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Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial Ver. 1.0 Written by Vivek G Gite
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I n t ro d u c t io n Th is t u t o ria l is d e s ig n e d fo r b e g in n e rs o n ly a n d Th is t u t o ria l e xp la in s t h e b a s ics o f s h e ll p ro g ra m m in g b y s h o win g s o m e e xa m p le s o f s h e ll p ro g ra m s . It s n o t h e lp o r m a n u a l fo r t h e s h e ll. Wh ile re a d in g t h is t u t o ria l yo u ca n fin d m a n u a l q u it e u s e fu l ( t yp e m a n b a s h a t $ p ro m p t t o s e e m a n u a l p a g e s ) . Ma n u a l co n t a in s a ll n e ce s s a ry in fo rm a t io n yo u n e e d , b u t it wo n 't h a ve t h a t m u ch e xa m p le s , wh ich m a ke s id e a m o re cle a r. Fo r t h a t re a s o n , t h is t u t o ria l co n t a in s e xa m p le s ra t h e r t h a n a ll t h e fe a t u re s o f s h e ll. I a s s u m e s yo u h a ve a t le a s t wo rkin g kn o wle d g e o f Lin u x i. e . b a s ic co m m a n d s like h o w t o cre a t e , co p y, re m o ve file s / d ire ct o rie s e t c o r h o w t o u s e e d it o r like vi o r m ce d it a n d lo g in t o yo u r s ys t e m . Be fo re S t a rt in g Lin u x S h e ll S crip t Pro g ra m m in g yo u m u s t kn o w ● Ke rn e l ● S h e ll ● Pro ce s s ● Re d ire ct o rs , Pip e s , Filt e rs e t c.
W h a t 's Ke rn e l Ke rn e l is h a rt o f Lin u x O/ S . It m a n a g e s re s o u rce o f Lin u x O/ S . Re s o u rce s m e a n s fa cilit ie s a va ila b le in Lin u x. Fo r e g . Fa cilit y t o s t o re d a t a , p rin t d a t a o n p rin t e r, m e m o ry, file m a n a g e m e n t e t c . Ke rn e l d e cid e s wh o will u s e t h is re s o u rce , fo r h o w lo n g a n d wh e n . It ru n s yo u r p ro g ra m s ( o r s e t u p t o e xe cu t e b in a ry file s ) It 's Me m o ry re s id e n t p o rt io n o f Lin u x. It p e rfo rm a n ce fo llo win g t a s k : ● I/ O m a n a g e m e n t ● Pro ce s s m a n a g e m e n t ● De vice m a n a g e m e n t ● File m a n a g e m e n t ● Me m o ry m a n a g e m e n t
W h a t 's Lin u x S h e ll Co m p u t e r u n d e rs t a n d t h e la n g u a g e o f 0 's a n d 1 's ca lle d b in a ry la n g u a g e , In e a rly d a ys o f co m p u t in g , in s t ru ct io n a re p ro vid e d u s in g b in a ry la n g u a g e , wh ich is d ifficu lt fo r a ll o f u s , t o re a d a n d writ e . S o in O/ s t h e re is s p e cia l p ro g ra m ca lle d S h e ll. S h e ll a cce p t s yo u r in s t ru ct io n o r co m m a n d s in En g lis h a n d t ra n s la t e it in t o co m p u t e rs n a t ive b in a ry la n g u a g e . Th is is wh a t S h e ll Do e s fo r US
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Yo u t yp e Yo u r co m m a n d a n d s h e ll co n ve rt it a s
It 's e n viro n m e n t p ro vid e d fo r u s e r in t e ra ct io n . S h e ll is a n co m m a n d la n g u a g e in t e rp re t e r t h a t e xe cu t e s co m m a n d s re a d fro m t h e s t a n d a rd in p u t d e vice ( ke yb o a rd ) o r fro m a file . Lin u x m a y u s e o n e o f t h e fo llo win g m o s t p o p u la r s h e lls ( In MS - DOS , S h e ll n a m e is COMMAND. COM wh ich is a ls o u s e d fo r s a m e p u rp o s e , b u t it 's n o t a s p o we rfu l a s o u r Lin u x S h e lls a re !) Shell Name
Developed by
BASH ( Bourne-Again SHell )
Brian Fox and Chet Ramey
CSH (C SHell)
Bill Joy
KSH (Korn SHell)
David Korn
Where
Remark Most common shell in Free Software Linux. It's Freeware Foundation shell. The C shell's syntax and University of California usage are very similar to (For BSD) the C programming language. AT & T Bell Labs
An y o f t h e a b o ve s h e ll re a d s co m m a n d fro m u s e r ( via Ke yb o a rd o r Mo u s e ) a n d t e lls Lin u x O/ s wh a t u s e rs wa n t . If we a re g ivin g co m m a n d s fro m ke yb o a rd it is ca lle d co m m a n d lin e in t e rfa ce ( Us u a lly in - fro n t o f $ p ro m p t , Th is p ro m p t is d e p e n d u p o n yo u r s h e ll a n d En viro n m e n t t h a t yo u s e t o r b y yo u r S ys t e m Ad m in is t ra t o r, t h e re fo re yo u m a y g e t d iffe re n t p ro m p t ) . NOTE: To fin d yo u r s h e ll t yp e fo llo win g co m m a n d $ e c h o $ S HELL
Ho w t o u s e S h e ll To u s e s h e ll ( Yo u s t a rt t o u s e yo u r s h e ll a s s o o n a s yo u lo g in t o yo u r s ys t e m ) yo u h a ve t o s im p ly t yp e co m m a n d s . Fo llo win g is t h e lis t o f co m m o n co m m a n d s .
