A newly hired junior administrator is studying the format of the /var/log/messages file.

Vendor: CompTIA
Product: XK0-005
Update on: Jul 31, 2025
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CompTIA XK0-005 Question Answer

A newly hired junior administrator is studying the format of the /var/log/messages file. Which of the following commands should the administrator use to preserve the contents of the original file while also creating an identical file in the /home/admin directory?

touch /var/log/messages /home/admin

mv /var/log/messages /home/admin

cat /var/log/messages > /home/admin/messages

ln -s /var/log/messages /home/admin