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Unix General Interview Questions

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In unix, what is echo used for?

BPL,

1029

What does unix .profile contains?

BPL,

986

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

MCN Solutions,

1043

Explain about shell aritmetic operators and functions?

HCL,

1023

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

IBM,

960

Explain Sticky bit?

993

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

1002

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

989

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

1050

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

1015

How to remove certain lines from a file in Unix?

991

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

959

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

1068

How to reverse a string in Unix?

1039

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

1064

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Un-Answered Questions { Unix General }

Is unix a kernel or os?

921

What is difference between ssh v1 and ssh v2?

939

What is called in unix?

916

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

3494

What are the types of unix?

922

What is meant by u-area?

875

What are links and symbolic links in UNIX file system?

995

How can you get/set an environment variable from a program?

965

What is the best free unix based os?

948

What are the main features of unix?

1530

What does unix like mean?

946

Does unix have a gui?

921

Describe the term directory?

1443

Explain what are links and symbolic links in unix file system?

984

Describe a link in unix.

1544

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