Lin u x Co m m o n Co m m a n d s NOTE t h a t fo llo win g co m m a n d s a re fo r Ne w u s e rs o r fo r Be g in n e rs o n ly. Th e p u rp o s e is if yo u u s e t h is co m m a n d yo u will b e m o re fa m ilia r wit h yo u r s h e ll a n d s e co n d ly, yo u n e e d s o m e o f t h e s e co m m a n d in yo u r S h e ll s crip t . If yo u wa n t t o g e t m o re in fo rm a t io n o r h e lp fo r t h is co m m a n d t ry fo llo win g co m m a n d s Fo r e . g . To s e e h e lp o r o p t io n s re la t e d wit h d a t e co m m a n d t ry $ d a t e - - h e lp o r To s e e h e lp o r o p t io n s re la t e d wit h ls co m m a n d ( He re yo u will s cre e n b y s cre e n h e lp , s in ce h e lp o f ls co m m a n d is q u it e b ig t h a t ca n 't fit o n s in g le s cre e n ) http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/kershell.htm (2 of 5) [17/08/2001 17.42.02]
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$ ls - - h e lp | m o re S yn t a x: co m m a n d - n a m e - - h e lp S yn t a x: m a n co m m a n d - n a m e S yn t a x: in fo co m m a n d - n a m e S e e wh a t h a p p e n e d wh e n yo u t yp e fo llo win g $ m a n ls $ in fo b a s h NOTE: In MS - DOS , yo u g e t h e lp b y u s in g / ? clu e o r b y t yp in g h e lp co m m a n d a s C:\ > d ir / ? C:\ > d a t e / ? C:\ > h e lp t im e C:\ > h e lp d a t e C:\ > h e lp Lin u x Co m m a n d For this Purpose
Use this Command Syntax
Example ( In front of $ Prompt)
To see date To see who's using system. Print working directory List name of files in current directory
da te
$ da te
wh o
$ w ho
p wd
$ pw d
ls
$ ls
o r d irs
To create text file NOTE: Press and hold CTRL key and press D to ca t stop or to end file (CTRL+D) To text see files To display file one full screen at a time To m o ve o r re n a m e file / d ire ct o ry To create multiple file copies with various link. After this both oldfile newfile refers to same name To remove file
> { file n a m e }
$ c a t > m y file ty pe y our te x t w h e n d o n e p re s s ^D
ca t
{ file n a m e }
$ cat
m y file
m o re
{ file n a m e }
$ m o re
m y file
mv
{file1}
{file2}
$ m v s a le s s a le s . 9 9
ln
{oldfile}
{newfile}
$ ln
rm file1
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Remove all files in given directory/subdirectory. rm Use it very carefully. To change file access permissions
-rf
{dirname}
$ rm -rf
$ chmod u+x,g+wx,o+x
u - User who owns the file g - Group file owner o - User classified as other a - All other system user chmod {u|g|o|a} {+|-} {r|w|x}
{filename}
+ Set permission - Remove permission r - Read permission w - Write permission x - Execute permission Read your mail. To See more about currently login person (i..e. yourself)
oldfiles
myscript
NOTE: This command set permission for file called 'myscript' as User (Person who creates that file or directory) has execute permission (u+x) Group of file owner can write to this file as well as execute this file (g+wx) Others can only execute file but can not modify it, Since we have not given w (write permission) to them. (o+x).
mail
$ m a il
who am i
$ w ho am i
To login out
logout (OR press CTRL+D)
Send mail to other person To count lines, words and characters of given file To searches file for line that match a pattern. To sort file in following order -r Reverse normal order -n Sort in numeric order -nr Sort in reverse numeric order
mail
{user-name}
$ lo g o u t ( No t e : It m a y a s k y o u p a s s w o rd t y p e y o u r lo g in p a s s w o rd , In s o m e ca s e t h is fe a t u re is d is a b le d b y S yste m Ad m in is t ra t o r) $ m a il a s h is h
wc
{file-name}
$wc
grep
{word-to-lookup}
sort
-r -n -nr
{filename}
{filename}
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$ s o rt
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To print last | first line of tail given file
-|+
cm p
{ linenumber } { file 1 }
To Use to compare files To print file
{filename} { file 2 } OR
d iff pr
{ file 1 } {file-name}
{ file 2 }
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W h a t is P ro c e s s e s Pro ce s s is a n y kin d o f p ro g ra m o r t a s k ca rrie d o u t b y yo u r PC. Fo r e . g . $ ls - lR , is co m m a n d o r a re q u e s t t o lis t file s in a d ire ct o ry a n d a ll s u b d ire ct o ry in yo u r cu rre n t d ire ct o ry. It is a p ro ce s s . A p ro ce s s is p ro g ra m ( co m m a n d g ive n b y u s e r) t o p e rfo rm s o m e Jo b . In Lin u x wh e n yo u s t a rt p ro ce s s , it g ive s a n u m b e r ( ca lle d PID o r p ro ce s s - id ) , PID s t a rt s fro m 0 t o 6 5 5 3 5 .
W h y P ro c e s s re q u ire d Lin u x is m u lt i- u s e r, m u lt it a s kin g o / s . It m e a n s yo u ca n ru n m o re t h a n t wo p ro ce s s s im u lt a n e o u s ly if yo u wis h . Fo r e . g . . To fin d h o w m a n y file s d o yo u h a ve o n yo u r s ys t e m yo u m a y g ive co m m a n d like $ ls / - R | w c - l Th is co m m a n d will t a ke lo t o f t im e t o s e a rch a ll file s o n yo u r s ys t e m . S o yo u ca n ru n s u ch co m m a n d in Ba ckg ro u n d o r s im u lt a n e o u s ly b y g ivin g co m m a n d like $ ls / - R | w c - l & Th e a m p e rs a n d ( &) a t t h e e n d o f co m m a n d t e lls s h e lls s t a rt co m m a n d ( ls / - R | wc - l) a n d ru n it in b a ckg ro u n d t a ke s n e xt co m m a n d im m e d ia t e ly. An in s t a n ce o f ru n n in g co m m a n d is ca lle d p ro ce s s a n d t h e n u m b e r p rin t e d b y s h e ll is ca lle d p ro ce s s - id ( PID) , t h is PID ca n b e u s e t o re fe r s p e cific ru n n in g p ro ce s s .
