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

Shell Script Interview Questions

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Hi, i want to zip the files that generates automatically every few minutes (files generated are in .arc extension)....any body write a script for this... thanks in advance

HP,

5 9955

wats the deinitions for shell utility and filter?

2368

Script S1 (which copies .dat files from one directory1 to another directory2) run continuously. Write Script S2 which kills S1 first, compresses all .dat files in directory1 and directory2 successfully, re-run Script S1 and stops self i.e. S2.

IBM, TCS,

2 10055

Dear All, Can anybody tell me how to predefind no. of selected rows from a text file.

MGL,

1 5168

Is SSO and SSL support BOXI?

2 5142

what do u mean by $#,$* in unix programming?

Convergys, TCS,

5 13962

defination of mapfile in winrunner?

2296

Write a shell script to looking at the log file to see if the test has passed or not

TCS,

2 7880

Why we are writting shell scripts? Plz if possible explain it briefly.

ITC Infotech,

6 12830

Hi Friends, I am currently Undergoing Course On Testing.I am Planning To Keep Fake Resume.Can any One tell me the ways to Prepare i.e, Real Time experience For Manual Testing. With Regards, Vikram

1 5833

If one dont know how to create a script then how he/she can use the QTP?

1 3541

How to handle the delimiter unit seperator in Unix

2 5947

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

2220

how did u debugging in unix/ linux platform ??( project Related)

Symphony,

2 7107

How can I Debug a shell scripts and Perl scripting?? or How do you debug a shell scripting and perl scripting ( at the compile time error or run time error) in Unix environment ?

4 8151

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Un-Answered Questions { Shell Script }

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

1192

How do I start a shell script?

1281

Write the syntax for "if" conditionals in linux?

1158

What is scripting autism?

1257

Is bash an operating system?

1027

How will you print the login names of all users on a system?

1011

What does egrep mean?

1024

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

1124

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

1205

Where is bash history?

985

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

1100

How to print all array elements and their respective indexes?

1012

I want to connect to a remote server and execute some commands, how can I achieve this?

1056

What happens on a system call?

1068

Print the 10th line without using tail and head command.

2216

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