UNIX INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS – 2

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11.Write a command to list the files in ‘/usr’ directory that start with ‘bo’ and then display the number of lines in each file?

$ wc -l /usr/bo*

$ find /usr -name 'bo*' -type f -exec wc -l {} \;

12.How to remove blank lines in a file?

$ grep -v ‘^$’ filename &amp;gt; new_filename

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13.Write command to remove the prefix of the string ending with ‘/’?

The basename command deletes any prefix ending in ‘/’.

$ basename /usr/local/bin/file

This will display only file name.

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14.How to display zero byte size files?

$ ls -l | grep '^-' | awk '/^-/ {if ($5 !=0 ) print $9 }'

$ find $dir -size 0

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15.How to replace the second occurrence of the word “unix” with “linux” in a file?

$ sed 's/unix/linux/2' filename

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16.How to remove all the occurrences of the word “unix” except the first one in a line with in the entire file?

$ sed 's/unix//2g' filename

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17.How to replace the word “unix” with “linux” from 3rd line to last line in a file?

$ sed '3,$ s/unix/linux/' &amp;lt; filename

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18.How to list the files that are accessed 3 days ago in the current directory?

$ find -atime 3 -type f

19.How to list the files that were modified 3 days ago in the current directory?

$ find -mtime 3 -type f

20.How to list the files whose status is changed 3 days ago in the current directory?

$ find -ctime 3 -type f

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