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 9961

wats the deinitions for shell utility and filter?

2368

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 10060

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

MGL,

1 5169

Is SSO and SSL support BOXI?

2 5145

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

Convergys, TCS,

5 13975

defination of mapfile in winrunner?

2298

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

TCS,

2 7880

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

ITC Infotech,

6 12837

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 5835

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

1 3546

How to handle the delimiter unit seperator in Unix

2 5948

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

2225

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

Symphony,

2 7114

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 8163

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What is a beat in a script?

1138

How to check if the previous command was run successfully?

1086

How to get the 3rd element/column from each line from a file?

1235

shell script for reverse the string

1451

What is bash used for?

1057

What is subshell?

989

Devise a script that takes file name as arguement(which must present in the current directory)and locates from your home directory tree all thpath names of its links.Then mail the list to self.

2259

Explain about non-login shell files?

1262

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

1126

How do I open the shell in cmd?

1207

How to replace following lines, catch (DAOException e) { objLogger.error(this.getClass () + "addUpdateIssues() " + e); throw new BOException(5122); } catch (BOException e) { objLogger.error(this.getClass () + "addUpdateIssues() " + e); throw e; } catch (Exception e) { objLogger.error(this.getClass () + "addUpdateIssues() " + e); throw new BOException(5122); } Needs to be changed in to, catch (DAOException e) { AppException.handleException (null, null, e, null, null, null, "BOException", this.getClass() + "addUpdateIssues() ", null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 5122); } catch (BOException e) { AppException.handleException (null, null, null, e, null, null, "BOException", this.getClass() + "addUpdateIssues() ", null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 0); } catch (Exception e) { AppException.handleException (null, null, null, null, null, e, "BOException", this.getClass() + "addUpdateIssues() ", null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 5122); }

2413

How do I stop script errors?

1203

What does sh mean?

1104

How does ls command work?

1077

What makes c shell a more preferable option than the bourne shell?

1017

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