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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Look inside a file






2. Move and renames






3. 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






4. delete file






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






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






7. Means it is a hidden file






8. directory listing






9. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






10. 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.






11. home bin






12. Appends a file






13. List command






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






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






16. Change dicrectory






17. Copy files and set attributes






18. 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






19. Add a user to the system






20. 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






21. Archiving command






22. Formatted listng with hidden files






23. Changes user password






24. tells you what kind of file it is






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






26. Creates a file






27. show hidden files






28. Current directory






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






30. back one






31. Copys and replace






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






33. Root symbol



34. Change mode






35. Create a directory file






36. Adds content to files






37. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






38. super user






39. Makes empty files






40. Stores binaries that are used for completing the booting process and also the ones that are used by the root user-the adminstrator.






41. A graphical utility used for searching files






42. Copy file1 to file2