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Unix Administration
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Subject
:
it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. show hidden files
ls -l
Home Directory
ls -a
passwd command
2. List command
Is command
cp
chmod
>
3. A compressing utility that reduces the size of the named file
cp
rm file
gzip
Home Directory
4. Look inside a file
touch command
cat
tar command
grep command
5. Makes empty files
touch command
mv
useradd command
vi or vim
6. super user
terminal window (usage)
useradd command
. before a file
su
7. Change mode
vi or vim
>
chmod
/usr
8. Add a user to the system
adduser command
Home Directory
'/'
useradd command
9. Move and renames
. before a file
mv
>>
Home Directory
10. Enables a super user to remove a users account.
/sbin
terminal window (usage)
mv
userdel command
11. Stores hardware and software device driver. It maintains filesystem entries that represent the devices connected to the system.
ls -al
/usr
>
/dev
12. Means it is a hidden file
. before a file
cd
KDE
>>
13. 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
mv file1 file2
shell scripts
mkdir dir
touch command
14. Enables a super user or root to create a new user or updates default new user information.
userdel command
useradd command
ls -al
gzip
15. Formatted listng with hidden files
/sbin
su
ls -al
/home
16. Stores binaries that are used for completing the booting process and also the ones that are used by the root user-the adminstrator.
terminal window (usage)
ls -a
/sbin
vi or vim
17. tells you what kind of file it is
cd...
cp
mkdir dir
ls -l
18. A graphical utility used for searching files
Gnome
cd
ls -l
mkdir dir
19. Appends a file
>>
useradd command
ls -al
adduser command
20. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users
ls -al
grep command
pwd show
/usr
21. Changes user password
/dev
passwd command
grep command
adduser command
22. Root symbol
'/'
23. directory listing
mv
Gnome
ls
useradd command
24. Change dicrectory
/usr
cd
gunzip
Install
25. 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
/sbin
ls -a
Home Directory
terminal window (usage)
26. Creates a file
userdel command
>
rm file
cd...
27. Create a directory file
gunzip
mkdir dir
ls -a
terminal window (usage)
28. Copys and replace
shell scripts
mv
cp
>
29. Adds content to files
cd
Gnome
vi or vim
KDE
30. Current directory
pwd show
terminal window (usage)
/home
gunzip
31. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.
cd...
tar command
cat
/bin
32. back one
cp
useradd command
cd...
chmod
33. delete file
su
gunzip
Gnome
rm file
34. home bin
/bin
/home
passwd command
/sbin
35. 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
/bin
vi or vim
tar command
gunzip
36. 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.
grep command
ls -l
ls -a
chmod
37. Displays the default directory where the user is placed after loging in
>>
useradd command
Home Directory
mkdir dir
38. Archiving command
tar command
terminal window (usage)
cd
pwd show
39. Copy files and set attributes
Install
/bin
gunzip
mv file1 file2
40. Copy file1 to file2
mv file1 file2
Is command
terminal window (usage)
cp file1 file2
41. Rename or move file1 to file2 - if file2 is an existing directory - move file1 into directory file2
mkdir dir
gzip
shell scripts
mv file1 file2
42. k Desktop Environment is one of thredifferent GUI user interfaces.
ls
shell scripts
KDE
chmod