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Definition 1 of 83
When you create a shell script to run in Bash, you can immediately run the script by typing ____ and
then the name of the script.

set


sh

-u

FALSE

Definition 2 of 83
The ____ redirects the output of one command to the input of another command.

pipe operator (|)

curly brackets { }

ls > homedir.list

printenv

Term 3 of 83
"The Bash shell offers improved features over the older Bourne and Korn shells and is fully
backward compatible with the Bourne shell.

True


False

,Definition 4 of 83
When you assign a value to a variable, you might want to evaluate it by displaying its contents via
a(n) ____ operator.

FALSE


Configuration

-print


evaluating

Definition 5 of 83
One way to run a shell script is to make it executable by using the x permission and then typing
____ prior to the script name when you run the script itself.

-v

./


-u

sh

Definition 6 of 83
____ is a selection command.

glob


uniq

bash

Awk

, Term 7 of 83
When you use cat to combine two files into a third file, the first line of the output contains the first
line of the first file followed by the first line of the second file.

True

False

Term 8 of 83
"You use the chexec command to indicate that a (shell script) file can be executed.

True

False

Definition 9 of 83
The ____ function within the awk command is used to format output.

printf


printenv

-print

while

Definition 10 of 83
____ variables are those you create at the command line or in a shell script.

syntax

Shell

FALSE

comm