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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






2. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






3. A graphical utility used for searching files






4. Formatted listng with hidden files






5. Means it is a hidden file






6. Copys and replace






7. Creates a file






8. home bin






9. Appends a file






10. show hidden files






11. Adds content to files






12. Change dicrectory






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






14. super user






15. Add a user to the system






16. back one






17. 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






18. Current directory






19. Move and renames






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






21. Changes user password






22. directory listing






23. Makes empty files






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






25. Copy files and set attributes






26. List command






27. 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.






28. Archiving command






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






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






31. 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






32. Change mode






33. tells you what kind of file it is






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






35. Create a directory file






36. Root symbol



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






38. Copy file1 to file2






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






40. Look inside a file






41. delete file






42. 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