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# Topic 1: The Linux Community and a Career in Open Source
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## 1.1 Linux Evolution and Popular Operating Systems
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Description: Knowledge of  development and major .
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Key Knowledge Areas:
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Distributions
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Embedded Systems
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Linux in the Cloud
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The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Debian, Ubuntu (LTS)
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CentOS, openSUSE, Red Hat, SUSE
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Linux Mint, Scientific Linux
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Raspberry Pi, Raspbian
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Android
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## 1.2 Major Open Source Applications
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Description: Awareness of major applications as well as their uses and development.
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Key Knowledge Areas:
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Desktop applications
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Server applications
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Development languages
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Package management tools and repositories
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The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice, Thunderbird, Firefox, GIMP
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Nextcloud, ownCloud
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Apache HTTPD, NGINX, MariaDB, MySQL, NFS, Samba
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C, Java, JavaScript, Perl, shell, Python, PHP
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dpkg, apt-get, rpm, yum
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## 1.3 Open Source Software and Licensing
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Description: Open communities and licensing Open Source Software for business.
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Key Knowledge Areas:
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Open source philosophy
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Open source licensing
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Free Software Foundation (FSF), Open Source Initiative (OSI)
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The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Copyleft, Permissive
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GPL, BSD, Creative Commons
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Free Software, Open Source Software, FOSS, FLOSS
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Open source business models
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## 1.4 ICT Skills and Working in Linux
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Description: Basic Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills and working in Linux.
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Key Knowledge Areas:
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Desktop skills
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Getting to the command line
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Industry uses of Linux, cloud computing and virtualization
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The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Using a browser, privacy concerns, configuration options, searching the web and saving content
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Terminal and console
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Password issues
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Privacy issues and tools
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Use of common open source applications in presentations and projects
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# Topic 2: Finding Your Way on a Linux System
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## 2.1 Command Line Basics
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Description: Basics of using the Linux command line.
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Key Knowledge Areas:
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Basic shell
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Command line syntax
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Variables
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Quoting
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The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Bash
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echo
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history
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PATH environment variable
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export
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type
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## 2.2 Using the Command Line to Get Help
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Description: Running help commands and navigation of the various help systems.
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Key Knowledge Areas:
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Man pages
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Info pages
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The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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man
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info
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/usr/share/doc/
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locate
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## 2.3 Using Directories and Listing Files
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Description: Navigation of home and system directories and listing files in various locations.
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Key Knowledge Areas:
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Files, directories
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Hidden files and directories
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Home directories
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Absolute and relative paths
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The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Common options for ls
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Recursive listings
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cd
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. and ..
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home and ~
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## 2.4 Creating, Moving and Deleting Files
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Description: Create, move and delete files and directories under the home directory.
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Key Knowledge Areas:
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Files and directories
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Case sensitivity
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Simple globbing
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The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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mv, cp, rm, touch
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mkdir, rmdir
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# Topic 3: The Power of the Command Line
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## 3.1 Archiving Files on the Command Line
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Description: Archiving files in the user home directory.
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Key Knowledge Areas:
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Files, directories
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Archives, compression
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The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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tar
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Common tar options
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gzip, bzip2, xz
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zip, unzip
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## 3.2 Searching and Extracting Data from Files
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Description: Search and extract data from files in the home directory.
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Key Knowledge Areas:
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Command line pipes
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I/O redirection
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Basic Regular Expressions using ., [ ], \*, and ?
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The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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grep
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less
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cat, head, tail
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sort
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cut
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wc
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## 3.3 Turning Commands into a Script
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Description: Turning repetitive commands into simple scripts.
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Key Knowledge Areas:
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Basic shell scripting
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Awareness of common text editors (vi and nano)
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The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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```
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#! (shebang)
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/bin/bash
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Variables
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Arguments
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for loops
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echo
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Exit status
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# Topic 4: The Linux Operating System
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## 4.1 Choosing an Operating System
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Description: Knowledge of major operating systems and Linux distributions.
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Differences between Windows, OS X and Linux
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Distribution life cycle management
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The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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GUI versus command line, desktop configuration
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Maintenance cycles, beta and stable
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## 4.2 Understanding Computer Hardware
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Description: Familiarity with the components that go into building desktop and server computers.
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Hardware
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The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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Motherboards, processors, power supplies, optical drives, peripherals
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Hard drives, solid state disks and partitions, /dev/sd\*
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Drivers
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## 4.3 Where Data is Stored
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Description: Where various types of information are stored on a Linux system.
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Programs and configuration
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Processes
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Memory addresses
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System messaging
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Logging
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The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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ps, top, free
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syslog, dmesg
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/etc/, /var/log/
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/boot/, /proc/, /dev/, /sys/
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## 4.4 Your Computer on the Network
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Description: Querying vital networking configuration and determining the basic requirements for a computer on a Local Area Network (LAN).
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Internet, network, routers
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Querying DNS client configuration
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Querying network configuration
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The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
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route, ip route show
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ifconfig, ip addr show
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netstat, ss
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/etc/resolv.conf, /etc/hosts
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IPv4, IPv6
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ping
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# Topic 5: Security and File Permissions
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## 5.1 Basic Security and Identifying User Types
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Description: Various types of users on a Linux system.
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Root and standard users
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System users
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/etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group
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id, last, who, w
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sudo, su
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## 5.2 Creating Users and Groups
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Description: Creating users and groups on a Linux system.
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User and group commands
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User IDs
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/etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group, /etc/skel/
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## 5.3 Managing File Permissions and Ownership
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Description: Understanding and manipulating file permissions and ownership settings.
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File and directory permissions and ownership
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ls -l, ls -a
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chmod, chown
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Description: Special directories and files on a Linux system including special permissions.
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Using temporary files and directories
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Symbolic links
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/tmp/, /var/tmp/ and Sticky Bit
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ls -d
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