Linux General Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

Linux General Interview Questions

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What linux hotkeys do you know?

986

Your default umask is 002. What does this mean?

901

List two ways to create a new file?

974

What does grep() stand for?

952

Define hcmos?

1025

You have set quotas for all your users but half of your users are using more space than they have been allotted. Which of the following could be the problem?

919

How to switch to a previously used directory?

965

What would you use to view contents of a large error log file?

923

Explain the two modes of nslookup?

1034

What utility can you use to show a dynamic listing of running processes?

1011

How can you find a path to the file in the system?

949

Is the address bus unidirectional?

897

What types of files you know?

968

Which of the quoting or escape characters allows the dollar sign ($) to retain its special meaning?

916

What is nfs?

1089

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Un-Answered Questions { Linux General }

How many types of shells are there in linux?

962

List the different modes of using vi editor in linux?

1113

Is apple a unix or linux?

900

Is linux better than unix?

949

What is a split-horizon dns?

1080

what are the qualities of soft links in linux?

901

How do you share a program across different virtual desktops under linux?

1781

Where linux is used?

939

What is the difference between PATH and path?

1060

How can you run a linux program in the background simultaneously when you start your linux server?

1161

What is the linux kernel?

1009

Can spinlock be interrupted?

840

Define hcmos?

1025

Which one is better windows or linux?

942

Where standard output is usually directed?

869

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