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Unix Administration

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






2. Change mode






3. Makes empty files






4. Formatted listng with hidden files






5. 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.






6. super user






7. Copy files and set attributes






8. Create a directory file






9. Change dicrectory






10. Copys and replace






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






12. Move and renames






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






14. Creates a file






15. tells you what kind of file it is






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






17. back one






18. Root symbol



19. Means it is a hidden file






20. 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






21. show hidden files






22. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






23. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






24. home bin






25. Changes user password






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






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






28. Current directory






29. Archiving command






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






31. delete file






32. directory listing






33. Look inside a file






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






35. 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






36. Appends a file






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






38. Add a user to the system






39. Copy file1 to file2






40. Adds content to files






41. List command






42. A graphical utility used for searching files