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XK0-004 · Question #510

An administrator finds a text file that is using too much disk space. The administrator runs lsof | grep bigfile.txt and gets the following return: Which of the following should the administrator do N

The correct answer is A. pkill app.py. syntax: pkill <name of process> will kill that process.

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Question

An administrator finds a text file that is using too much disk space. The administrator runs lsof | grep bigfile.txt and gets the following return:

Which of the following should the administrator do NEXT to prepare to delete the file and free up disk space?

Options

  • Apkill app.py
  • Blogout --force comptia
  • Ckill -9 7339
  • Dkill -HUP 12288

How the community answered

(40 responses)
  • A
    78% (31)
  • B
    8% (3)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    13% (5)

Explanation

syntax: pkill <name of process> will kill that process.

Topics

#lsof#open file handles#process management#disk space recovery

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