Unix Interview Questions
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fork in unix ?

BFL,

4 10490

in unix profile contains

BFL,

1 8779

in unix echo is used for

BFL, BirlaSoft, Patni,

10 26377

The UNIX shell is.... a).does not come with the rest of the system b).forms the interface between the user and the kernal c) does not give any scope for programming d) deos not allow calling one program from with in another e) all of the above

IBM,

2 12960

The very first process created by the kernal that runs till the kernal process is haltes is

IBM,

6 16686

The command grep first second third /usr/you/myfile a) prints lines containing the words first, second or third from the file /usr/you/myfile b) searches for lines containing the pattern first in the files second, third, and /usr/you/myfile and prints them c) searches the files /usr/you/myfiel and third for lines containing the words first or second and prints them d) replaces the word first with the word second in the files third and /usr/you/myfile e) None of the above

IBM,

4 14087

interprocess command in unix be achieved by a)pipes b)messages c)semaphores d)shared memory e)all

Mascot,

2 7510

In Unix inter process communication take place using?

TCS,

3 8902

What are the files in /etc directory?

TCS, Wipro,

6 14637

process id for kernell process?

TCS,

4 9348

very first process created by kernell?

TCS,

4 9812

fork()?

TCS,

2 7489

what is the name os the first os and tell me the year when it was discovered

Qiscet,

1 3483

How do you list the files in an UNIX directory while also showing hidden files?

4 7601

How do you execute a UNIX command in the background?

2 6062


Un-Answered Questions { Unix }

Is grep faster than awk?

743


Explain mount and unmount command.

842


What are the phases of swapping a page from the memory?

731


Where is unix used today?

660


How to get the n-th field from a Unix command output?

713


What are hidden files in unix?

723


What is a socket file?

661


Explain linking across directories?

704


What are the essential features of the unix operating system?

706


What do you understand by the term filters?

724


Which is the most commonly used replacement algorithm?

915


How to install unix on windows 10?

743


Explain command to show the space allocation of files?

835


What is regular file in unix?

642


Explain the following statement, “it is not advisable to use root as the default login.”

686