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Question 27. CSCD240-E1-B
Show every process whose command line contains "cron".
Work the drill
Answer on paper or in a terminal before revealing the ideal answer.
Ideal answer
ps -ef | grep cron
Acceptable alternatives: ["pgrep -a cron", "ps aux | grep cron"]
Misconception bank
Each row below is a plausible wrong answer, the thinking that produces it, and the remedy that corrects the misconception. These are the foundation of the multiple-choice framing and the targeted feedback a student receives after answering.
grep cron
Misconception. Missing ps — no process info.
Remedy. Pipe composition.
Authority mappings
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DCWF roles:
CE-463 Host Analyst
DCWF tasks:
T0501
KU outcomes:
CO-M3-O3
Course-artifact links
Lectures
- CSCD240-S26-L08. Pipes, filters, grep, sort, uniq, wc, tar