Unix Commands Interview Questions
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Explain command to show the space allocation of files?

629

What is the command to compare two files in unix?

618

What command is used to switching between users in unix?

560

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

616

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

1574

Differentiate cat command from more command.

574

Is there a way to erase all files in the current directory, including all its sub-directories, using only one command?

796

What does this command do? Cat food 1 > kitty

974

Write a command that will output the sorted contents of a file named in.txt and place the output in another file named out.txt, while at the same time excluding duplicate entries.

1 1724

What command will change your prompt to myprompt?

699

Differentiate cmp command from diff command.

586

What are the differences among a system call, a library function, and a unix command?

567

Write a command that will allow a unix system to shut down in 15 minutes, after which it will perform a reboot.

620

Write a command that will display files in the current directory, in a colored, long format.

682

Write a command that will find all text files in a directory such that it does not contain the word "amazing" in any form (that is, it must include the words amazing, amazing, or amazing)?

953


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Write a command that will allow a unix system to shut down in 15 minutes, after which it will perform a reboot.

620


What does pipe () return?

592


What does find command return in unix?

592


What is sed awk grep?

603


What command is used to check the current users?

592






Write a command to display a file’s contents in various formats?

621


Explain command to view process running?

611


How do I use grep to search for a file?

580


Is it inbetween or in between?

578


What does this command do,"$more readme.txt“?

687


What is command statement?

541


What does #!/ Bin sh do?

587


What does sed command do in unix?

559


What is “chmod” command?

564


What is s and g in sed command?

557