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multiple_choice easy Remember env 2 points

Question 20. CSCD240-E1-C

Which single command displays the current value of PATH?

Work the drill

Answer on paper or in a terminal before revealing the ideal answer.

Ideal answer
A: printenv PATH

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.

B: path
Misconception. No such command.
Remedy. Misremembering Windows cmd.
C: get PATH
Misconception. Not a command.
Remedy. Use printenv or echo.
D: show $PATH
Misconception. Not a command.
Remedy. Explicit name: printenv or echo.

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DCWF tasks: T0498
KU outcomes: CD-BSP-O1

Course-artifact links

Lectures

  • CSCD240-S26-L07. I/O redirection, aliases, source, .bashrc, env

CTF challenges

  • 04 Environment & Patterns: What's in $HOME?