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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Changes user password






2. Create a directory file






3. Creates a file






4. Look inside a file






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






6. Move and renames






7. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






8. tells you what kind of file it is






9. Makes empty files






10. 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






11. Means it is a hidden file






12. Change mode






13. 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






14. delete file






15. Archiving command






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






17. Adds content to files






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






19. Copys and replace






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






21. Appends a file






22. 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






23. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






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






25. directory listing






26. List command






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






28. 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.






29. back one






30. Add a user to the system






31. show hidden files






32. Root symbol



33. Formatted listng with hidden files






34. A graphical utility used for searching files






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






36. home bin






37. super user






38. Copy files and set attributes






39. Current directory






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






41. Change dicrectory






42. Copy file1 to file2