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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. home bin






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. Means it is a hidden file






4. 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






5. Creates a file






6. Current directory






7. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






8. Makes empty files






9. Copy files and set attributes






10. Change dicrectory






11. 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






12. tells you what kind of file it is






13. directory listing






14. Archiving command






15. Copy file1 to file2






16. Formatted listng with hidden files






17. Move and renames






18. 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.






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






20. 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






21. Look inside a file






22. A graphical utility used for searching files






23. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






24. delete file






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






26. Change mode






27. Create a directory file






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






29. show hidden files






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






31. Changes user password






32. Add a user to the system






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






34. Adds content to files






35. Appends a file






36. Root symbol



37. List command






38. back one






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






40. Copys and replace






41. super user






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