RH033 Exam Dumps : Red Hat Linux Essentials

The scp command is used to copy files from one host to another over the network.

What is the scp command?

The scp command is used to copy files over ssh connections. This is pretty useful if a user wants to transport files between computers, for example, to backup a file. The scp command uses the ssh command to copy files over the network.

Syntax:

# scp [options] source destination

Where, source refers to the file which a user wants to copy from his current computer/directory, and destination refers to the home directory of the remote system where a user wants to copy the file.

Some important options used with the scp command are as follows:

Answer option A is incorrect. The ls command in Linux lists information about files (the current directory by default).

Answer option C is incorrect. The mutt command is used to manage email within a text only environment.

Answer option B is incorrect. The cat command is used to join multiple files together and display the result on the screen.

The lpq command views the content of a print queue.

Answer option D is incorrect. The lpr command sends a job to the queue to be printed.

Answer option A is incorrect. The lprm command removes a job from the queue.

Answer option B is incorrect. The lpstat -a command lists the configured printers.

The Ctrl+Alt+Backspace key combination is used to terminate the X session.

Answer option A is incorrect. The Ctrl+Alt+F7 key combination is used to switch from a virtual console back to the X terminal.

Answer option C is incorrect. The Ctrl+Alt+Fn key combination is used to switch from graphical mode to the nth (n varies from 1-6) virtual console running in text mode.

Answer option D is incorrect. Ctrl+Alt+A is not a valid key combination to terminate the X session.