Question

To check whether the file has actually been stored in the default order, we can use ____ option.

(a) -n

(b) -a

(c) -d

(d) -c

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Answer 1

Right choice is (d) -c

The explanation is: sort command provides an option with the use of which we can check whether the file has actually been stored in the default order. For example,