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The document outlines a series of scripting tasks for system administration. These tasks include file management, monitoring system resources, service management, and AWS operations. Each task specifies the desired functionality and expected outcomes for effective server management and automation.

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Shell Script Interview

The document outlines a series of scripting tasks for system administration. These tasks include file management, monitoring system resources, service management, and AWS operations. Each task specifies the desired functionality and expected outcomes for effective server management and automation.

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1.

Write a shell script to find and delete all files in a directory that are older
than 30 days.
2. Create a script to monitor the disk usage of a server. If usage exceeds 80%, log
the details to a file and send an alert email.
3. Write a script that renames all .txt files in a directory by appending the
current date to the filename.
4. Create a script that checks if a particular service (e.g., httpd or nginx)
is running. If not, it should restart the service and log the action.
5. Write a script to monitor CPU and memory usage every minute and log the
details if CPU usage is above 90% or memory usage exceeds 75%.
6. Write a script that performs a backup of a specified directory and
compresses it with the current date in the filename. Schedule it to run daily using
cron.
7. Create a script to check the availability of a list of websites. For each
site, if it's unreachable, log the URL and send an alert.
8. Write a Python script using boto3 to list all S3 buckets in an AWS account and
their respective sizes.
9. Develop a script that starts and stops EC2 instances based on a schedule (e.g.,
start at 8 AM and stop at 8 PM).
10. Create a script that monitors a specified directory and automatically deletes
any files larger than 100 MB.

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