Linux Interview - Just when you thought you knew it all
I have recently found myself in a search for the perfect job. I think the perfect job is a Linux Systems Administration gig. The meat of this article is really to list out some of the most common questions I have been asked along this journey.
Standard questions/exercises:
* What is an inode? An inode is a data structure holding information about filesin a file system. There is an inode for each file, and a file is uniquely identified by the file system on which it resides and its inode number on that system.
* Write a script that does "X". Using the shell you are most familiar with will help you here. We all execute oneliners every day, several times a day. Simply string those commands together in a most unelegant manner - it should not matter to the interviewer; obviously you know what you are doing. Example - a script that counts up to 10 without using count:
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