Creating a missing empty file | LPIC-1 101-500 Exam original practice question

103.3Basic

ready.flag does not exist yet.

Create an empty ready.flag in the current directory.

Which command is appropriate?

Hint 1: Focus on the system role

Separate firmware, boot, storage, process, and filesystem roles before comparing the choices.

Hint 2: Key terms

Review the short definitions of the LPIC-1 101 concepts involved.

find: A command that traverses a file hierarchy and processes paths matching conditions.
tar: A command that groups files into an archive and can compress or extract it.
cp -a: A copy mode that recursively preserves attributes and links.
-exec: An action that runs another command for paths found by find.

Detailed explanation

Incorrectmkdir ready.flag

Incorrect. mkdir creates a directory, not a regular file.

Incorrectcat ready.flag

Incorrect. cat attempts to read the file and does not create it as requested.

Incorrectrm ready.flag

Incorrect. rm removes a file rather than creating one.

Correcttouch ready.flag

Correct. touch creates ready.flag as an empty file when it is absent.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

rm -f /tmp/kp-ready.flag && touch /tmp/kp-ready.flag && test ! -s /tmp/kp-ready.flag && echo EMPTY && rm /tmp/kp-ready.flag

EMPTY

Foundation review

Check whether the command acts on the current shell, a new process, an existing process, or a file.

Use the supplied command and compare the output with the expected result.

Question IDKP-103-050

EnvironmentGNU coreutils 9.x

Last technical review2026-08-12

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