IntroToLinux

Review Questions

  1. What are the three standard streams in Linux?
  2. What’s the difference between > and >>?
  3. How do you redirect both stdout and stderr to the same file?
  4. How do pipes work and what’s their advantage?
  5. What’s the difference between cat and tac?
  6. How would you save command output to a file while also displaying it?

  7. What does /dev/null do and when would you use it?

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