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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. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






3. Move and renames






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






5. A graphical utility used for searching files






6. super user






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






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






9. show hidden files






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






11. Makes empty files






12. 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






13. Look inside a file






14. home bin






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






16. Adds content to files






17. Add a user to the system






18. Creates a file






19. Archiving command






20. 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






21. Change dicrectory






22. Appends a file






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






24. Copy file1 to file2






25. back one






26. Means it is a hidden file






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






28. List command






29. directory listing






30. Copy files and set attributes






31. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






32. delete file






33. Current directory






34. 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






35. Root symbol



36. tells you what kind of file it is






37. Copys and replace






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






39. Changes user password






40. Create a directory file






41. 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.






42. Change mode







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