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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
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1. show hidden files






2. Change dicrectory






3. Copys and replace






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






5. 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






6. 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.






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






8. Archiving command






9. Change mode






10. home bin






11. Adds content to files






12. super user






13. Formatted listng with hidden files






14. back one






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






16. Move and renames






17. 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






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






19. List command






20. Copy files and set attributes






21. tells you what kind of file it is






22. Creates a file






23. Root symbol



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






25. A graphical utility used for searching files






26. Copy file1 to file2






27. Current directory






28. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






29. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






30. Makes empty files






31. directory listing






32. Add a user to the system






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






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






35. Changes user password






36. Create a directory file






37. Appends a file






38. Means it is a hidden file






39. 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






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






41. delete file






42. Look inside a file