XK0-006 zcat Practice Question
A system administrator is working with compressed files. Which THREE commands can be used to view their contents? (Select THREE).
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zgrep
The commands zgrep, zcat, and zless are used to search, concatenate, and view compressed files respectively. They are analogous to grep, cat, and less but work on compressed files. The other options, cat and less, do not handle compressed files directly.
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zgrep
Why this is correct
zgrep searches patterns in compressed files; not for process monitoring.
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cat
Why it's wrong here
cat displays file contents; not for real-time process monitoring.
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zcat
Why this is correct
zcat outputs decompressed file contents; not for process monitoring.
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less
Why it's wrong here
less views files interactively; not for real-time process monitoring.
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zless
Why this is correct
zless views compressed files; not for process monitoring.
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