Lin u x Co m m a n d Re la t e d w it h P ro c e s s Fo r t h is p u rp o s e To s e e cu rre n t ly ru n n in g p ro ce s s To s t o p a n y p ro ce s s i. e . t o kill p ro ce s s To g e t in fo rm a t io n a b o u t a ll ru n n in g p ro ce s s To s t o p a ll p ro ce s s e xce p t yo u r s h e ll Fo r b a ckg ro u n d p ro ce s s in g ( Wit h &, u s e t o p u t p a rt icu la r co m m a n d a n d p ro g ra m in b a ckg ro u n d )
Us e t h is Co m m a n d
Exa m p le
ps
$ ps
kill
{ PID}
$ k ill 1 0 1 2
ps -ag
$ ps -ag
kill 0
$ k ill 0
lin u x- co m m a n d &
$ ls / - R | w c - l &
NOTE t h a t yo u ca n o n ly kill p ro ce s s wh ich a re cre a t e d b y yo u rs e lf. A Ad m in is t ra t o r ca n a lm o s t kill 9 5 - 9 8 % p ro ce s s . Bu t s o m e p ro ce s s ca n n o t b e kille d , s u ch a s VDU Pro ce s s . © 1998-2000 FreeOS.com (I) Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Re d ire c t io n o f S t a n d a rd o u t p u t / in p u t o r I n p u t - Ou t p u t re d ire c t io n Mo s t ly a ll co m m a n d g ive s o u t p u t o n s cre e n o r t a ke in p u t fro m ke yb o a rd , b u t in Lin u x it 's p o s s ib le t o s e n d o u t p u t t o file o r t o re a d in p u t fro m file . Fo r e . g . $ ls co m m a n d g ive s o u t p u t t o s cre e n ; t o s e n d o u t p u t t o file o f ls g ive co m m a n d , $ ls > file n a m e . It m e a n s p u t o u t p u t o f ls co m m a n d t o file n a m e . Th e re a re t h re e m a in re d ire ct io n s ym b o ls > , > > , < ( 1 ) > Re d ire c t o r S y m b o l S yn t a x: Lin u x - co m m a n d > file n a m e To o u t p u t Lin u x- co m m a n d s re s u lt t o file . No t e t h a t If file a lre a d y e xis t , it will b e o ve rwrit t e n e ls e n e w file is cre a t e d . Fo r e . g . To s e n d o u t p u t o f ls co m m a n d g ive $ ls > m y file s No w if 'm yfile s ' file e xis t in yo u r cu rre n t d ire ct o ry it will b e o ve rwrit t e n wit h o u t a n y t yp e o f wa rn in g . ( Wh a t if I wa n t t o s e n d o u t p u t t o file , wh ich is a lre a d y e xis t a n d wa n t t o ke e p in fo rm a t io n o f t h a t file wit h o u t lo o s in g p re vio u s in fo rm a t io n / d a t a ? , Fo r t h is Re a d n e xt re d ire ct o r) ( 2 ) > > Re d ire c t o r S y m b o l S yn t a x: Lin u x - co m m a n d > > file n a m e To o u t p u t Lin u x- co m m a n d s re s u lt t o END o f file . No t e t h a t If file e xis t , it will b e o p e n e d a n d n e w in fo rm a t io n / d a t a will b e writ t e n t o END o f file , wit h o u t lo s in g p re vio u s in fo rm a t io n / d a t a , An d if file is n o t e xis t , t h e n n e w file is cre a t e d . Fo r e . g . To s e n d o u t p u t o f d a t e co m m a n d t o a lre a d y e xis t file g ive $ d a t e > > m y file s ( 3 ) < Re d ire c t o r S y m b o l S yn t a x: Lin u x - co m m a n d < file n a m e To t a ke in p u t t o Lin u x- co m m a n d fro m file in s t e a d o f ke y- b o a rd . Fo r e . g . To t a ke in p u t fo r ca t co m m a n d g ive $ c a t < m y file s
P ip s A p ip e is a wa y t o co n n e ct t h e o u t p u t o f o n e p ro g ra m t o t h e in p u t o f a n o t h e r p ro g ra m wit h o u t a n y t e m p o ra ry file .
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A p ip e is n o t h in g b u t a t e m p o ra ry s t o ra g e p la ce wh e re t h e o u t p u t o f o n e co m m a n d is s t o re d a n d t h e n p a s s e d a s t h e in p u t fo r s e co n d co m m a n d . Pip e s a re u s e d t o ru n m o re t h a n t wo co m m a n d s ( Mu lt ip le co m m a n d s ) fro m s a m e co m m a n d lin e . S yn t a x: co m m a n d 1 | co m m a n d 2 Command using Pips
Meaning or Use of Pipes Here the output of ls command is given as input to more command So that output is printed one screen full page at a time Here output of who command is given as input to sort command So that it will print sorted list of users Here output of who command is given as input to wc command So that it will number of user who logon to system Here output of ls command is given as input to wc command So that it will print number of files in current directory. Here output of who command is given as input to grep command So that it will print if particular user name if he is logon or nothing is printed ( To see for particular user logon)
$ ls | more
$ who | sort
$ who | wc -l
$ ls -l | wc -l
$ who | grep raju
Filt e r If a Lin u x co m m a n d a cce p t s it s in p u t fro m t h e s t a n d a rd in p u t a n d p ro d u ce s it s o u t p u t o n s t a n d a rd o u t p u t is kn o w a s a filt e r. A filt e r p e rfo rm s s o m e kin d o f p ro ce s s o n t h e in p u t a n d g ive s o u t p u t . Fo r e . g . . S u p p o s e we h a ve file ca lle d 'h o t e l. t xt ' wit h 1 0 0 lin e s d a t a , An d fro m 'h o t e l. t xt ' we wo u ld like t o p rin t co n t a in s fro m lin e n u m b e r 2 0 t o lin e n u m b e r 3 0 a n d s t o re t h is re s u lt t o file ca lle d 'h lis t ' t h e n g ive co m m a n d $ t a il + 2 0 < h o t e l. t x t | h e a d - n 3 0 > h lis t He re h e a d is filt e r wh ich t a ke s it s in p u t fro m t a il co m m a n d ( t a il co m m a n d s t a rt s e le ct in g fro m lin e n u m b e r 2 0 o f g ive n file i. e . h o t e l. t xt ) a n d p a s s e s t h is lin e s t o in p u t t o h e a d , wh o s e o u t p u t is re d ire ct e d t o 'h lis t ' file . © 1998-2000 FreeOS.com (I) Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.
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I n t ro d u c t io n t o S h e ll P ro g ra m m in g S h e ll p ro g ra m is s e rie s o f Lin u x co m m a n d s . S h e ll s crip t is ju s t like b a t ch file is MS - DOS b u t h a ve m o re p o we r t h a n t h e MS - DOS b a t ch file . S h e ll s crip t ca n t a ke in p u t fro m u s e r, file a n d o u t p u t t h e m o n s cre e n . Us e fu l t o cre a t e o u r o wn co m m a n d s t h a t ca n s a ve o u r lo t s o f t im e a n d t o a u t o m a t e s o m e t a s k o f d a y t o d a y life .
Va ria b le s in Lin u x S o m e t im e s t o p ro ce s s o u r d a t a / in fo rm a t io n , it m u s t b e ke p t in co m p u t e rs RAM m e m o ry. RAM m e m o ry is d ivid e d in t o s m a ll lo ca t io n s , a n d e a ch lo ca t io n h a d u n iq u e n u m b e r ca lle d m e m o ry lo ca t io n / a d d re s s , wh ich is u s e d t o h o ld o u r d a t a . Pro g ra m m e r ca n g ive a u n iq u e n a m e t o t h is m e m o ry lo ca t io n / a d d re s s ca lle d m e m o ry va ria b le o r va ria b le ( It s a n a m e d s t o ra g e lo ca t io n t h a t m a y t a ke d iffe re n t va lu e s , b u t o n ly o n e a t a t im e ) . In Lin u x, t h e re a re t wo t yp e s o f va ria b le 1 ) S y s t e m v a ria b le s - Cre a t e d a n d m a in t a in e d b y Lin u x it s e lf. Th is t yp e o f va ria b le d e fin e d in CAPITAL LETTERS . 2 ) Us e r d e fin e d v a ria b le s ( UD V) - Cre a t e d a n d m a in t a in e d b y u s e r. Th is t yp e o f va ria b le d e fin e d in lo we r LETTERS .
