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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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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.






2. Copys and replace






3. Archiving command






4. back one






5. Makes empty files






6. Means it is a hidden file






7. Creates a file






8. List command






9. Change dicrectory






10. Appends a file






11. Move and renames






12. show hidden files






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






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






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






16. Current directory






17. directory listing






18. A graphical utility used for searching files






19. super user






20. Root symbol



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






22. 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






23. 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






24. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






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






26. Changes user password






27. Look inside a file






28. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






29. Add a user to the system






30. Change mode






31. delete file






32. Create a directory file






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






34. Formatted listng with hidden files






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






36. Adds content to files






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






38. home bin






39. Copy file1 to file2






40. tells you what kind of file it is






41. 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






42. Copy files and set attributes