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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Displays the default directory where the user is placed after loging in






2. super user






3. Copy files and set attributes






4. Formatted listng with hidden files






5. 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






6. directory listing






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






8. Create a directory file






9. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






10. Copy file1 to file2






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






12. A graphical utility used for searching files






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






14. Changes user password






15. home bin






16. back one






17. Change dicrectory






18. Move and renames






19. 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






20. Copys and replace






21. Root symbol



22. Current directory






23. Look inside a file






24. delete file






25. Creates a file






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






27. Adds content to files






28. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






29. Change mode






30. Appends a file






31. Means it is a hidden file






32. tells you what kind of file it is






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






34. Makes empty files






35. 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.






36. Add a user to the system






37. List command






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






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






40. show hidden files






41. 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






42. Archiving command