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Unix Fundamentals Test
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1. Which screen manipulation command sets the screen back to normal?
2. The command ls | more displays a list of :
3. You have two variables - v1 and v2. You want to assign the value of v2 to v1.Which of the following declarations is correct ?
4. You want to read through the reference manual.What command will you use ?
5. Which character of the grep filter specifies that the pattern preceding it must occur at the end of each line ?
6. With regard to UNIX - a process is :
7. Which option used along with the find command allows one to perform operations on the files that are located by the find command ?
8. Which of the following is incorrect about the restrictions imposed by the restricted shell ?
9. You want to declare a variable vs with the value hello. Which of the following declarations is correct ?
10. Using which command can you move to a different directory?
11. Which option of the sort filter folds lower case characters to upper case ?
12. Which of the following characters can be used to run multiple commands on a single line?
13. Which option of the uniq command would you use to display lines with only one occurence?
14. Which filter is used to copy the standard input to the standard output and also to a disk file ?
15. Which command gives information about space being used by files and directories ?
16. Which option of the uniq command would you use to display only those lines which have a multiple occurrence ?
17. Which UNIX command provides the type of information contained in a particular file ?
18. Which of the following commands can be used to view the calendar of April 2007?
19. You want to make a new directory.What command will you use ?
20. Which option used along with find prompts the user for confirmation before any operation is performed on a file ?
21. Which option of the grep filter prints out all those lines that do not match the pattern specified by the regular expression ?
22. Which variable contains the system prompt ?
23. The main objective of a time-sharing operating System like UNIX is to :
24. The chmod command :
25. What communication command allows a user to communicate with another user logged on by splitting the screen and providing two way communication ?

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