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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Copy file1 to file2






2. List command






3. Current directory






4. home bin






5. Move and renames






6. Appends a file






7. A graphical utility used for searching files






8. Means it is a hidden file






9. super user






10. Create a directory file






11. Archiving command






12. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






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






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






15. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






16. back one






17. Change mode






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






19. Formatted listng with hidden files






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






21. Creates a file






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






23. Copy files and set attributes






24. Makes empty files






25. 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






26. Look inside a file






27. directory listing






28. Adds content to files






29. Change dicrectory






30. tells you what kind of file it is






31. Root symbol



32. Add a user to the system






33. Changes user password






34. delete file






35. show hidden files






36. Copys and replace






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






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






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






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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.