R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | Shell Scripting Shell Scripting Mcq Question Set 4

Continue statment cannot be used in which loop?

1. For loop
2. until loop
3. while loop
4. case...esac

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following statement causes the current iteration of the loop to exit, rather than the entire loop?

1. Continue
2. break
3. return
4. goto

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What is the syntax of continue statement?

1. continue
2. continue n
3. continue this
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which symbol is used for taking input from standard input?

1. &
2. %
3. -
4. $

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following symbol(s) can be used to redirect the output to a file or another program?

1. |
2. >
3. >>
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The >> symbol is used to overwrite the existing file if it exists and | is used to give input to another program.

1. True, False
2. True, True
3. False, True
4. False, False

✅ Correct Answer: 3

We can redirect the error message to file named newfile using __________ command.

1. cat foo errorfile
2. cat foo >errorfile
3. cat errorfile>foo
4. cat foo 2>errorfile

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which symbol is used to redirect error messages to /dev/null?

1. <
2. >
3. %
4. $

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which command saves one copy of character stream in a file and store the other to standard output?

1. who
2. tee
3. ls
4. wc

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following is not true about tee command?

1. it is a feature of the shell
2. it is an external command
3. tee command duplicates its input
4. tee is an internal command

✅ Correct Answer: 1