Linux Scripting Quiz - 1

Basic Scripting Quiz

This is quiz covering the basics of shell scripting

1. #! is called as

shebang
hebang
hash prompt
begin


2. Which of the following is not a kind of shell

bash
ksh
csh
dsh


3. [ is eqvivalent to

test
for
while
then


4. The difference between printf and echo is

Echo adds a new line after printing, printf does not
printf adds a new line after printing, echo does not
Both are same
None of the above.


5. ". " is used to match

Any one character
Any number of characters
Only " . "
Only special characters


6. Which of the following symbols is used as prefix to access the value of variables in scripting

#
$
^
&


7. The comparison operator " -eq " is used for

Numbers
Characters
Strings
Any kind of data


8. A comment line in a script begins with

#
$
^
&


9. Every line in a shell script ends with

;
:
>
There is no rule


10. Scripts are made executable using the command

chown
chmod
exe
run

Answers to the above quiz can be found at : Answers to linux quiz-1