S o m e S y s t e m v a ria b le s Yo u ca n s e e s ys t e m va ria b le s b y g ivin g co m m a n d like $ s e t , S o m e o f t h e im p o rt a n t S ys t e m va ria b le s a re System Variable
Meaning
BASH=/bin/bash BASH_VERSION=1.14.7(1)
Our shell name Our shell version name
COLUMNS=80 HOME=/home/vivek
No. of columns for our screen Our home directory
LINES=25 LOGNAME=students
No. of columns for our screen Our logging name
OSTYPE=Linux PATH=/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin
Our o/s type : -) Our path settings
PS1=[\u@\h \W]\$ PWD=/home/students/Common
Our prompt settings Our current working directory
SHELL=/bin/bash USERNAME=vivek
Our shell name User name who is currently login to this PC
NOTE t h a t S o m e o f t h e a b o ve s e t t in g s ca n b e d iffe re n t in yo u r PC. Yo u ca n p rin t a n y o f t h e a b o ve va ria b le s co n t a in a s fo llo ws $ e c h o $ US ERN AME $ e c h o $ HOME Ca u t io n : Do n o t m o d ify S ys t e m va ria b le t h is ca n s o m e t im e cre a t e p ro b le m s .
Ho w t o d e fin e Us e r d e fin e d v a ria b le s ( UD V) To d e fin e UDV u s e fo llo win g s yn t a x S yn t a x: v a ria b le n a m e = v a lu e NOTE: He re 'va lu e ' is a s s ig n e d t o g ive n 'va ria b le n a m e ' a n d Va lu e m u s t b e o n rig h t s id e = s ig n Fo r e .g. $ no= 1 0 # t h is is o k $ 1 0 = no # Erro r, NOT Ok, Va lu e m u s t b e o n rig h t s id e o f = s ig n . To d e fin e va ria b le ca lle d 've ch ' h a vin g va lu e Bu s
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$ v e c h = Bu s To d e fin e va ria b le ca lle d n h a vin g va lu e 1 0 $ n= 1 0
Ru le s fo r N a m in g v a ria b le n a m e ( Bo t h UD V a n d S y s t e m Va ria b le ) ( 1 ) Va ria b le n a m e m u s t b e g in wit h Alp h a n u m e ric ch a ra ct e r o r u n d e rs co re ch a ra ct e r ( _ ) , fo llo we d b y o n e o r m o re Alp h a n u m e ric ch a ra ct e r. Fo r e . g . Va lid s h e ll va ria b le a re a s fo llo ws HOME S YS TEM_ VERS ION ve ch no ( 2 ) Do n 't p u t s p a ce s o n e it h e r s id e o f t h e e q u a l s ig n wh e n a s s ig n in g va lu e t o va ria b le . Fo r e . g . . In fo llo win g va ria b le d e cla ra t io n t h e re will b e n o e rro r $ no= 1 0 Bu t h e re t h e re will b e p ro b le m fo r fo llo win g $ no = 10 $ no= 10 $ no = 10 ( 3 ) Va ria b le s a re ca s e - s e n s it ive , ju s t like file n a m e in Lin u x. Fo r e . g . $ no= 1 0 $ No = 1 1 $ N O= 2 0 $ n O= 2 Ab o ve a ll a re d iffe re n t va ria b le n a m e , s o t o p rin t va lu e 2 0 we h a ve t o u s e $ e c h o $ N O a n d No t a n y o f t h e fo llo win g $ e cho $ no # will p rin t 1 0 b u t n o t 2 0 $ e cho $ No # will p rin t 1 1 b u t n o t 2 0 $ e cho $ nO # will p rin t 2 b u t n o t 2 0 ( 4 ) Yo u ca n d e fin e NULL va ria b le a s fo llo ws ( NULL va ria b le is va ria b le wh ich h a s n o va lu e a t t h e t im e o f d e fin it io n ) Fo r e . g . $ ve ch= $ v e c h = "" Try t o p rin t it 's va lu e $ e c h o $ v e c h , He re n o t h in g will b e s h o wn b e ca u s e va ria b le h a s n o va lu e i. e . NULL va ria b le . ( 5 ) Do n o t u s e ? , * e t c, t o n a m e yo u r va ria b le n a m e s .
Ho w t o p rin t o r a c c e s s v a lu e o f UD V ( Us e r d e fin e d v a ria b le s ) To p rin t o r a cce s s UDV u s e fo llo win g s yn t a x S yn t a x: $ v a ria b le n a m e Fo r e g . To p rin t co n t a in s o f va ria b le 've ch ' $ e cho $ ve ch It will p rin t 'Bu s ' ( if p re vio u s ly d e fin e d a s ve ch = Bu s ) , To p rin t co n t a in s o f va ria b le 'n ' $ e c h o $ n It will p rin t '1 0 ' ( if p re vio u s ly d e fin e d a s n = 1 0 ) Ca u t io n : Do n o t t ry $ e c h o v e c h It will p rin t ve ch in s t e a d it s va lu e 'Bu s ' a n d $ e ch o n , It will p rin t n in s t e a d it s va lu e '1 0 ', Yo u m u s t u s e $ fo llo we d b y va ria b le n a m e . Q. 1 . Ho w t o De fin e va ria b le x wit h va lu e 1 0 a n d p rin t it o n s cre e n $ x= 10 $ e cho $ x
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Q. 2 . Ho w t o De fin e va ria b le xn wit h va lu e Ra n i a n d p rin t it o n s cre e n $ x n = Ra n i $ e cho $ xn Q. 3 . Ho w t o p rin t s u m o f t wo n u m b e rs , le t 's s a y 6 a n d 3 $ e cho 6 + 3 Th is will p rin t 6 + 3 , n o t t h e s u m 9 , To d o s u m o r m a t h o p e ra t io n s in s h e ll u s e e xp r, s yn t a x is a s fo llo ws S yn t a x: e x p r o p 1 o p e ra t o r o p 2 Wh e re , o p 1 a n d o p 2 a re a n y In t e g e r Nu m b e r ( Nu m b e r wit h o u t d e cim a l p o in t ) a n d o p e ra t o r ca n b e + Ad d it io n - S u b t ra ct io n / Divis io n % Mo d u la r, t o fin d re m a in d e r Fo r e . g . 2 0 / 3 = 6 , t o fin d re m a in d e r 2 0 % 3 = 2 , ( Re m e m b e r it s in t e g e r ca lcu la t io n ) \ * Mu lt ip lica t io n $ e xpr 6 + 3 No w It will p rin t s u m a s 9 , Bu t $ e xpr 6 + 3 will n o t wo rk b e ca u s e s p a ce is re q u ire d b e t we e n n u m b e r a n d o p e ra t o r ( S e e S h e ll Arit h m e t ic) Q. 4 . Ho w t o d e fin e t wo va ria b le x= 2 0 , y= 5 a n d t h e n t o p rin t d ivis io n o f x a n d y ( i. e . x/ y) $x= 20 $ y= 5 $ e xpr x / y Q. 5 . Mo d ify a b o ve a n d s t o re d ivis io n o f x a n d y t o va ria b le ca lle d z $ x= 20 $ y= 5 $ z= ` e xpr x / y` $ e cho $ z No t e : Fo r t h ird s t a t e m e n t , re a d S h e ll Arit h m e t ic.
