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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Stores hardware and software device driver. It maintains filesystem entries that represent the devices connected to the system.






2. Change dicrectory






3. Add a user to the system






4. back one






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






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






7. Formatted listng with hidden files






8. 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






9. List command






10. Means it is a hidden file






11. Copys and replace






12. 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.






13. 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






14. Change mode






15. Create a directory file






16. delete file






17. Creates a file






18. Archiving command






19. Look inside a file






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






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






22. Appends a file






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






24. Move and renames






25. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






26. Changes user password






27. show hidden files






28. directory listing






29. A graphical utility used for searching files






30. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






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






32. 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






33. super user






34. Root symbol



35. tells you what kind of file it is






36. Copy file1 to file2






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






38. Adds content to files






39. Copy files and set attributes






40. Makes empty files






41. home bin






42. Current directory