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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Add a user to the system






2. Change dicrectory






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






4. Adds content to files






5. List command






6. Copy files and set attributes






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






8. home bin






9. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






10. Makes empty files






11. 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






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






13. Archiving command






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. Create a directory file






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






17. A graphical utility used for searching files






18. Means it is a hidden file






19. super user






20. Current directory






21. Look inside a file






22. back one






23. 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






24. Creates a file






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






26. Move and renames






27. delete file






28. Appends a file






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






30. Copys and replace






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






32. show hidden files






33. 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.






34. Changes user password






35. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






36. Copy file1 to file2






37. Root symbol



38. directory listing






39. Change mode






40. Formatted listng with hidden files






41. tells you what kind of file it is






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