Linux Administration Bootcamp: Go from Beginner to Advanced - Searching Files and Using Pipe

This video tutorial covers the use of the GREP command for searching text within files, including options for case-insensitive and inverted matches. It explains how to determine file types using the file command and how to handle binary files with the strings command. The tutorial also demonstrates the use of pipes to chain commands together, redirecting standard input and output, and controlling output with pagers like more and less. Key commands such as cut, tr, and column are discussed for manipulating file content and formatting output.

Which option with the GREP command is used to perform a case-insensitive search?

• -v

• -c

• -i

• -n

What command is used to determine the type of a file in Linux?

• file

• cut

• cat

• grep

Which command is used to extract human-readable text from a binary file?

• tr

• strings

• file

• grep

What is the purpose of a pipe in Linux?

• To display file contents

• To pass output of one command as input to another

• To redirect error messages

• To execute multiple commands simultaneously

How can you specify a field delimiter when using the cut command?

• -c

• -f

• -s

• -d

Which command is used to translate characters in a file?

• cut

• tr

• column

• sort

What utility can be used to control the display of large outputs on the screen?

• grep

• less

• cat

• tr