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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Displays the default directory where the user is placed after loging in






2. back one






3. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






4. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






5. Copys and replace






6. Appends a file






7. delete file






8. Archiving command






9. Add a user to the system






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






11. Move and renames






12. Create a directory file






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






14. Creates a file






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






16. Changes user password






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






18. Makes empty files






19. tells you what kind of file it is






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






21. Root symbol



22. Look inside a file






23. List command






24. Current directory






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






26. 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.






27. 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






28. Formatted listng with hidden files






29. super user






30. directory listing






31. Copy files and set attributes






32. show hidden files






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






34. Copy file1 to file2






35. Change mode






36. A graphical utility used for searching files






37. Adds content to files






38. home bin






39. Means it is a hidden file






40. 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






41. Change dicrectory






42. 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