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Shell Script Interview Questions

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What are the four fundamental components of every file system on linux?

1725

Write the syntax for "if" conditionals in linux?

1161

Write a command sequence to find all the files modified in less than 2 days and print the record count of each.

1582

How to set an array in linux?

1311

Write down the syntax of "for " loop

1153

What will happen to my current process when I execute a command using exec?

1125

What is the equivalent of a file shortcut that we have a window on a linux system?

1175

I have 2 files and I want to print the records which are common to both.

1205

I want to read all input to the command from file1 direct all output to file2 and error to file 3, how can I achieve this?

1 2306

Write a script to print the first 10 elements of fibonacci series.

2408

How do we create command aliases in a shell?

1032

Write a command sequence to find the count of each word?

1028

I want to create a directory such that anyone in the group can create a file and access any person's file in it but none should be able to delete a file other than the one created by himself.

1069

What are the different types of commonly used shells on a typical linux system?

1166

How will you connect to a database server from linux?

1102

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How to print all the arguments provided to the script?

996

What is a shell in operating system?

1151

Explain how you Automate your application using Shell scripting.

2361

What can scripts do?

1164

What are the different commands available to check the disk usage?

1054

What is the difference between scripting and coding?

1095

c program which behaves like a shell(command interpreter). it has its own prompt say "NewShell$".any normal shell command is executed from your shell by starting a child process to execute a system program corrosponding to the command

5486

Is it possible to substitute "ls" command in the place of "echo" command?

1102

What is awk in shell script?

1273

Is shell script a programming language?

1069

What is the best scripting language?

1075

How to get the last line from a file using just the terminal?

1274

How important is shell scripting?

1078

How can I send a mail with a compressed file as an attachment?

1074

What is a command line shell?

1103

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