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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Creates a file






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






3. directory listing






4. List command






5. Means it is a hidden file






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






7. Makes empty files






8. super user






9. Archiving command






10. Add a user to the system






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. delete file






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






14. 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






15. Create a directory file






16. Formatted listng with hidden files






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






18. Change mode






19. Move and renames






20. A graphical utility used for searching files






21. Look inside a file






22. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






23. Current directory






24. Change dicrectory






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






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






27. back one






28. Copy file1 to file2






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






30. Adds content to files






31. Appends a file






32. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






33. tells you what kind of file it is






34. show hidden files






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






36. 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






37. Changes user password






38. Copys and replace






39. home bin






40. Copy files and set attributes






41. Root symbol



42. 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