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Unix / Linux Online Quiz
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Q 1 - What is PPID?
A - Previous process identification
B - Priority process identification
Answer : C
Explanation
The parent process id of a child process.
Q 2 - Which shell variable holds the first command line argument for a shell script?
Answer : B
Explanation
$0 represent the shell script file name itself. Starting with $1, are actual command line arguments sent to the shell script.
Answer : D
Explanation
rmdir can be used only if the directory is empty. We can remove the directory if non-empty using recursive option with ‘rm’, as a directory is even a file for UNIX/Linux.
Answer : B
Explanation
–t is to sort by modification time.
Q 5 - Which option can be used with ‘chmod’ to apply permission bits recursively on all the files.
Answer : B
Explanation
Q 6 - Which command can be used to restrict the messages to be written onto you terminal using write command?
Answer : A
Explanation
You can turn off messages by executing the command – mesg with ‘n’ as argument.
Answer : B
Explanation
ftp is the utility available in many platforms which gives the provision of copying files across different system.
Q 8 - Which command is used to get intermediate result in a pipeline of commands?
Answer : A
Explanation
Answer : C
Explanation
Oracle Corporation took over Sun microsystems
Q 10 - Choose the example for character special file.
Answer : B
Explanation
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