Unix Interview Questions
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What UNIX command will control the default file permissions when files are created?

3 11192

Explain the read, write, and execute permissions on a UNIX directory.

1 3867

What is the difference between a soft link and a hard link?

1 4758

Give the command to display space usage on the UNIX file system.

6 8465

Explain iostat, vmstat and netstat.

2 8612

How would you change all occurrences of a value using VI?

1 5556

Give two UNIX kernel parameters that effect an Oracle install

1 4408

what is the command to list files in a directory in UNIX?

8 9865

what is the command to list all files in a directory, including the hidden files in UNIX ?

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9 14364

How do you find out all processes that are currently running in UNIX OS?

10 13780

In UNIX, what is the command to kill a process?

10 19452

In UNIX, what is the command to edit contents of the file?

9 10548

in UNIX ,What is the command to view contents of a large error log file?

7 12252

How do you log in to a remote Unix box?

2 6807

what is the command to get help on a UNIX terminal?

5 8388


Un-Answered Questions { Unix }

How to get or set an environment variable from a program?

539


Enumerate some of the most commonly used network commands in unix?

616


What is the best free unix based os?

500


What is unix and why it is used?

532


What is unix used for?

513






What is unix language?

497


Whats the difference between select() and poll()?

1209


What is unix operating system used for?

485


Explain superblock in unix.

495


What is the use of finger command?

596


How does the system know where one command ends and another begins?

1574


What does unix .profile contains?

589


Explain the unmount system calls?

526


What is a unix shell?

510


Why is it called grep?

557