Unix interview questions part 10
Unix interview questions part 10
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Total Questions: 20
1. What does the following command do? $ wc sample.txt > newfile
Correct Answer is : reads word count from sample.txt and write it to newfile
2. Which command is used for printing a file?
Correct Answer is : lp
3. Which option is used with lp command if there are more than one printers in the system?
Correct Answer is : -d
4. Which option is used for printing multiple copies of a file using lp command?
Correct Answer is : -n
5. -t option prints the title on the first page.
Correct Answer is : TRUE
6. What does the following command do? cancel prl-320
Correct Answer is : cancel printing job number 320 on printer name ‘prl’
7. Which command is used for knowing the file type?
Correct Answer is : file
8. file command identifies the file type by examining the magic number of the file.
Correct Answer is : TRUE
9. UNIX offers a pager named ____ which has replaced the original pager of UNIX called ____
Correct Answer is : more, pg
10. Which of the following is not an internal command for more?
Correct Answer is : z
11. For searching a character, ___ and ___ are used.
Correct Answer is : f, t
12. For moving the cursor forward to the first occurrence of a character, __ is used.
Correct Answer is : f
13. t command positions the cursor a single character before the occurrence.
Correct Answer is : TRUE
14. __ and __ commands works in a reverse manner as f and t.
Correct Answer is : F, T
15. For repeating the character search , and ; are used.
Correct Answer is : TRUE
16. For customizing vi, which of the following command is used?
Correct Answer is : set, map, abbr
17. vi environment is determined by variable settings. These variables are controlled by ____ command.
Correct Answer is : :set
18. For automatic indentation, ____ is used with : set command.
Correct Answer is : autoindent
19. Which of the following is used with :set to customize vi to ignore case in pattern searches?
Correct Answer is : ignorecase
20. To change the default tab stop spaces in vi, ___ can be used with :set.
Correct Answer is : tabstop=n
