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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Stores hardware and software device driver. It maintains filesystem entries that represent the devices connected to the system.






2. home bin






3. Means it is a hidden file






4. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






5. Copy file1 to file2






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






7. Look inside a file






8. tells you what kind of file it is






9. Changes user password






10. 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






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






12. back one






13. Formatted listng with hidden files






14. A graphical utility used for searching files






15. Adds content to files






16. Move and renames






17. Archiving command






18. Copys and replace






19. 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






20. Root symbol



21. Appends a file






22. Change mode






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






24. Creates a file






25. List command






26. Change dicrectory






27. Add a user to the system






28. Create a directory file






29. 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






30. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






31. Copy files and set attributes






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






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






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






35. super user






36. delete file






37. show hidden files






38. directory listing






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






40. Makes empty files






41. Current directory






42. 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.