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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Current directory






2. 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






3. Root symbol



4. Change mode






5. Create a directory file






6. delete file






7. Creates a file






8. List command






9. home bin






10. tells you what kind of file it is






11. 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.






12. A graphical utility used for searching files






13. Copys and replace






14. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






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






16. super user






17. back one






18. Adds content to files






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






20. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






21. 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






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






23. Means it is a hidden file






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






25. show hidden files






26. Copy files and set attributes






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






28. Copy file1 to file2






29. Makes empty files






30. Add a user to the system






31. Look inside a file






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






33. Formatted listng with hidden files






34. Archiving command






35. Move and renames






36. directory listing






37. Change dicrectory






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






39. Changes user password






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






41. 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






42. Appends a file