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

Linux General Interview Questions

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You have a file called phonenos that is almost 4,000 lines long. What text filter can you use to split it into four pieces each 1,000 lines long?

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Please write a loop for removing all files in the current directory that contains a word ‘log’?

1 1354

How do you list all files in a directory, including the hidden files?

1 1359

You want to search for sale and sales. What regular expression should you use?

835

How environment variable is set so that the file permission can be automatically set to the newly created files?

930

What are the partitions created on the mail server hard drive?

893

Which shell do you assign to a pop3 mail-only account?

837

How do you create a new user account?

792

What are the qualities of soft links?

884

How shadow passwords are given?

885

Difference between home directory and working directory?

964

How secured is linux? Explain.

900

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

865

How to change window manager by editing your home directory?

865

How documentation of an application is stored?

879

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Is mac a posix?

836

Can you watch netflix on linux mint?

966

Which daemon tracks events on your system?

919

How do you combine two lines from two sorted files in linux?

920

What is the difference between linux file system and windows file system?

973

What is gnuc?

814

Compare linux credit based algorithm with other scheduling algorithms?

972

cd home to get back to your home-directory. State Whether True or False?

861

Why mutex is faster than semaphore?

918

Is apple a linux or unix?

848

What does fsck do in linux?

869

kernel executes the first process when system starts

849

How do I see hidden files in linux?

1007

What is a regular file in linux?

899

What is dracut in linux?

827

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