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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Stores hardware and software device driver. It maintains filesystem entries that represent the devices connected to the system.






2. Change mode






3. delete file






4. Changes user password






5. home bin






6. Appends a file






7. Add a user to the system






8. Creates a file






9. Change dicrectory






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






11. tells you what kind of file it is






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






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






14. Look inside a file






15. Copy file1 to file2






16. 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






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






18. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






19. 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






20. back one






21. 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.






22. Makes empty files






23. List command






24. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






25. Create a directory file






26. Move and renames






27. 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






28. Copy files and set attributes






29. A graphical utility used for searching files






30. show hidden files






31. Root symbol



32. Means it is a hidden file






33. Copys and replace






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






35. directory listing






36. Adds content to files






37. Current directory






38. super user






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






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






41. Formatted listng with hidden files






42. Archiving command