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Unix Administration

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






2. Changes user password






3. tells you what kind of file it is






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






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






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. Copy files and set attributes






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






10. A graphical utility used for searching files






11. Change dicrectory






12. Appends a file






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






14. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






15. 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.






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






17. Makes empty files






18. Add a user to the system






19. Archiving command






20. directory listing






21. 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






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






23. Change mode






24. Move and renames






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






26. Means it is a hidden file






27. Look inside a file






28. Root symbol



29. back one






30. Formatted listng with hidden files






31. List command






32. super user






33. Current directory






34. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






35. Adds content to files






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






37. Creates a file






38. show hidden files






39. Create a directory file






40. Copy file1 to file2






41. Copys and replace






42. home bin







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