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What are the four fundamental components of every file system on linux?

1725

Write the syntax for "if" conditionals in linux?

1158

Write a command sequence to find all the files modified in less than 2 days and print the record count of each.

1580

How to set an array in linux?

1308

Write down the syntax of "for " loop

1151

What will happen to my current process when I execute a command using exec?

1124

What is the equivalent of a file shortcut that we have a window on a linux system?

1174

I have 2 files and I want to print the records which are common to both.

1205

I want to read all input to the command from file1 direct all output to file2 and error to file 3, how can I achieve this?

1 2306

Write a script to print the first 10 elements of fibonacci series.

2408

How do we create command aliases in a shell?

1031

Write a command sequence to find the count of each word?

1028

I want to create a directory such that anyone in the group can create a file and access any person's file in it but none should be able to delete a file other than the one created by himself.

1068

What are the different types of commonly used shells on a typical linux system?

1166

How will you connect to a database server from linux?

1100

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What is computer cli?

947

What is the significance of the shebang line in shell scripting?

1193

Determine the output of the following command: [ -z “” ] && echo 0 || echo 1

1029

How are shells born?

1016

What is mac default shell?

1142

In my bash shell I want my prompt to be of format '$"present working directory":"hostname"> and load a file containing a list of user-defined functions as soon as I log in, how will you automate this?

1216

Explain about "s" permission bit in a file?

1117

What is difference between shell and bash scripting?

1039

How can I set the default rwx permission to all users on every file which is created in the current shell?

1469

What is a beat in a script?

1137

What is shell application?

1032

Explain about login shell?

1160

How to print all array elements and their respective indexes?

1012

How can you find out how long the system has been running?

940

What are the different variables present in linux shell?

1153

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