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Unix Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 42 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A compressing utility that reduces the size of the named file






2. Move and renames






3. 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






4. Copy file1 to file2






5. Stroes essential comman line utilities and binaries.






6. back one






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






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






9. Look inside a file






10. Means it is a hidden file






11. Current directory






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






13. Formatted listng with hidden files






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






15. List command






16. tells you what kind of file it is






17. delete file






18. Add a user to the system






19. 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.






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






21. Copys and replace






22. Create a directory file






23. show hidden files






24. Appends a file






25. home bin






26. 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






27. Makes empty files






28. Adds content to files






29. Copy files and set attributes






30. Change dicrectory






31. Stores small programs and files accessible to all users






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






33. directory listing






34. A graphical utility used for searching files






35. Changes user password






36. Archiving command






37. super user






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






39. Root symbol



40. Creates a file






41. Change mode






42. 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