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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Stores hardware and software device driver. It maintains filesystem entries that represent the devices connected to the system.






2. List command






3. 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






4. Copys and replace






5. Copy file1 to file2






6. Create a directory file






7. back one






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






9. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






10. Look inside a file






11. Move and renames






12. Means it is a hidden file






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






14. Current directory






15. Copy files and set attributes






16. super user






17. delete file






18. directory listing






19. 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.






20. Add a user to the system






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






22. Change mode






23. Adds content to files






24. Formatted listng with hidden files






25. home bin






26. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






27. Root symbol



28. Creates a file






29. 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






30. Change dicrectory






31. A graphical utility used for searching files






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






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






34. tells you what kind of file it is






35. Archiving command






36. Changes user password






37. Makes empty files






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






39. Appends a file






40. show hidden files






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






42. 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