Shell Script Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

Shell Script Interview Questions

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Hi, i want to zip the files that generates automatically every few minutes (files generated are in .arc extension)....any body write a script for this... thanks in advance

HP,

5 9796

wats the deinitions for shell utility and filter?

2319

Script S1 (which copies .dat files from one directory1 to another directory2) run continuously. Write Script S2 which kills S1 first, compresses all .dat files in directory1 and directory2 successfully, re-run Script S1 and stops self i.e. S2.

IBM, TCS,

2 9952

Dear All, Can anybody tell me how to predefind no. of selected rows from a text file.

MGL,

1 5075

Is SSO and SSL support BOXI?

2 5061

what do u mean by $#,$* in unix programming?

Convergys, TCS,

5 13775

defination of mapfile in winrunner?

2256

Write a shell script to looking at the log file to see if the test has passed or not

TCS,

2 7761

Why we are writting shell scripts? Plz if possible explain it briefly.

ITC Infotech,

6 12612

Hi Friends, I am currently Undergoing Course On Testing.I am Planning To Keep Fake Resume.Can any One tell me the ways to Prepare i.e, Real Time experience For Manual Testing. With Regards, Vikram

1 5757

If one dont know how to create a script then how he/she can use the QTP?

1 3459

How to handle the delimiter unit seperator in Unix

2 5841

I have to write Shells (Linux + Unix)for publishing packages and reports. Is it possible ? What are the differents executable programs ineed to call ?

2171

how did u debugging in unix/ linux platform ??( project Related)

Symphony,

2 7001

How can I Debug a shell scripts and Perl scripting?? or How do you debug a shell scripting and perl scripting ( at the compile time error or run time error) in Unix environment ?

4 8012

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

1127

how will you find the total disk space used by a specific user?

1051

I have to write Shells (Linux + Unix)for publishing packages and reports. Is it possible ? What are the differents executable programs ineed to call ?

2171

How do I read a .sh file?

1109

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

5416

What is shell chemistry?

985

What is the crontab?

1086

What is the difference between bash and shell?

1123

What is inside a seashell?

1131

What does sh mean?

1055

What happens on a system call?

1016

Why is the use of shell script?

979

How do you create a shortcut in linux?

1202

Write down the syntax for all the loops in shell scripting.

1141

What does egrep mean?

968

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