Kali Training: Quiz 4

The ____ command is generally used for displaying the contents of a file, but it can also be used to create

small files. For creating bigger files, it’s better to enter the code in a text editor such as

vim, emacs, leaf pad, g edit, or kate and then save it as a file.

The cat command followed by a filename will display the contents of that file, but to create a file, we follow the cat command with a r_________, denoted with the > symbol, and a name for the file we want to create. Here’s an example:

cat > hackingskills

Hacking is the most valuable skill set of the 21st century!

To exit and return to the prompt, I press CTRL ___

To add, or append, more content to a file, you can use the cat command with a d__________ redirect (>>), followed by whatever you want to add to the end of the file.

Here’s an example:

cat >> hacking skills

Everyone should learn hacking

If I want to o__________ the file with new information, I can simply use the cat command with a single redirect again, as follows:

cat > hackingskills

Everyone in IT security without hacking skills is in the dark

cat hackingskills

Everyone in IT security without hacking skills is in the dark

The second command for file creation is ______. This command was originally developed

so a user could simply change file details, such as the date it was

created or modified. However, if the file doesn’t already exist, this command creates

that file by default.

The command for creating a directory in Linux is ______..

To create a directory named newdirectory, enter the following command:

_____newdirectory

To copy files, we use the _____ command. This creates a duplicate of the file in the new location and leaves the old one in place. Here, we’ll create the file oldfile in the root directory with touch and copy it to

/root/newdirectory, renaming it in the process and leaving the original oldfile in place:

touch oldfile

__ oldfile /root/newdirectory/newfile

The ___ command can be used to move a file or directory to a new location or simply to give an existing file a new name.

To rename newfile to newfile2, you would enter the following:

__ newfile newfile2

To remove a file, you can simply use the __ command, like so:

__ newfile2

The command for removing a directory is similar to the remove command for removing files

and it is called _______.