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Unix Administration

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






2. List command






3. Copys and replace






4. Appends a file






5. back one






6. Changes user password






7. Move and renames






8. Root symbol



9. Change dicrectory






10. delete file






11. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






12. Copy file1 to file2






13. super user






14. 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.






15. Adds content to files






16. tells you what kind of file it is






17. Current directory






18. 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






19. Formatted listng with hidden files






20. Add a user to the system






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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Archiving command






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






30. A graphical utility used for searching files






31. Change mode






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






33. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






34. Create a directory file






35. home bin






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






37. Makes empty files






38. Creates a file






39. directory listing






40. Means it is a hidden file






41. Look inside a file






42. Copy files and set attributes