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Linux Interview Topics

The document outlines essential Linux topics for interviews, covering areas such as file system basics, file and directory commands, permissions, user and group management, process management, and package management. It also includes networking commands, system services, shell scripting, environment variables, text processing, and compression techniques. Additionally, it touches on important files and paths, as well as a bonus section on Git and SSH usage in Linux.

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Linux Interview Topics

The document outlines essential Linux topics for interviews, covering areas such as file system basics, file and directory commands, permissions, user and group management, process management, and package management. It also includes networking commands, system services, shell scripting, environment variables, text processing, and compression techniques. Additionally, it touches on important files and paths, as well as a bonus section on Git and SSH usage in Linux.

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Important Linux Topics for Interviews

1. Linux File System Basics

- Directory structure (/home, /etc, /var, /bin, etc.)


- Relative vs absolute paths
- File types (regular, directory, symbolic link, etc.)

2. File & Directory Commands

- ls, cd, pwd, mkdir, rmdir


- cp, mv, rm, touch, find
- tree, stat, file

3. Permissions & Ownership

- chmod, chown, chgrp


- Permission symbols (rwx, numeric like 755)
- umask, sticky bit, SUID/SGID

4. User & Group Management

- useradd, usermod, userdel


- groupadd, groupdel, gpasswd
- passwd, whoami, id, groups
- /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group

5. Process Management

- ps, top, htop, nice, renice


- kill, killall, xkill, pkill
- jobs, bg, fg, &, nohup

6. Package Management

- Ubuntu/Debian: apt, dpkg


- RedHat/CentOS: yum, dnf, rpm

7. Disk & File System Commands


Important Linux Topics for Interviews

- df, du, mount, umount, fdisk, lsblk


- blkid, mkfs, tune2fs
- fstab, swap space basics

8. Networking Commands

- ip, ifconfig, ping, traceroute, netstat, ss


- nslookup, dig, curl, wget
- Ports, protocols, firewall (ufw, iptables basics)

9. System Services & Logs

- systemctl, service, journalctl


- cron, at (job scheduling)
- Important logs: /var/log/syslog, /var/log/auth.log

10. Shell Scripting (Very Important!)

- bash scripting basics


- Variables, loops, conditions, functions
- read, echo, expr, test, case, && ||
- Redirection: >, >>, <, 2>, |, tee

11. Environment & Startup

- .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile


- env, export, set, unset, alias

12. Searching & Text Processing

- grep, awk, sed, cut, sort, uniq, tr, wc


- head, tail, less, more
- Regular expressions (regex)

13. Compression & Archiving

- tar, zip, unzip, gzip, gunzip, xz


Important Linux Topics for Interviews

14. Important Files & Paths

- /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group


- /etc/hosts, /etc/fstab, /etc/crontab
- $HOME, $PATH, $USER

15. Bonus: Git + SSH + Linux

- Generate SSH keys: ssh-keygen


- ssh, scp, rsync
- Git basics (clone, add, commit, push, etc.) on Linux

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