Ho w t o w rit e s h e ll s c rip t No w we writ e o u r firs t s crip t t h a t will p rin t "Kn o wle d g e is Po we r" o n s cre e n . To writ e s h e ll s crip t yo u ca n u s e in o f t h e Lin u x's t e xt e d it o r s u ch a s vi o r m ce d it o r e ve n yo u ca n u s e ca t co m m a n d . He re we a re u s in g ca t co m m a n d yo u ca n u s e a n y o f t h e a b o ve t e xt e d it o r. Firs t t yp e fo llo win g ca t co m m a n d a n d re s t o f t e xt a s it s $ c a t > firs t # # My firs t s h e ll s c rip t # c le a r e c h o "Kn o w le d g e is P o w e r" Pre s s Ct rl + D t o s a ve . No w o u r s crip t is re a d y. To e xe cu t e it t yp e co m m a n d $ . / firs t Th is will g ive e rro r s in ce we h a ve n o t s e t Exe cu t e p e rm is s io n fo r o u r s crip t firs t ; t o d o t h is t yp e co m m a n d $ c h m o d + x firs t $ . / firs t Firs t s cre e n will b e cle a r, t h e n Kn o wle d g e is Po we r is p rin t e d o n s cre e n . To p rin t m e s s a g e o f va ria b le s co n t a in s we u s e r e ch o co m m a n d , g e n e ra l fo rm o f e ch o co m m a n d is a s fo llo ws e ch o "Me s s a g e " e ch o "Me s s a g e v a ria b le 1 , v a ria b le 2 . . . . v a ria b le N" http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/shellprog.htm (3 of 19) [17/08/2001 17.42.21]
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Ho w t o Ru n S h e ll S c rip t s Be ca u s e o f s e cu rit y o f file s , in Lin u x, t h e cre a t o r o f S h e ll S crip t d o e s n o t g e t e xe cu t io n p e rm is s io n b y d e fa u lt . S o if we wis h t o ru n s h e ll s crip t we h a ve t o d o t wo t h in g s a s fo llo ws ( 1 ) Us e ch m o d co m m a n d a s fo llo ws t o g ive e xe cu t io n p e rm is s io n t o o u r s crip t S yn t a x: ch m o d +x s h e ll- s crip t - n a m e OR S yn t a x: ch m o d 777 s h e ll- s crip t - n a m e ( 2 ) Ru n o u r s crip t a s S yn t a x: . / y o u r- s h e ll- p ro g ra m - n a m e Fo r e . g . $ . / firs t He re '. '( d o t ) is co m m a n d , a n d u s e d in co n ju n ct io n wit h s h e ll s crip t . Th e d o t ( . ) in d ica t e s t o cu rre n t s h e ll t h a t t h e co m m a n d fo llo win g t h e d o t ( . ) h a s t o b e e xe cu t e d in t h e s a m e s h e ll i. e . wit h o u t t h e lo a d in g o f a n o t h e r s h e ll in m e m o ry. Or yo u ca n a ls o t ry fo llo win g s yn t a x t o ru n S h e ll S crip t S yn t a x: b a s h &n b s h ; &n b s h ; y o u r- s h e ll- p ro g ra m - n a m e OR / b in / s h &n b s h ; &n b s h ; y o u r- s h e ll- p ro g ra m - n a m e Fo r e . g . $ b a s h firs t $ / b in / s h firs t No t e t h a t t o ru n s crip t , yo u n e e d t o h a ve in s a m e d ire ct o ry wh e re yo u cre a t e d yo u r s crip t , if yo u a re in d iffe re n t d ire ct o ry yo u r s crip t will n o t ru n ( b e ca u s e o f p a t h s e t t in g s ) , Fo r e g . Yo u r h o m e d ire ct o ry is ( u s e $ p wd t o s e e cu rre n t wo rkin g d ire ct o ry) / h o m e / vive k. Th e n yo u cre a t e d o n e s crip t ca lle d 'firs t ', a ft e r cre a t io n o f t h is s crip t yo u m o ve d t o s o m e o t h e r d ire ct o ry le t s s a y / h o m e / vive k/ Le t t e rs / Pe rs o n a l, No w if yo u t ry t o e xe cu t e yo u r s crip t it will n o t ru n , s in ce s crip t 'firs t ' is in / h o m e / vive k d ire ct o ry, t o Ove rco m e t h is p ro b le m t h e re a re t wo wa ys Firs t , s p e cify co m p le t e p a t h o f yo u r s crip t wh e n e ve r yo u wa n t t o ru n it fro m o t h e r d ire ct o rie s like g ivin g fo llo win g co m m a n d $ / b in / s h / h o m e / v iv e k / firs t
No w e ve ry t im e yo u h a ve t o g ive a ll t h is d e t a ile d a s yo u wo rk in o t h e r d ire ct o ry, t h is t a ke t im e a n d yo u h a ve t o re m e m b e r co m p le t e p a t h . Th e re is a n o t h e r wa y, if yo u n o t ice t h a t a ll o f o u r p ro g ra m s ( in fo rm o f e xe cu t a b le file s ) a re m a rke d a s e xe cu t a b le a n d ca n b e d ire ct ly e xe cu t e d fro m p ro m p t fro m a n y d ire ct o ry ( To s e e e xe cu t a b le s o f o u r n o rm a l p ro g ra m g ive co m m a n d $ ls - l / b in o r ls - l / u s r/ b in ) b y t yp in g co m m a n d like $ bc $ c c m y p rg . c $ cal e t c, Ho w t h is h a p p e d ? All o u r e xe cu t a b le s file s a re in s t a lle d in d ire ct o ry ca lle d / b in a n d / b in d ire ct o ry is s e t in yo u r PATH s e t t in g , No w wh e n yo u t yp e n a m e o f a n y co m m a n d a t $ p ro m p t , wh a t s h e ll d o is it firs t lo o k t h a t co m m a n d in it s in t e rn a l p a rt ( ca lle d a s in t e rn a l co m m a n d , wh ich is p a rt o f S h e ll it s e lf, a n d a lwa ys a va ila b le t o e xe cu t e , s in ce t h e y d o n o t n e e d e xt ra e xe cu t a b le file ) , if fo u n d a s in t e rn a l co m m a n d s h e ll will e xe cu t e it , If n o t fo u n d It will lo o k fo r cu rre n t d ire ct o ry, if fo u n d s h e ll will e xe cu t e co m m a n d fro m cu rre n t d ire ct o ry, if n o t fo u n d , t h e n S h e ll will Lo o k PATH s e t t in g , a n d t ry t o fin d o u r re q u e s t e d co m m a n d s e xe cu t a b le file in a ll o f t h e d ire ct o rie s m e n t io n e d in PATH s e t t in g s , if fo u n d it will e xe cu t e it , o t h e rwis e it will g ive m e s s a g e "b a s h : xxxx : co m m a n d n o t fo u n d ", S t ill t h e re is o n e q u e s t io n re m a in ca n I ru n m y s h e ll s crip t s a m e a s t h e s e e xe cu t a b le s . Ye s yo u ca n , fo r
