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# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">less a.txt</span><br><br>Is there any difference between the more and less commands?<br>(again press '''q''' to quit)<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">cp a.txt b.txt</span><br><br>
# Issue one of the commands you learned to display the contents of the file called '''b.txt ''' without editing.<br><br>What happened to this file?<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">mv a.txt a.txt.bk</span><br><br>
# Issue a Linux command to view the directory contents.<br><br>What happened to the file called '''a.txt'''? Why?<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">file b.txt</span><br><br>What sort of information did it provide?<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">diff a.txt.bk b.txt</span><br><br>What was the output? Why do you think caused the result of this output?<br><br>
