Unix Trivia Quizzes for Practice

61. Which command will be used with vi editor to insert text to left of cursor?

1. s
2. S
3. a
4. i

62. Which file gets executed when we use the passwd command

1. /etc/passwd
2. /etc/pwd
3. /bin/passwd
4. /passwd

63. Which of following commands do not belong to multiple file editing commands

1. :n!
2. :q!
3. :rnew!
4. All the above

64. Which of the following command addresses all users who are currently hooked on?

1. write
2. mail
3. wall
4. mesg

65. Which of the following commands is used to identify the type of file by context?

1. ls
2. cat
3. file
4. more

66. Which of the following is a command for searching a pattern in a file?

1. Find
2. group
3. look up
4. None

67. Which of the following is allowed in an arithmetic statement involving exprinstruction

1. []
2. {}
3. ()
4. None of the above

68. Which of the following is NOT a shell keyword

1. Shift
2. Readonly
3. Unset
4. ls

69. Which of the following is not a unix command

1. Cd
2. rm
3. pwd
4. del

70. Which of the following is not true

1. Sorting is done on the basics of first character of each line
2. Sort command sorts a file word by word rather than line by line
3. Sort command has s provision to do a numeric sort
4. Sort is not a filter

71. Which of the following is not true

1. The at command permits you to receive messages only by mail
2. A persons login name appears in the file at.allow if he is not allowed to use the at command
3. Both are false
4. Both are true

72. Which of the following keys is used to move the cursor to the end of the paragraph

1. }
2. {
3. |
4. $

73. Which of the following keys is used to replace a dingle character with new text

1. S
2. s
3. r
4. C

74. Which of the following special shell variables is used to process number of the last background job?

1. $!
2. $#
3. $*

75. Which of the following statements are not true

1. You can yank lines from one file and paste them in to another file
2. To setup new abbrevations the command is to be issued in command mode
3. To unabbrivate the macro the command is :u
4. List of all abbreviations that have been set can be seen through the command :set abbr