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t h is p u rp o s e cre a t e b in d ire ct o ry in yo u r h o m e d ire ct o ry a n d t h e n co p y yo u r t e s t e d ve rs io n o f s h e ll s crip t t o t h is b in d ire ct o ry. Aft e r t h is yo u ca n ru n yo u s crip t a s e xe cu t a b le file wit h o u t u s in g $ . / s h e ll s crip t - n a m e s yn t a x, Fo llo win g a re s t e p s $ cd $ m k d ir b in $ c p firs t ~ / b in $ firs t Ea ch o f a b o ve co m m a n d Exp la n a t io n Each of above command $ cd
Explanation Go to your home directory
$ cp first ~/bin
Now created bin directory, to install your own shell script, so that script can be run as independent program or can be accessed from any directory copy your script 'first' to your bin directory
$ first
Test whether script is running or not (It will run)
$ mkdir bin
In s h e ll s crip t co m m e n t is g ive n wit h # ch a ra ct e r. Th is co m m e n t s a re ig n o re d b y yo u r s h e ll. Co m m e n t s a re u s e d t o in d ica t e u s e o f s crip t o r p e rs o n wh o cre a t e s / m a in t a in e d s crip t , o r fo r s o m e p ro g ra m m in g e xp la n a t io n e t c. Re m e m b e r a lwa ys s e t Ex e cu t e p e rm is s io n fo r y o u s crip t .
Co m m a n d s Re la t e d w it h S h e ll P ro g ra m m in g ( 1 ) e ch o [o p t io n s ] [s t rin g , v a ria b le s . . . ] Dis p la ys t e xt o r va ria b le s va lu e o n s cre e n . Op t io n s - n Do n o t o u t p u t t h e t ra ilin g n e w lin e . - e En a b le in t e rp re t a t io n o f t h e fo llo win g b a cks la s h e s ca p e d ch a ra ct e rs in t h e s t rin g s : \ a a le rt ( b e ll) \ b b a cks p a ce \ c s u p p re s s t ra ilin g n e w lin e \ n n e w lin e \ r ca rria g e re t u rn \ t h o rizo n t a l t a b \ \ b a cks la s h Fo r e g . $ e c h o - e "An a p p le a d a y k e e p s a w a y \ a \ t \ t d o c t o r\ n " ( 2 ) Mo re a b o u t Qu o t e s Th e re a re t h re e t yp e s o f q u o t e s " i. e . Do u b le Qu o t e s ' i. e . S in g le q u o t e s ` i. e . Ba ck q u o t e 1 . "Do u b le Qu o t e s " - An yt h in g e n clo s e in d o u b le q u o t e s re m o ve d m e a n in g o f t h a t ch a ra ct e rs ( e xce p t \ and $). 2 . 'S in g le q u o t e s ' - En clo s e d in s in g le q u o t e s re m a in s u n ch a n g e d . 3 . ` Ba ck q u o t e ` - To e xe cu t e co m m a n d . Fo r e g . $ e c h o "To d a y is d a t e " Ca n 't p rin t m e s s a g e wit h t o d a y's d a t e . $ e c h o "To d a y is ` d a t e ` ". No w it will p rin t t o d a y's d a t e a s , To d a y is Tu e Ja n . . . . , S e e t h e ` d a t e ` s t a t e m e n t u s e s b a ck q u o t e , ( S e e a ls o S h e ll Arit h m e t ic NOTE) . ( 3 ) S h e ll Arit h m e t ic http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/shellprog.htm (5 of 19) [17/08/2001 17.42.21]
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Us e t o p e rfo rm a rit h m e t ic o p e ra t io n s Fo r e . g . $ e xpr 1 + 3 $ e xpr 2 - 1 $ e xpr 1 0 / 2 $ e x p r 2 0 % 3 # re m a in d e r re a d a s 2 0 m o d 3 a n d re m a in d e r is 2 ) $ e x p r 1 0 \ * 3 # Mu lt ip lic a t io n u s e \ * n o t * s in c e it s w ild c a rd ) $ e cho ` e xpr 6 + 3 ` Fo r t h e la s t s t a t e m e n t n o t t h e fo llo win g p o in t s 1 ) Firs t , b e fo re e xp r ke ywo rd we u s e d ` ( b a ck q u o t e ) s ig n n o t t h e ( s in g le q u o t e i. e . ') s ig n . Ba ck q u o t e is g e n e ra lly fo u n d o n t h e ke y u n d e r t ild e ( ~ ) o n PC ke yb o a rd s OR To t h e a b o ve o f TAB ke y. 2 ) S e co n d , e xp r is a ls o e n d wit h ` i. e . b a ck q u o t e . 3 ) He re e xp r 6 + 3 is e va lu a t e d t o 9 , t h e n e ch o co m m a n d p rin t s 9 a s s u m 4 ) He re if yo u u s e d o u b le q u o t e o r s in g le q u o t e , it will NOT wo rk, Fo r e g . $ e c h o "e x p r 6 + 3 " # It will p rin t e xp r 6 + 3 $ e c h o 'e x p r 6 + 3 '
Co m m a n d Lin e P ro c e s s in g No w t ry fo llo win g co m m a n d ( a s s u m e s t h a t t h e file "g ra t e _ s t o rie s _ o f" is n o t e xis t o n yo u r d is k) $ ls g ra t e _ s t o rie s _ o f It will p rin t m e s s a g e s o m e t h in g like g ra t e _ s t o rie s _ o f: No s u ch file o r d ire ct o ry We ll a s it t u rn s o u t ls wa s t h e n a m e o f a n a ct u a l co m m a n d a n d s h e ll e xe cu t e d t h is co m m a n d wh e n g ive n t h e co m m a n d . No w it cre a t e s o n e q u e s t io n Wh a t a re co m m a n d s ? Wh a t h a p p e n e d wh e n yo u t yp e $ ls g ra t e _ s t o rie s _ o f? Th e firs t wo rd o n co m m a n d lin e , ls , is n a m e o f t h e co m m a n d t o b e e xe cu t e d . Eve ryt h in g e ls e o n co m m a n d lin e is t a ke n a s a rg u m e n t s t o t h is co m m a n d . Fo r e g . $ t a il + 1 0 m y f He re t h e n a m e o f co m m a n d is t a il, a n d t h e a rg u m e n t s a re + 1 0 a n d m yf. No w t ry t o d e t e rm in e co m m a n d a n d a rg u m e n t s fro m fo llo win g co m m a n d s : $ ls fo o $ cp y y .ba k $ mv y .ba k y .o ka y $ t a il - 1 0 m yf $ m a il ra j $ s o rt -r -n m yf $ da te $ c le a r Command ls cp
No. of argument to this command 1 2
Actual Argument foo y and y.bak
mv
2
y.bak and y.okay
tail mail
2 1
-10 and myf raj
sort date clear
3 0 0
-r, -n, and myf
NOTE: $ # h o ld s n u m b e r o f a rg u m e n t s s p e cifie d o n co m m a n d lin e . a n d $ * o r $ @ re fe r t o a ll a rg u m e n t s in p a s s e d t o s crip t . No w t o o b t a in t o t a l n o . o f Arg u m e n t t o p a rt icu la r s crip t , yo u r $ # va ria b le .
