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Unix Administration

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






2. Change dicrectory






3. Archiving command






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






5. Change mode






6. show hidden files






7. Root symbol



8. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






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






10. 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






11. Copys and replace






12. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






13. Copy file1 to file2






14. super user






15. Creates a file






16. back one






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






18. Copy files and set attributes






19. home bin






20. Current directory






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






22. delete file






23. 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






24. A graphical utility used for searching files






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






26. Means it is a hidden file






27. tells you what kind of file it is






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






29. Changes user password






30. Move and renames






31. List command






32. Formatted listng with hidden files






33. 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






34. Add a user to the system






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






36. 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.






37. directory listing






38. Adds content to files






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






40. Makes empty files






41. Create a directory file






42. Look inside a file