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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Stores binaries that are used for completing the booting process and also the ones that are used by the root user-the adminstrator.






2. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






3. directory listing






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






5. Creates a file






6. 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






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






8. Change mode






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






10. Add a user to the system






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






12. A graphical utility used for searching files






13. Create a directory file






14. home bin






15. Change dicrectory






16. Adds content to files






17. show hidden files






18. Look inside a file






19. Move and renames






20. Makes empty files






21. 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






22. Current directory






23. Appends a file






24. Copys and replace






25. super user






26. Archiving command






27. delete file






28. 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.






29. tells you what kind of file it is






30. Root symbol



31. Changes user password






32. Formatted listng with hidden files






33. Copy file1 to file2






34. Copy files and set attributes






35. back one






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






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






38. List command






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






40. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






41. Means it is a hidden file






42. 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