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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Stores binaries that are used for completing the booting process and also the ones that are used by the root user-the adminstrator.






2. k Desktop Environment is one of thredifferent GUI user interfaces.






3. super user






4. A graphical utility used for searching files






5. Formatted listng with hidden files






6. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






7. show hidden files






8. Copy file1 to file2






9. Change mode






10. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






11. Change dicrectory






12. Changes user password






13. Rename or move file1 to file2 - if file2 is an existing directory - move file1 into directory file2






14. List command






15. directory listing






16. A shell script is a script written for the shell - or command line interpreter - of an operating system. It is often considered a simple domain-specific programming language. Typical operations performed by shell scripts include file manipulation - p






17. Means it is a hidden file






18. Stores hardware and software device driver. It maintains filesystem entries that represent the devices connected to the system.






19. Enables a super user or root to create a new user or updates default new user information.






20. Move and renames






21. A terminal emulator - terminal application - term - or tty for short - is a program that emulates a video terminal within some other display architecture. Though typically synonymous with a command line shell or text terminal - the term terminal cove






22. tells you what kind of file it is






23. Enables a super user to remove a users account.






24. Displays the default directory where the user is placed after loging in






25. Grep searches the named input FILEs (or standard input if no files are named - or the file name - is given) for lines containing a match to the given PATTERN. By default - grep prints the matching lines.






26. home bin






27. Root symbol



28. delete file






29. A compressing utility that reduces the size of the named file






30. Add a user to the system






31. Current directory






32. Copys and replace






33. Archiving command






34. Adds content to files






35. Creates a file






36. Create a directory file






37. Look inside a file






38. back one






39. Copy files and set attributes






40. gunzip takes a list of files on its command line and replaces each file whose name ends with .gz - -gz - .z - -z - _z or .Z and which begins with the correct magic number with an uncompressed file without the original extension. gunzip also recognize






41. Appends a file






42. Makes empty files