error in its answer key.

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#Linux commands#pwd#filesystem navigation#command line

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