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Le t 's t a ke rm co m m a n d , wh ich is u s e d t o re m o ve file , Bu t wh ich file yo u wa n t t o re m o ve a n d h o w yo u will yo u t a il t h is t o rm co m m a n d ( Eve n rm co m m a n d d o e s n o t a s k yo u n a m e o f file t h a t wo u ld like t o re m o ve ) . S o wh a t we d o is we writ e a s co m m a n d a s fo llo ws $ rm { file - n a m e } He re rm is co m m a n d a n d file - n a m e is file wh ich yo u wo u ld like t o re m o ve . Th is wa y yo u t a il t o rm co m m a n d wh ich file yo u wo u ld like t o re m o ve . S o we a re d o in g o n e wa y co m m u n ica t io n wit h o u r co m m a n d b y s p e cifyin g file - n a m e . Als o yo u ca n p a s s co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t s t o yo u r s crip t t o m a ke it m o re u s e rs frie n d ly. Bu t h o w we a d d re s s o r a cce s s co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t in o u r s crip t . Le t s t a ke ls co m m a n d $ ls - a / * Th is co m m a n d h a s 2 co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t - a a n d / * is a n o t h e r. Fo r s h e ll s crip t , $ m y s h e ll fo o b a r
S h e ll S crip t n a m e i. e . m ys h e ll Firs t co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t p a s s e d t o m ys h e ll i. e . fo o S e co n d co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t p a s s e d t o m ys h e ll i. e . b a r In s h e ll if we wis h t o re fe r t h is co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t we re fe r a b o ve a s fo llo ws m ys h e ll it is $ 0 fo o it is $ 1 b a r it is $ 2 He re $ # will b e 2 ( S in ce fo o a n d b a r o n ly t wo Arg u m e n t s ) , Ple a s e n o t e At a t im e s u ch 9 a rg u m e n t s ca n b e u s e d fro m $ 0 . . $ 9 , Yo u ca n a ls o re fe r a ll o f t h e m b y u s in g $ * ( wh ich e xp a n d t o ` $ 0 , $ 1 , $ 2 . . . $ 9 ` ) No w t ry t o writ e fo llo win g fo r co m m a n d s , S h e ll S crip t Na m e ( $ 0 ) , No . o f Arg u m e n t s ( i. e . $ # ) , An d a ct u a l a rg u m e n t ( i. e . $ 1 , $ 2 e t c) $ s um 1 1 2 0 $ m a th 4 - 7 $ d $ bp -5 m yf + 2 0 $ ls * $ cal $ fin d BS 4 8 2 4 BI G Shell Script Name $0
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Fo r e . g . n o w will writ e s crip t t o p rin t co m m a n d lin g a rg u m e n t a n d we will s e e h o w t o a cce s s t h e m $ cat > de m o # !/ b in / s h # # S c rip t t h a t d e m o s , c o m m a n d lin e a rg s # e c h o "To t a l n u m b e r o f c o m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t a re $ # " e c h o "$ 0 is s c rip t n a m e " e c h o "$ 1 is firs t a rg u m e n t " e c h o $ 2 is s e c o n d a rg u m e n t " e c h o "All o f t h e m a re :- $ * "
S a ve t h e a b o ve s crip t b y p re s s in g ct rl+ d , n o w m a ke it e xe cu t a b le $ chm o d + x de m o $ . / d e m o He llo W o rld $ c p d e m o ~ / b in $ de m o No t e : Aft e r t h is , Fo r a n y s crip t yo u h a ve t o u s e d a b o ve co m m a n d , in s e q u e n ce , I a m n o t g o in g t o s h o w yo u a ll o f t h e a b o ve . ( 5 ) Ex it S t a t u s By d e fa u lt in Lin u x if p a rt icu la r co m m a n d is e xe cu t e d , it re t u rn t wo t yp e o f va lu e s , ( Va lu e s a re u s e d t o s e e wh e t h e r co m m a n d is s u cce s s fu l o r n o t ) if re t u rn va lu e is ze ro ( 0 ) , co m m a n d is s u cce s s fu l, if re t u rn va lu e is n o n ze ro ( > 0 ) , co m m a n d is n o t s u cce s s fu l o r s o m e s o rt o f e rro r e xe cu t in g co m m a n d / s h e ll s crip t . Th is va lu e is kn o w a s Exit S t a t u s o f t h a t co m m a n d . To d e t e rm in e t h is e xit S t a t u s we u s e $ ? va ria b le o f s h e ll. Fo r e g . $ rm u n k n o w 1 file It will s h o w e rro r a s fo llo ws rm : ca n n o t re m o ve ` u n ko wm 1 file ': No s u ch file o r d ire ct o ry a n d a ft e r t h a t if yo u g ive co m m a n d $ e c h o $ ? it will p rin t n o n ze ro va lu e ( > 0 ) t o in d ica t e e rro r. No w g ive co m m a n d $ ls $ e cho $ ? It will p rin t 0 t o in d ica t e co m m a n d is s u cce s s fu l. Try t h e fo llo win g co m m a n d s a n d n o t d o wn t h e re e xit s t a t u s $ e xpr 1 + 3 $ e cho $ ? $ e c h o W e lc o m e $ e cho $ ? $ w ild w e s t c a n w o rk ? $ e cho $ ? $ da te $ e cho $ ? $ e chon $ ?
