Unix interview questions part 9
Unix interview questions part 9
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Total Questions: 20
1. What is the function of cp command in UNIX?
Correct Answer is : cp is a command used for copying files and directories
2. What happens if the destination file specified in cp command does not exist?
Correct Answer is : destination file will be automatically created
3. Which of the following is not an option of cp command?
Correct Answer is : -z
4. What is the correct syntax for copying multiple files with a filename starting as ‘file’ into another file named as ‘directory_one’?
Correct Answer is : cp file* directory_one
5. How can we copy an entire directory under another directory?
Correct Answer is : using -R option
6. How can we copy a file into our current directory?
Correct Answer is : cp file1
7. What does the following command do? cp -u * dir_file
Correct Answer is : update all files in the current working directory and copy newer ones to directory dir_file
8. Sometimes it is not possible to copy a file.
Correct Answer is : TRUE
9. What does -i option do?
Correct Answer is : interactive copying
10. To copy multiple files, the last destination file should be a directory.
Correct Answer is : TRUE
11. -n option is used with cp command for what purpose?
Correct Answer is : existing file should not be overwritten
12. Which option is used with cp command for linking files instead of copying?
Correct Answer is : -l
13. $ cp -f copies forcefully.
Correct Answer is : TRUE
14. -v option is used with cp command for displaying _____
Correct Answer is : informative messages
15. Which command is used for counting words, lines and characters in a file?
Correct Answer is : wc
16. wc command cannot take multiple filenames as arguments.
Correct Answer is : FALSE
17. Which option is used for counting the number of lines in a file only.
Correct Answer is : -l
18. Which option is used for counting the number of words in a file only?
Correct Answer is : -w
19. Which option is used for counting the number of characters in a file only.
Correct Answer is : -c
20. wc command can also work on a data stream.
Correct Answer is : TRUE
