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Unix Administration
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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.
grep command
cat
'/'
/home
2. Appends a file
userdel command
>>
cp file1 file2
. before a file
3. Rename or move file1 to file2 - if file2 is an existing directory - move file1 into directory file2
touch command
mv file1 file2
>
cat
4. Adds content to files
mv file1 file2
vi or vim
cp
mkdir dir
5. Formatted listng with hidden files
ls -a
ls -al
shell scripts
gzip
6. Enables a super user or root to create a new user or updates default new user information.
ls -l
passwd command
gzip
useradd command
7. Changes user password
/usr
userdel command
passwd command
cat
8. Move and renames
. before a file
ls -a
mv
/usr
9. super user
su
cd
/dev
rm file
10. List command
Install
cp
Is command
userdel command
11. delete file
rm file
cp
cp file1 file2
adduser command
12. Enables a super user to remove a users account.
vi or vim
userdel command
Install
mv file1 file2
13. k Desktop Environment is one of thredifferent GUI user interfaces.
KDE
shell scripts
rm file
cd
14. 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
mkdir dir
shell scripts
touch command
/bin
15. 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
gunzip
cd...
su
grep command
16. Change mode
touch command
/bin
ls -al
chmod
17. A compressing utility that reduces the size of the named file
terminal window (usage)
ls -al
>
gzip
18. Copys and replace
gzip
grep command
passwd command
cp
19. Copy files and set attributes
Install
mv
ls -l
su
20. Creates a file
>
cd...
ls
Home Directory
21. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.
/bin
>>
cd
/dev
22. Displays the default directory where the user is placed after loging in
/bin
Gnome
gzip
Home Directory
23. tells you what kind of file it is
mkdir dir
ls -l
Home Directory
shell scripts
24. Add a user to the system
/bin
useradd command
cp file1 file2
adduser command
25. Makes empty files
>>
touch command
cp
mkdir dir
26. Stores binaries that are used for completing the booting process and also the ones that are used by the root user-the adminstrator.
gunzip
su
mv file1 file2
/sbin
27. 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
mv file1 file2
>
adduser command
terminal window (usage)
28. Archiving command
chmod
adduser command
/bin
tar command
29. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users
/usr
grep command
/bin
cp file1 file2
30. directory listing
su
gzip
userdel command
ls
31. Look inside a file
userdel command
gunzip
cat
mv file1 file2
32. Stores hardware and software device driver. It maintains filesystem entries that represent the devices connected to the system.
ls -a
adduser command
/dev
Gnome
33. home bin
su
/home
'/'
cat
34. Current directory
pwd show
ls -l
mv
cd
35. Change dicrectory
cd
Is command
su
grep command
36. back one
su
cd...
/dev
pwd show
37. Create a directory file
cd...
mv file1 file2
mkdir dir
pwd show
38. show hidden files
ls -a
su
gzip
KDE
39. A graphical utility used for searching files
/home
/sbin
/bin
Gnome
40. Copy file1 to file2
cp file1 file2
pwd show
Gnome
ls -al
41. Means it is a hidden file
. before a file
cd...
/dev
terminal window (usage)
42. Root symbol
'/'