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Unix Administration

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






2. Move and renames






3. Creates a file






4. Change mode






5. Copy files and set attributes






6. home bin






7. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






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






9. show hidden files






10. directory listing






11. Archiving command






12. Copy file1 to file2






13. Add a user to the system






14. List command






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






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






17. Makes empty files






18. 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






19. Appends a file






20. Copys and replace






21. Create a directory file






22. Change dicrectory






23. 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.






24. delete file






25. Current directory






26. back one






27. 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






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






29. tells you what kind of file it is






30. Changes user password






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






32. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






33. A graphical utility used for searching files






34. Adds content to files






35. 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






36. Formatted listng with hidden files






37. Means it is a hidden file






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






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






40. Look inside a file






41. Root symbol



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