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Unix General Interview Questions

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How to find the path in unix?

1051

Differentiate multiuser from multitask.

1021

What are shell variables?

927

How do you switch from any user type to a super user type?

967

What is the use of -l when listing a directory?

895

What is wild-card interpretation?

1050

Describe file systems in unix?

1041

briefly describe the shell's responsibilities?

1265

Differentiate relative path from an absolute path?

911

Explain the importance of directories in a unix system

1066

What are some common shells and what are their indicators?

1233

what is wrong with this interactive shell script?

982

Write a script that prints out date information in this order: time, the day of week, day number, month, year(sample output: 17:34:51 pdt sun 12 feb 2012)

1226

What is a directory?

964

How do you determine and set the path in unix?

1006

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Is it possible to restrict incoming message?

997

Define a single-user system.

956

Is used to create ordinary files on any unix system?

962

How to stop an infinite loop in unix?

951

What are some common shells and what are their indicators?

1233

What is .sh file in unix?

1004

Why was unix created?

929

What is unix computer?

1002

How to print/display the first line of a file in Unix?

1002

What is Process id in unix?

1011

Explain what is standard unix streams ?

982

Is it possible to see information about a process while it is being executed?

1244

What are the bits that support the demand paging?

986

Who owns the unix trademark today?

925

How can you get/set an environment variable from a program?

965

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