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

Unix General Interview Questions

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How to find the path in unix?

1043

Differentiate multiuser from multitask.

1012

What are shell variables?

910

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

959

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

889

What is wild-card interpretation?

1041

Describe file systems in unix?

1030

briefly describe the shell's responsibilities?

1254

Differentiate relative path from an absolute path?

903

Explain the importance of directories in a unix system

1054

What are some common shells and what are their indicators?

1222

what is wrong with this interactive shell script?

974

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)

1214

What is a directory?

953

How do you determine and set the path in unix?

997

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How do I find the port number of pid in unix?

901

Why was unix invented?

860

Explain the different types of pathnames that are used in unix.

876

Describe file systems in unix?

1030

What is path variable in unix?

992

How to restrict NULL value in UNIX

1514

How do I find a pattern in unix?

937

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

957

Which unix shell is best?

964

What do you understand by unix shell?

1006

How do I run a ksh script in unix?

969

How to make a new directory in unix?

1027

What do you understand by the term wild-card interpretation?

900

How to change the password in unix operating system?

940

How to copy files from one directory to other in unix?

849

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