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What symbols are used to enclose character ranges in grep? Select one: a. () b.

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Question

What symbols are used to enclose character ranges in grep?

Select one:

a. ()

b. ""

c. []

Which grep option would allow you to print out which lines do not match a given criteria?

Select one:

a. -l

b. -n

c. -v

d. -i

e. -c

zgrep is a front end for grep that allows it to read what kind of files?

Select one:

a. binary

b. compressed

c. tar only

d. csv

The locate command only supports basic regex and not extended regex.

Select one:

True

False

(Most) metacharacters lose their special meaning when placed within brackets.

Select one:

True

False

Explanation / Answer

note: ANSWER IS BOLD

question:
   What symbols are used to enclose character ranges in grep?

   Select one:

   a. ()

   b. ""

   c. []

answer is: c

   [] is used to specify the range in grep command

   sh-4.4$ grep '[x-z]' example.txt                                                                                                                       
       xyz                                                                                                                                                    
       pxyz


question:

   Which grep option would allow you to print out which lines do not match a given criteria?

   Select one:

       a. -l

       b. -n

       c. -v

       d. -i

       e. -c

answer is: c

-v is used to print the non-matching criteria line

sh-4.4$ grep -v '^x' example.txt                                                                                                                       
   pam                                                                                                                                                    
   sam                                                                                                                                                    
   pamelot                                                                                                                                                
   camelot                                                                                                                                                
   samelot                                                                                                                                                
   pxyz
                                                                                                                                                 
sh-4.4$ cat example.txt                                                                                                                                
   pam                                                                                                                                                    
   sam                                                                                                                                                    
   pamelot                                                                                                                                                
   camelot                                                                                                                                                
   samelot                                                                                                                                                
   xyz                                                                                                                                                    
   pxyz    


zgrep is a front end for grep that allows it to read what kind of files?

Select one:

a. binary

b. compressed

c. tar only

d. csv

answer is : b.
zgrep is used to read the the compressed and gzip files

The locate command only supports basic regex and not extended regex.

Select one:

True

False

answer is: False
locate command support extended regular expression


(Most) metacharacters lose their special meaning when placed within brackets.

Select one:

True

False

answer is: True

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