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

Linux Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

difference between Tcp and udp

5 16636

Who owns the data dictionary?

2 11442

Where is standard output usually directed?

2 8904

You want to create a compressed backup of the users' home directories. What utility should you use?

5 12097

What utility can you use to automate rotation of logs?

2 8804

What command can you use to review boot messages?

6 20884

What is the minimum number of partitions you need to install Linux?

30 55671

What is the name and path of the main system log?

3 16183

What text filter can you use to display a binary file in octal numbers?

1 6426

What is the complete name of the default configuration file for LILO?

1 6985

What file should you examine to determine the defined runlevels for your system?

7 15158

What is LILO?

Cisco,

11 20715

What is the most graceful way to get to run level single user mode?

Cisco,

9 16734

What does the following command line produce? Explain each aspect of this line. $ (date ; ps -ef | awk {print $1}' | sort | uniq | wc -l ) >> Activity.log

Cisco,

4 10608

What are the Advantages and disadvantages of script vs compiled program?

2 18935

Un-Answered Questions { Linux }

How do you execute a file in linux?

1010

How to kill any user's all processes?

839

How do I install linux?

839

Is ios based on bsd?

958

Does bsd use linux kernel?

856

What is shell scripting commands?

1189

Why is linux safer than windows?

921

Can I run linux on android?

852

What is Calling connect?

1693

Is linux a scripting language?

918

How remove all files in a directory linux?

1017

What are threads and processes?

905

What is linux firewall?

907

How to read socket file in linux?

959

How use linux command line?

1100

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