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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. 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. Move and renames






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






4. Root symbol



5. show hidden files






6. Makes empty files






7. Appends a file






8. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






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






10. Create a directory file






11. delete file






12. Look inside a file






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






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






15. Formatted listng with hidden files






16. Archiving command






17. A graphical utility used for searching files






18. Copys and replace






19. Adds content to files






20. 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.






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. home bin






23. back one






24. List command






25. Change dicrectory






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






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






28. Add a user to the system






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






30. Changes user password






31. Means it is a hidden file






32. Current directory






33. Copy file1 to file2






34. tells you what kind of file it is






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






36. 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






37. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






38. directory listing






39. Copy files and set attributes






40. Creates a file






41. Change mode






42. super user