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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. tells you what kind of file it is






2. back one






3. Change dicrectory






4. directory listing






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






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. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






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






9. Formatted listng with hidden files






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






11. Move and renames






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






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






14. 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






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






16. Means it is a hidden file






17. Copy file1 to file2






18. Adds content to files






19. Changes user password






20. Archiving command






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






22. Appends a file






23. Root symbol



24. delete file






25. home bin






26. List command






27. Creates a file






28. Current directory






29. Makes empty files






30. Copys and replace






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






32. Look inside a file






33. Copy files and set attributes






34. Change mode






35. A graphical utility used for searching files






36. show hidden files






37. Add a user to the system






38. super user






39. 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.






40. 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






41. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






42. Create a directory file