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Unix Administration

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






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






3. 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






4. Change mode






5. Changes user password






6. Creates a file






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






8. Add a user to the system






9. Move and renames






10. 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






11. Appends a file






12. super user






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






14. tells you what kind of file it is






15. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






16. directory listing






17. delete file






18. Means it is a hidden file






19. Copy files and set attributes






20. Root symbol



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






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. Copy file1 to file2






24. Archiving command






25. Makes empty files






26. List command






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






28. Adds content to files






29. Formatted listng with hidden files






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






31. show hidden files






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






33. Create a directory file






34. Change dicrectory






35. A graphical utility used for searching files






36. 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.






37. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






38. Copys and replace






39. back one






40. Look inside a file






41. home bin






42. Current directory