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Q. Hidden files are

  • (A) Those whose ‘read’ bit is set to ‘h’
  • (B) Permitted for (can be accessed) only superusers
  • (C) Files that begin with a ‘.’
  • (D) Files that cannot be opened by ordinary user for writing

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Q. Shell is ?

  • (A) Command Interpreter
  • (B) Interface between Kernel and Hardware
  • (C) Interface between user and applications
  • (D) Command Compiler

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Q. Which command searches the string in file opened in vi editor?

  • (A) / or ?
  • (B) f or F
  • (C) t or T
  • (D) none of the mentioned

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Q. Which command sets the number for all lines?

  • (A) :set li
  • (B) :set ln
  • (C) :set nu
  • (D) :set nl

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Q. Which of the following is true?

  • (A) Shell is a process and can be started by superuser only
  • (B) Shell is a built-in Kernel functionality
  • (C) Shell is a wrapper for all the commands and utilities
  • (D) None of the mentioned

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Q. The permission -rwxr–r– represented in octal expression will be

  • (A) 777
  • (B) 666
  • (C) 744
  • (D) 711

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Q. Effective group id can be set using following permission

  • (A) 0777
  • (B) 2666
  • (C) 4744
  • (D) 1711

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Q. The permission -rwSr–r– represented in octal expression will be

  • (A) 0777
  • (B) 2666
  • (C) 4744
  • (D) 4644

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Q. Which command is used to assign read-write permission to the owner?

  • (A) chmod a+r file
  • (B) chmod o+r file
  • (C) chmod u=rw file
  • (D) chmod og-r file

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Q. Which of the following umask settings doesn’t allow execute permission to be set by default on directory files

  • (A) 222
  • (B) 111
  • (C) 000
  • (D) 444

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