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

Shell Script Interview Questions

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In which variable prompt value is stored?

2 6602

When we login into our account which files are executed?

Chip Quest,

3 7787

whta is the use of "exec" command?

1 5977

what is "umask"?

Wipro,

6 20353

How to modify the PATH variable and make it executable?

Mind Tree,

3 9794

What are the different shells available?

3 7845

How to print some text on to the screen?

2 5698

How to take input values from the user?

4 8086

What are the different methods available to run a shell script?

2 8343

what are special characters and explain how does text varies by the usage of single quotes,double quotes and back quotes?

1 6382

How to include comments in your shell scripts?

3 7195

What is the need of including script interpreter in your shell script?

2 5718

What is "test"? How it is used in shell scripting?

2 6364

How to declare functions in unix shell script?

4 31572

What is the use of "shift" command in passing parameters?

1 7882

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Un-Answered Questions { Shell Script }

What is bash command used for?

1077

What is the crontab?

1093

How to check if a directory exists?

1199

What is web script?

1098

Is scripting and coding the same thing?

995

What is the use of a shebang line?

1200

What is the best scripting language?

1035

Write the syntax for "if" conditionals in linux?

1121

What does egrep mean?

973

How to print all the arguments provided to the script?

962

What is k shell?

967

How can any user find out all information about a specific user like his default shell, real-life name, default directory, when and how long he has been using the system?

1104

How to replace following lines, catch (DAOException e) { objLogger.error(this.getClass () + "addUpdateIssues() " + e); throw new BOException(5122); } catch (BOException e) { objLogger.error(this.getClass () + "addUpdateIssues() " + e); throw e; } catch (Exception e) { objLogger.error(this.getClass () + "addUpdateIssues() " + e); throw new BOException(5122); } Needs to be changed in to, catch (DAOException e) { AppException.handleException (null, null, e, null, null, null, "BOException", this.getClass() + "addUpdateIssues() ", null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 5122); } catch (BOException e) { AppException.handleException (null, null, null, e, null, null, "BOException", this.getClass() + "addUpdateIssues() ", null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 0); } catch (Exception e) { AppException.handleException (null, null, null, null, null, e, "BOException", this.getClass() + "addUpdateIssues() ", null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 5122); }

2379

What is $1 in shell scripting?

1046

What is the use of "$#" in shell scripting?

1072

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