Top 70+ Linux Interview Questions and Answers - 1

Question: 1

What is an editor? What are the types of editors available for Linux?

Editors are mainly used for creating, deleting, and editing the files.

There are two standard editors; they are

Ed and

Vi editors.

Question: 2

What is a command?

Command consists of a single word. The command generally starts with an alphabet. We do not have any control over the names of the commands. We should give the spelling and case as such.

Question: 3

What is Login name in Linux?

Login name is nothing but user name. We need not be frightened by the word Login, which simply means ‘user’ here.

Question: 4

What is home directory?

User directories are created under home directory. The home directory is written as/home. This shows that home directory is the child of directory and root directory is the parent of home directory. There is no parent for the root directory. There is no child for the file.

Question: 5

What is relative path name?

A relative path name begins with our working directory. It is the path of the file relative to our working directory.