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Linux MCQ Unit 2

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1. What type of editing is possible by Ed editor?




2. ___ command clears the screen.




3. Which of the following is called as the redirection operator for output?




4. The complete path name of a file or directory is




5. For what based of PC’s, Linux was specifically designed?




6. From where did the file system can be used to unambiguously identified and referenced?




7. Which feature is used to prevent overwriting an existing file the redirection operation?




8. When we want replace a file system we have to ____ the present file system.




9. A record consists of




10. In Linux, if all the members of the group share their files, they are called as




11. When you are in the command mode, what takes you to the line editing mode?




12. Who can change his/her password with the password command?




13. Which command copies the contents of the source file after creating the destination file?




14. Which command allows you to delete a word?




15. Which shell provides many of the tools found in C language?




16. Which was widely distributed over the Internet?




17. Which was the operating system was created mainly by the efforts of Ken Thomson?




18. Which command displays the contents of a file?




19. How will you see the system date?




20. The location where the user enter user name is called as




21. What is mainly used for creating, deleting and editing the files?




22. All the users of the system who are not members of a project group are referred to as




23. The file name should not duplicate




24. We should be careful about the lower case and upper case letters when the system is




25. Which command is used to evaluate arithmetic expression?




26. Is command with the -a option will display




27. Which symbol allows you to search the pattern, backward in the text?




28. Which keys are substituted for the cut facility?




29. Which Directory is assigned to the user when he/she enters into the system for the first time, by the System Administrator (SA)?




30. Which command creates a new shell?




31. The cd command stands for




32. This command formats a floppy _____




33. Which key should be pressed to save a file in line editing mode?




34. Hard disk partition is prefixed by




35. Which command allows you to change a word?




36. A directory under a directory is called as




37. Which command will undo the last modification?




38. Double dot (..) with cd refers to (A) (B) (C) (D)




39. Which version can run on any machine available now?




40. Which version can run on any machine available now?




41. Which of the following command is used for prompting?




42. Which key open a new line and places the cursor in the beginning of that new line?




43. Command Option starts with




44. Who developed an effective PC version of Unix for Minix users?




45. Which command allows you to change a single character where the cursor is currently on?




46. How will you go to a particular line number in Vi editor?




47. What is the key used to quit Vi editor?




48. Which sign is a substitute for our home directory?




49. What is the reference of the second partition on the first hard drive?




50. Which command allows you to overwrite text?




51. Which key places you in input mode in Vi editor after the character where the cursor is currently on?




52. The pwd stands for




53. The file owner can change the access permission by _____ command.




54. What command removes the entire line that the cursor is presently on?




55. Which symbol is used to refer the contents of a variable?




56. Establishing the connection between a file system on a storage device and our main directory tree is called as




57. Which command takes the input from standard input and copies into a file?




58. Which command allows you to change the entire contents of a line?




59. In File Access Permission, what command gives the owner of the file the execute permission?