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

Hard
5 min
code
Public
Bash
Unix Pipelines

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.

Easy
7 min
code
Public
Bash
File
Globbing

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: 

The 'work' directory contains png and pdf 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.

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Export, Mail, Rename, Sed, Compiler Executable, Vulnerable Function, Spell Checker, Time-Sheet Software, Virus Scanner, Problematic Executables, Generate Reports, Test New Computers, Hidden File.

Skills and topics tested

  • Bash
  • Environmental Variable
  • Processes
  • File
  • Strings
  • File System
  • Searching
  • Unix Pipelines
  • Compression
  • Conditions
  • Symbolic Links
  • Conditional Statements
  • Iteration

For job roles

  • Bash Developer
  • System Administrator (Sysadmin)

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