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Unix General Interview Questions

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In unix, what is echo used for?

BPL,

1020

What does unix .profile contains?

BPL,

975

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

MCN Solutions,

1033

Explain about shell aritmetic operators and functions?

HCL,

1013

What are my options if I want to turn on security with a non-root server ID in a UNIXÂ® environment?

IBM,

950

Explain Sticky bit?

980

How to print/display the first line of a file in Unix?

995

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

978

How to get the nth word of a line in Unix?

1044

How to remove the last line/trailer from a file in Unix script?

1007

How to remove certain lines from a file in Unix?

982

How to get the last word from a line in Unix file?

948

How to print/display the last line of a file in Unix?

1059

How to reverse a string in Unix?

1027

How to remove the first line/header from a file in Unix?

1053

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Un-Answered Questions { Unix General }

What do you understand by the term filters?

948

What is unix used for?

954

What a pipe?

996

What is alias mechanism?

874

How do I show only directories in unix?

1061

How do you delete a file in unix?

981

What does tr H do in unix?

1037

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

1039

How to remove certain lines from a file in Unix?

982

Discuss briefly about the directory representation in unix.

1005

What are the advantages of unix operating system?

955

Who owns unix?

918

What is unix computer?

992

Differentiate relative path from an absolute path?

902

What is the ‘nohup’ in unix?

918

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