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






3. Adds content to files






4. Change mode






5. 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






6. directory listing






7. 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






8. super user






9. Copy files and set attributes






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






11. Move and renames






12. A graphical utility used for searching files






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






14. 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.






15. Current directory






16. Creates a file






17. Copy file1 to file2






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






19. Root symbol



20. Look inside a file






21. Archiving command






22. Copys and replace






23. home bin






24. Appends a file






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






26. Create a directory file






27. tells you what kind of file it is






28. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






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






30. Makes empty files






31. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






32. back one






33. Change dicrectory






34. Add a user to the system






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






37. delete file






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






39. Formatted listng with hidden files






40. List command






41. show hidden files






42. Means it is a hidden file