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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. Add a user to the system






3. List command






4. Appends a file






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






6. Look inside a file






7. Makes empty files






8. back one






9. Archiving command






10. Adds content to files






11. delete file






12. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






13. Copys and replace






14. Change dicrectory






15. Create a directory file






16. Formatted listng with hidden files






17. Move and renames






18. Copy file1 to file2






19. Changes user password






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






21. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






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






23. show hidden files






24. 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






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






26. tells you what kind of file it is






27. Root symbol



28. Means it is a hidden file






29. A graphical utility used for searching files






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






31. 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






32. Current directory






33. directory listing






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






35. Copy files and set attributes






36. super user






37. home bin






38. Change mode






39. 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.






40. 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






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






42. Creates a file