11. Command to convert all capital letters in file to small case letters

A. dd if=file1 of=file2 conv=lcase 

B. dd if=file1 of=file2 conv=smallcase 

C. dd if=file1 of=file2 conv=lowercase 

D. dd if=file1 of=file2 conv=ucase 

12. The command that Unix offers to a user to find out whether he can send messages to a particular terminal are

A. finger and who 

B. finger -mesg and who -T 

C. finger -i and who -t 

D. finger -i and who -T 

13. when we are executing a shell script the shell acts as

A. an interpreter 

B. compiler 

C. operating system 

D. none 

14. The output of the command banner ‘Unix Shell Programming’ would be

A. A banner showing `unix`,`shell` and `programming` words display in separate lines 

B. A banner showing `unix shell` in one single line 

C. none 

D. A banner showing `unix shell programming` in one single line 

15. The shell meta character $# represents

A. total number of arguments supplied to the shell script 

B. total number of files in the current directory 

C. total number of users who have logged in 

D. total number of process running in the background 

16. what are the contents of the file /usr/lib/cron/at.deny ?

A. list of users who are currently logged in ‘at’ the current instant 

B. list of users who are not allowed to use the ‘at’ command 

C. both the above 

D. none of the above 

17. The command cut -f 2,8 -d’:’ file1 would output

A. the fields 2 to 8 from file1 where deliminator between fields is : 

B. the fields 2 to 8 from file1 including the deliminator : between fields 

C. the columns 2 to 8 from file1 with : between each column 

D. none of the above 

18. The program contained in boot block that loads kernel into memory is called

A. Disk Bootstrap program 

B. Master Boot program 

C. shell program 

D. None of above 

19. Which command displays the line numbers by the side of each line?

A. set nu 

B. set ai 

C. set eb 

D. set ic 

20. Which statements are true if the file which contains the following line is
submitted to the crontab command.
10 2 3 * 0 echo “There is no substitute for hard work“

A. The message is echoed on the 3rd of every month at 2.10 a.m 

B. The message is echoed on the 3rd of every month at 2.10 p.m 

C. The message is echoed on the 3rd of every month at 2.10 a.m if it happens to be a sunday  

D. None of the above. 

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