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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A Linux background process that can be started automatically at boot or by some criteria on the system is known as?
Domain
Demon
Daemon
Don
Cron's table is known as this.
crontab
cron job
Chrony
tablec
Which of the following commands will show you what is in the current user's cron table?
cron -L
crontab -l
crontab -e
cron -s
What command will remove your cron table?
rmcron
crontab -r
systemctl stop crond
chron -Rf
In the crontab file, when scheduling a task to run, what does the first column represent?
Minutes
Hours
Days
Months
In the crontab file, when scheduling tasks, what does the last column (5th column) before the actual command represent?
Minutes
Days
Months
Day of Week
In the crontab file, if I want a task to run on any of a particular column (minute, hour, day, month, or day of week) I would put this character in its column.
$
&
@
*
What shortcut can be used to schedule a task to run once after rebooting?
#poweron
@reboot
!start
&boot
Which of the following would make a task run between 5AM and 5PM if it were in the hours column?
5-5
5a-5p
5-17
5/5
Which of the following would make a task run every 5 days if it were in the days column?
5
*/5
5*
*&5
