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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Create a directory file






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






3. Root symbol



4. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






5. back one






6. Appends a file






7. Adds content to files






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






9. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






10. 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.






11. Add a user to the system






12. List command






13. Copy file1 to file2






14. Creates a file






15. Look inside a file






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






17. Makes empty files






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






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






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






21. Copys and replace






22. 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






23. Changes user password






24. show hidden files






25. directory listing






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






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






28. super user






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. A graphical utility used for searching files






31. Formatted listng with hidden files






32. tells you what kind of file it is






33. Change mode






34. delete file






35. home bin






36. Current directory






37. Means it is a hidden file






38. Archiving command






39. Change dicrectory






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. Move and renames






42. Copy files and set attributes