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

Shell Script Interview Questions

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How to find all the files modified in less than 3 days and save the record in a text file?

1054

How many fields are present in a crontab file and what does each field specify?

1110

How to get the 3rd element/column from each line from a file?

1180

How to pass an argument to a script?

1190

Differentiate between ‘ and ” quotes.

1159

When should shell programming/scripting not be used?

1143

How can you get the value of pi till a 100 decimal places?

966

How to get the last line from a file using just the terminal?

1220

How would you compare the strings in a shell script?

971

Write a shell script that adds two numbers if provided as the command line argument and if the two numbers are not entered throws an error message.

1282

How to calculate the number of passed arguments?

1080

Write down the syntax for all the loops in shell scripting.

1130

What is the crontab?

1073

What are the two files of crontab command?

1221

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

1112

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Can shell script run on windows?

1056

Explain about gui scripting?

1086

What is a boot block?

1020

Calculate a real number calculation directly from the terminal and not any shell script.

1217

What is meant by dos operating system?

1054

What are types of shells?

1021

What lives in a shell?

954

State the advantages of shell scripting?

1047

What is bash used for?

1003

Why should we use shell scripts?

1048

How can you get the value of pi till a 100 decimal places?

966

What is the use of .sh file?

1111

What is another name for a bash shell script that you might see?

1468

I have to write Shells (Linux + Unix)for publishing packages and reports. Is it possible ? What are the differents executable programs ineed to call ?

2164

How important is shell scripting?

1036

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