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Linux User Group @ SJSU Interview Questions Quiz
1. Loads of Distros What's the difference? Debian Slackware RedHat Gentoo
2. Tell me the Difference: rm -rf someDir/ rmdir someDir/ Linux User Group at San Jose State University
3. Project Deadline My Boss asked me to do any changes to file before 4:00PM, I did the changes till 4:30PM. Now, How can I make sure that my boss thinks I changed it before 4PM? Hint: You got a command for that. Linux User Group at San Jose State University
4. Such a big file!!! I have a 50 line file. Print lines 11 to 20. Such a standard interview question.
5. What do you think? I issue this command cp {some,same}/thing/here Linux User Group at San Jose State University
contd.. cp /home/roopesh/{docs/,}movies/my_movie.avi Linux User Group at San Jose State University
6. Who's got the keys to the room? What's the difference between these permissions? -rwxr--r-- drwxr-xr-x Who's got what access?
7. Copying files cp \home\roopesh\My file.txt \home\roopesh1\my file.txt I need to copy  my file.txt from roopesh dir to roopesh1 dir. Does this command work? If not, why? Linux User Group at San Jose State University
8. What does this button do? what's the difference between ps and top? ps -u roopesh top
9. Creating shortcuts I got a file and directory, So I want to create a shortcut to that. What do I do in command line?
03/09/10 Linux User Group at San Jose State University By Roopesh Vaddepally

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Linux Interview Questions Quiz

  • 1. Linux User Group @ SJSU Interview Questions Quiz
  • 2. 1. Loads of Distros What's the difference? Debian Slackware RedHat Gentoo
  • 3. 2. Tell me the Difference: rm -rf someDir/ rmdir someDir/ Linux User Group at San Jose State University
  • 4. 3. Project Deadline My Boss asked me to do any changes to file before 4:00PM, I did the changes till 4:30PM. Now, How can I make sure that my boss thinks I changed it before 4PM? Hint: You got a command for that. Linux User Group at San Jose State University
  • 5. 4. Such a big file!!! I have a 50 line file. Print lines 11 to 20. Such a standard interview question.
  • 6. 5. What do you think? I issue this command cp {some,same}/thing/here Linux User Group at San Jose State University
  • 7. contd.. cp /home/roopesh/{docs/,}movies/my_movie.avi Linux User Group at San Jose State University
  • 8. 6. Who's got the keys to the room? What's the difference between these permissions? -rwxr--r-- drwxr-xr-x Who's got what access?
  • 9. 7. Copying files cp \home\roopesh\My file.txt \home\roopesh1\my file.txt I need to copy my file.txt from roopesh dir to roopesh1 dir. Does this command work? If not, why? Linux User Group at San Jose State University
  • 10. 8. What does this button do? what's the difference between ps and top? ps -u roopesh top
  • 11. 9. Creating shortcuts I got a file and directory, So I want to create a shortcut to that. What do I do in command line?
  • 12. 03/09/10 Linux User Group at San Jose State University By Roopesh Vaddepally