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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






2. A graphical utility used for searching files






3. Creates a file






4. Archiving command






5. Copy file1 to file2






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






7. 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






8. directory listing






9. Move and renames






10. Means it is a hidden file






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






12. Makes empty files






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






14. List command






15. Formatted listng with hidden files






16. tells you what kind of file it is






17. show hidden files






18. super user






19. Add a user to the system






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






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






22. 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.






23. Create a directory file






24. Root symbol



25. Current directory






26. Changes user password






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






28. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






29. Adds content to files






30. back one






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






32. Look inside a file






33. Copy files and set attributes






34. Change mode






35. 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






36. delete file






37. Change dicrectory






38. Copys and replace






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






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. Appends a file






42. home bin