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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Formatted listng with hidden files






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






3. delete file






4. Changes user password






5. Add a user to the system






6. 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






7. Root symbol



8. Copy files and set attributes






9. A graphical utility used for searching files






10. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






11. Creates a file






12. super user






13. 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.






14. Change dicrectory






15. Means it is a hidden file






16. Copys and replace






17. Makes empty files






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






19. Move and renames






20. List command






21. Appends a file






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






23. Create a directory file






24. show hidden files






25. Copy file1 to file2






26. Archiving command






27. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






28. back one






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






30. Change mode






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. Adds content to files






33. Look inside a file






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






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






36. Current directory






37. home bin






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






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






40. tells you what kind of file it is






41. directory listing






42. 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