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

Unix Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

which command is used to stop a running process in unix?

8 25494

what is the use of nice command?

4 11396

what is the use of "fg" command ?

PSU, Sail,

5 15554

what is the use of wild cards?

2 7709

How to redirect standard error to a file?

2 8556

what are the uses of filters?

3 8181

what is the use of "grep" command?

HCL,

6 13719

what is the functionality of kernel in unix architecture?

HCL,

13 30788

How to get the operating system's information in unix?

IBM, TCS,

6 16874

How to identify whether a file is normal file or directory?

3 9054

How to view the hidden files in /etc directory?

10 16004

which command is used to identify the type of the file?

3 10199

How to copy multiple files and directories into some other directory?

4 12471

Will rm -r* removes hidden files?

10 18854

How to rename files and folders?

IBM, Oracle,

7 32096

Un-Answered Questions { Unix }

What is the difference between soft link and hard link in Unix operating system ?

1086

What is the functionality of a top command?

1163

Is it possible to restrict incoming message?

1045

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

1113

Is there any method to erase all files in the current directory, along with its all sub-directories, by using only one command?

1287

why metadb requires a seperate slice to create Solaris volume manager

3254

How do I use nslookup?

1148

List some features of unix.

962

How to find $ai_serual resolved path by using unix

1845

I have one flat file,in this file how many columns are there i don't know,but one ename column is there , just i want to cut the surname, so how to cut the surname, any one know the answer please guide me ? ename ----- tapan kumar nayak bala murugan kutal chkrobarthy biswo My output is like that OUTPUT ------ nayak murugan chakrobarthy biswo

3548

what is difference between milestone and run-levels in Solaris ?

3144

What is the difference between unix and windows operating system?

1026

How to find the path in unix?

1094

Explain critical section?

1114

How can you see the command line history?

1188

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