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Unix Administration

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






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






3. Change mode






4. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






5. Means it is a hidden file






6. 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






7. Look inside a file






8. show hidden files






9. Makes empty files






10. 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






11. Copy file1 to file2






12. super user






13. Creates a file






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






15. List command






16. Appends a file






17. Formatted listng with hidden files






18. tells you what kind of file it is






19. directory listing






20. Changes user password






21. Root symbol



22. Add a user to the system






23. Archiving command






24. Adds content to files






25. Copy files and set attributes






26. home bin






27. A graphical utility used for searching files






28. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






29. 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






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






31. Change dicrectory






32. Move and renames






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






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






35. Current directory






36. Create a directory file






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






38. Copys and replace






39. delete file






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






41. back one






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