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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






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






3. back one






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






5. A graphical utility used for searching files






6. Archiving command






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






8. Change dicrectory






9. delete file






10. Move and renames






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






12. Change mode






13. Appends a file






14. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






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






16. directory listing






17. Means it is a hidden file






18. Copy file1 to file2






19. 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






20. Adds content to files






21. Creates a file






22. Root symbol



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






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






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






26. 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






27. Changes user password






28. Makes empty files






29. Copys and replace






30. Look inside a file






31. 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.






32. show hidden files






33. List command






34. home bin






35. Add a user to the system






36. super user






37. Formatted listng with hidden files






38. Copy files and set attributes






39. tells you what kind of file it is






40. 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






41. Current directory






42. Create a directory file







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