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Ques 6. What is the purpose of the 'ps' command?
'ps' is used to display information about the currently running processes.
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Ques 7. How do you find the process ID (PID) of a running process?
The 'pgrep' or 'pidof' command can be used to find the PID of a running process.
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Ques 8. What is a symbolic link in Linux?
A symbolic link is a file that serves as a reference to another file or directory.
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Ques 9. Explain the purpose of the 'sudo' command.
'sudo' is used to execute commands with administrative or superuser privileges.
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Ques 10. What is the purpose of the 'tar' command?
'tar' is used to create and manipulate archive files.
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