Unix Interview Questions
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Assume that a file’s permissions give you read and write access. What operations can you perform on the file if it is in a directory which has “r”(read) only process? What operations can you perform on the file if it is in a directory which has “x”(execute) only access?

1 6247

When the shell is reading the command line what is the difference between text enclosed between double quotes ( ” ) and text enclosed between signal quotes ( ’ )?

3 7756

The rm command removes links to file. What does this mean? How then is a file deleted from the file system?

5 11019

Assume the following files are in the working directory prompt> ls -l tasks -rw-r--r-- 1 alex student 1423 Feb 21 14:01 tasks What command can Alex use to give everyone permission to write to the file? What will the ls -l command display if he does so?

Infosys,

10 14360

tell me similarities between thread and process

Tanla Solutions,

4 33233

what is mean by kernal?

Excel,

9 11796

describe the escaping sequence characteres in unix

1 7584

System A can contact system B, but not in reverse, not firewall, not tcp wrappers, what is the reason ?

2 4074

Write a grep (or grep) command that selects the lines from a file that have exactly three characters.

Mac, Nokia,

24 36913

What is an Environment Variable?

CTS,

4 11003

If Media Server fails. What are the steps to be followed? Can anyone please reply for this question Thanks, Ganesh

HCL, IBM,

2773

What is file constructing in UNIX/AIX ?

IBM, TCS,

2 7558

How to find the version details of unix? if any application is installed in unix OS how to find the version of that application is it possilbe or not? pls let me know cmd in detail.

HCL,

5 11532

what is the use of ls -l command & what is the information it gives about user ?

5 9107

What is mean by Mac os? Why it is named as like that? Which purprose it is using? Please answer me. Advance thanks.

Excel, GeniusPort,

2 8193


Un-Answered Questions { Unix }

What is the difference between an absolute path and a relative path in unix?

800


Name the key features of the bourne shell.

683


Where unix is used today?

708


How do I use grep to search for a file?

796


Which data structure is used to maintain the file identification?

753


How to remove the directory in unix?

704


Explain about the directory representation in UNIX?

733


How do you start and stop services in unix without using admin console?

801


What is ipc in unix?

760


What is $# in unix?

706


What is unix operating system?

718


How can you count the number of characters and lines in a file?

747


What's better 6pt or 12pt sockets?

626


What is af_unix?

646


What is a filter in unix?

726