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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. home bin






2. Copy files and set attributes






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






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






5. Makes empty files






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






7. Move and renames






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






9. Look inside a file






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. Changes user password






12. Root symbol



13. List command






14. Change dicrectory






15. Creates a file






16. 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.






17. Adds content to files






18. show hidden files






19. Archiving command






20. back one






21. delete file






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






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






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






25. 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






26. Appends a file






27. directory listing






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






29. tells you what kind of file it is






30. Current directory






31. A graphical utility used for searching files






32. Means it is a hidden file






33. 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






34. Create a directory file






35. Copy file1 to file2






36. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






37. Add a user to the system






38. Change mode






39. super user






40. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






41. Formatted listng with hidden files






42. Copys and replace







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