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Linux Questions & Answers – Shell

Programming
This set of Linux / Unix questions and answers focuses on Bash Shell programming. It will be useful
for both fresher & experienced who are learning Linux Basics, Essentials and Shell programming.

1. What will be output of following command:

$ echo "The process id is" $$$$

a) The process id is $$
b) The process id is $<pid>$<pid>
c) The process id is <pid><pid>
d) The process id is $$$$

View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: None.

2. What would be the current working directory at the end of the following command sequence?

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$ pwd
/home/user1/proj
$ cd src
$ cd generic
$ cd .
$ pwd

a) /home/user1/proj
b) /home/user1/proj/src
c) /home/user1
d) /home/user1/proj/src/generic
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3. How do you print the lines between 5 and 10, both inclusive
a) cat filename | head | tail -6
b) cat filename | head | tail -5
c) cat filename | tail +5 | head
d) cat filename | tail -5 | head -10
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: None.

4. Create a new file “new.txt” that is a concatenation of “file1.txt” and “file2.txt”

a) cp file.txt file2.txt new.txt
b) cat file1.txt file2.txt > new.txt
c) mv file[12].txt new.txt
d) ls file1.txt file2.txt | new.txt
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: None.

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5. which of these is NOT a valid variable in bash

a) __ (double underscore)
b) _1var (underscore 1 var )
c) _var_ (underscore var underscore)
d) some-var (some hyphen var)
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: None.

6. What is the output of the following code:

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os=Unix
echo 1.$os 2."$os" 3.'$os' 4.$os

a) 1.Unix 2.Unix 3.Unix 4.Unix

b) 1.Unix 2.Unix 3.$os 4.Unix
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c) 1.Unix 2.Unix 3.Unix 4.$os

d) 1.Unix 2.$os 3.$os 4.$os
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: None.

7. What is the return value ($?) of this code:

os = Unix
[$osName = UnixName] && exit 2
[${os}Name = UnixName] && exit 3

a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: None.

8. What is the output of the following program?

x = 3; y = 5; z = 10;
if [( $x -eq 3 ) -a ( $y -eq 5 -o $z -eq 10 )]
then
echo $x
else
echo $y
fi

a) 1
b) 3
c) 5
d) Error
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: None.

9. What is the output of the following program?

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[ -n $HOME ]
echo $?
[ -z $HOME ]
echo $?
a) 0
1
b) 1
0
c) 0
0
d) 1
1

View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: None.

10. What is the output of the following program?

b =
[ -n $b ]
echo $?
[ -z $b ]
echo $?
a) 1
1
b) 2
2
c) 0
0
d) 0
1

View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: None.

11. The expression expr -9 % 2 evaluates to:

a) 0
b) 1
c) -1
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d) 2
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: None.

12. The statement z = ‘expr 5 / 2’ would store which of the following values in z?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 2.5
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: None.

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