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      103.3 Perform basic file management ( Chapter 4 )

      ● Copy, move, and remove files and directories individually

      ● Copy multiple files and directories recursively

      ● Remove files and directories recursively

      ● Use simple and advanced wildcard specifications in commands

      ● Using find to locate and act on files based on type, size, or time

      ● Usage of tar, cpio, and dd

      ● The following is a partial list of the files, terms and utilities covered in this objective: cp, find, mkdir, mv, ls, rm, rmdir, touch, tar, cpio, dd, file, gzip, gunzip, bzip2, xz, file globbing

      103.4 Use streams, pipes, and redirects ( Chapter 1 )

      ● Redirecting standard input, standard output, and standard error

      ● Pipe the output of one command to the input of another command

      ● Use the output of one command as arguments to another command

      ● Send output to both STDOUT and a file

      ● The following is a partial list of the files, terms and utilities covered in this objective: tee, xargs

      103.5 Create, monitor, and kill processes ( Chapter 2 )

      ● Run jobs in the foreground and background

      ● Signal a program to continue running after logout

      ● Monitor active processes

      ● Select and sort processes for display

      ● Send signals to processes

      ● The following is a partial list of the files, terms and utilities covered in this objective: &, bg, fg, jobs, kill, nohup, ps, top, free, uptime, pgrep, pkill, killall, screen

      103.6 Modify process execution priorities ( Chapter 2 )

      ● Know the default priority of a job that is created

      ● Run a program with higher or lower priority than the default

      ● Change the priority of a running process

      ● The following is a partial list of the files, terms, and utilities covered in this objective: nice, ps, renice, top

      103.7 Search text files using regular expressions ( Chapter 1 )

      ● Create simple regular expressions containing several notational elements

      ● Use regular expression tools to perform searches through a filesystem or file content

      ● The following is a partial list of the files, terms and utilities covered in this objective: grep, egrep, fgrep, sed, regex(7)

      103.8 Perform basic file editing operations using vi ( Chapter 5 )

      ● Navigate a document using vi

      ● Use basic vi modes

      ● Insert, edit, delete, copy, and find text

      ● The following is a partial list of the files, terms and utilities covered in this objective: vi, /, ?, h, j, k, l, i, o, a, c, d, p, y, dd, yy, ZZ, :w!, :q!, :e!

      104 Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

      104.1 Create partitions and filesystems ( Chapter 3 )

      ● Manage MBR partition tables

      ● Use various mkfs commands to create various filesystems, such as ext2, ext3, ext4, xfs, vfat

      ● Awareness of ReiserFS and Btrfs

      ● Basic knowledge of gdisk and parted with GPT

      ● The following is a partial list of the files, terms, and utilities covered in this objective: fdisk, gdisk, parted, mkfs, mkswap

      104.2 Maintain the integrity of filesystems ( Chapter 3 )

      ● Verify the integrity of filesystems

      ● Monitor free space and inodes

      ● Repair simple filesystem problems

      ● The following is a partial list of the files, terms, and utilities covered in this objective: du, df, fsck, e2fsck, mke2fs, debugfs, dumpe2fs, tune2fs, xfs tools (such as xfs_metadump and xfs_info)

      104.3 Control mounting and unmounting of filesystems ( Chapter 3 )

      ● Manually mount and unmount filesystems

      ● Configure filesystem mounting on bootup

      ● Configure user mountable removeable filesystems

      ● The following is a partial list of the files, terms, and utilities covered in this objective: /etc/fstab, /media, mount, umount

      104.4 Manage disk quotas ( Chapter 4 )

      ● Set up a disk quota for a filesystem

      ● Edit, check, and generate user quota reports

      ● The following is a partial list of the files, terms, and utilities covered in this objective: quota, edquota, repquota, quotaon

      104.5 Manage file permissions and ownership ( Chapter 4 )

      ● Manage access permissions on regular and special files as well as directories

      ● Use access modes such as SUID, SGID, and the sticky bit to maintain security

      ● Know how to change the file creation mask

      ● Use the group field to grant file access to group members

      ● The following is a partial list of the files, terms, and utilities covered in this objective: chmod, umask, chown, chgrp

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