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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. k Desktop Environment is one of thredifferent GUI user interfaces.






2. 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.






3. Change mode






4. tells you what kind of file it is






5. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






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






7. Look inside a file






8. Archiving command






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






10. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






11. Adds content to files






12. Appends a file






13. delete file






14. Create a directory file






15. Root symbol



16. Means it is a hidden file






17. A graphical utility used for searching files






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






20. Move and renames






21. Copy files and set attributes






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






23. Makes empty files






24. Creates a file






25. Formatted listng with hidden files






26. Add a user to the system






27. Changes user password






28. Change dicrectory






29. Copys and replace






30. back one






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






32. Current directory






33. Copy file1 to file2






34. show hidden files






35. directory listing






36. home bin






37. super user






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






39. List command






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 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






42. 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