Bash Online Test
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About the test
The Bash online test assesses knowledge of programming Bash scripts for a Linux environment. This test contains a series of live coding tasks that are executed on the Ubuntu server.
The assessment includes work-sample tasks such as:
- Searching for files and their content.
- Working with Unix pipelines for interprocess communication.
- Using environmental variables to affect the behavior of running processes.
A good Bash developer or Linux administrator needs a solid understanding of the Bash scripting language as well as knowledge of Bash language constructs and commonly available utilities in Linux systems.
Sample public questions
You ran a script that wrongly put its output image files in the 'work' directory inside the current directory.
Create a bash script that removes all the files in the 'work' directory that start with either 'out_0' or 'out_1' and end with '.png'.
For example, if the 'work' directory contains the following files:

After running your script, both out.png and out_0.pdf should exist in the 'work' directory but out_0a.png and out_1.png should no longer exist.
See the example case for more details.
The weather.sh utility in the current working directory provides weather forecasts in your area.
When called, it outputs a 4-day forecast in the format "day: weather" separated by line breaks.
Write a bash script that outputs the number of days with a "Thunderstorm" forecast (case-sensitive).
See the example case for more details.
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Skills and topics tested
- Bash
- File
- File System
- Searching
- Unix Pipelines
- Conditions
- Conditional Statements
- Iteration
- Strings
- Environmental Variable
- Compression
- Symbolic Links
- Processes
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- Bash Developer
- System Administrator (Sysadmin)
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