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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. delete file






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






3. Change dicrectory






4. super user






5. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






6. 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.






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






8. home bin






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






10. 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






11. Look inside a file






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






13. Archiving command






14. show hidden files






15. Copy file1 to file2






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






17. Means it is a hidden file






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






19. Formatted listng with hidden files






20. Move and renames






21. Creates a file






22. Change mode






23. Adds content to files






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






25. Changes user password






26. A graphical utility used for searching files






27. Current directory






28. List command






29. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






30. Copy files and set attributes






31. Copys and replace






32. Root symbol



33. Appends a file






34. 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






35. tells you what kind of file it is






36. Create a directory file






37. Makes empty files






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






39. 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






40. Add a user to the system






41. directory listing






42. back one