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( 6 ) if- t h e n - fi fo r d e cis io n m a k in g is s h e ll s crip t Be fo re m a kin g a n y d e cis io n in S h e ll s crip t yo u m u s t kn o w fo llo win g t h in g s Typ e b c a t $ p ro m p t t o s t a rt Lin u x ca lcu la t o r p ro g ra m $ bc Aft e r t h is co m m a n d b c is s t a rt e d a n d wa it in g fo r yo u co m m a n d s , i. e . g ive it s o m e ca lcu la t io n a s fo llo ws t yp e 5 + 2 a s 5 + 2 7 7 is re s p o n s e o f b c i. e . a d d it io n o f 5 + 2 yo u ca n e ve n t ry 5 - 2 5 / 2 No w wh a t h a p p e n e d if yo u t yp e 5 > 2 a s fo llo ws 5 > 2 0 0 ( Ze ro ) is re s p o n s e o f b c, Ho w? He re it co m p a re 5 wit h 2 a s , Is 5 is g re a t e r t h e n 2 , ( If I a s k s a m e q u e s t io n t o yo u , yo u r a n s we r will b e YES ) In Lin u x ( b c) g ive s t h is 'YES ' a n s we r b y s h o win g 0 ( Ze ro ) va lu e . It m e a n s wh e n e ve r t h e re is a n y t yp e o f co m p a ris o n in Lin u x S h e ll It g ive s o n ly t wo a n s we r o n e is YES a n d NO is o t h e r. Linux Shell Value Zero Value (0) NON-ZERO Value (> 0)
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5 == 5 1 , < , < > e t c) a n d m a t h e m a t ica l o p e ra t o rs ( s u ch a s + , - , / e t c ) . Fo llo win g a re a ll e xa m p le s o f e xp re s s io n : 5 > 2 3 + 6 3 * 65 a < b c > 5 c > 5 + 30 -1 Typ e fo llo win g co m m a n d ( a s s u m e s yo u h a ve file ca lle d fo o ) $ c a t fo o $ e cho $ ? Th e ca t co m m a n d re t u rn ze ro ( 0 ) o n s u cce s s fu l, t h is ca n b e u s e d in if co n d it io n a s fo llo ws , Writ e s h e ll s crip t a s $ c a t > s h o w file # !/ b in / s h # # S c rip t t o p rin t file # if c a t $ 1 the n e c h o - e "\ n \ n File $ 1 , fo u n d a n d s u c c e s s fu lly e c h o e d " fi
No w ru n it . $ c h m o d + x s h o w file $ . / s h o w file fo o He re $ . / s h o w file fo o Ou r s h e ll s crip t n a m e is s h o wfile ( $ 0 ) a n d fo o is a rg u m e n t ( wh ich is $ 1 ) . No w we co m p a re a s fo llo ws if ca t $ 1 ( i. e . if ca t fo o ) No w if ca t co m m a n d fin d s fo o file a n d if it s s u cce s s fu lly s h o wn o n s cre e n , it m e a n s o u r ca t co m m a n d is s u cce s s fu l a n d it s e xis t s t a t u s is 0 ( in d ica t e s s u cce s s ) S o o u r if co n d it io n is a ls o t ru e a n d h e n ce s t a t e m e n t e ch o - e "\ n \ n File $ 1 , fo u n d a n d s u cce s s fu lly e ch o e d " is p ro ce e d b y s h e ll. No w if ca t co m m a n d is n o t s u cce s s fu l t h e n it re t u rn s n o n - ze ro va lu e ( in d ica t e s s o m e s o rt o f fa ilu re ) a n d t h is s t a t e m e n t e ch o - e "\ n \ n File $ 1 , fo u n d a n d s u cce s s fu lly e ch o e d " is s kip p e d b y o u r s h e ll. No w t ry t o writ e a n s we r fo r fo llo win g 1 ) Cre a t e fo llo win g s crip t c a t > t rm if # # S c rip t t o t e s t rm c o m m a n d a n d e x is t s t a t u s # if rm $ 1 the n e c h o "$ 1 file d e le t e d " fi
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B) If b a r file n o t p re s e n t o n yo u r d is k a n d yo u g ive co m m a n d , $ . / t rm fi C) An d if yo u t yp e $ . / t rm fi, Wh a t will b e o u t p u t .
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( 7 ) t e s t co m m a n d o r [ e x p r ] t e s t co m m a n d o r [ e xp r ] is u s e d t o s e e if a n e xp re s s io n is t ru e , a n d if it is t ru e it re t u rn ze ro ( 0 ) , o t h e rwis e re t u rn s n o n ze ro ( > 0 ) fo r fa ls e . S yn t a x: t e s t e x p re s s io n OR [ e x p re s s io n ] No w will writ e s crip t t h a t d e t e rm in e wh e t h e r g ive n a rg u m e n t n u m b e r is p o s it ive . Writ e s crip t a s fo llo ws $ c a t > is p o s t iv e # !/ b in / s h # # S c rip t t o s e e w h e t h e r a rg u m e n t is p o s it iv e # if t e s t $ 1 - g t 0 the n e c h o "$ 1 n u m b e r is p o s it iv e " fi
Ru n it a s fo llo ws $ c h m o d + x is p o s t iv e $ is p o s t iv e 5 He re o / p : 5 n u m b e r is p o s it ive $ is p o s t iv e - 4 5 He re o / p : No t h in g is p rin t e d $ is p o s t iv e He re o / p : . / is p o s t ive : t e s t : - g t : u n a ry o p e ra t o r e xp e ct e d Th e lin e , if t e s t $ 1 - g t 0 , t e s t t o s e e if firs t co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t ( $ 1 ) is g re a t e r t h a n 0 . If it is t ru e ( 0 ) t h e n t e s t will re t u rn 0 a n d o u t p u t will p rin t e d a s 5 n u m b e r is p o s it ive b u t fo r - 4 5 a rg u m e n t t h e re is n o o u t p u t b e ca u s e o u r co n d it io n is n o t t ru e ( 0 ) ( n o - 4 5 is n o t g re a t e r t h a n 0 ) h e n ce e ch o s t a t e m e n t is s kip p e d . An d fo r la s t s t a t e m e n t we h a ve n o t s u p p lie d a n y a rg u m e n t h e n ce e rro r . / is p o s t ive : t e s t : - g t : u n a ry o p e ra t o r e xp e ct e d is g e n e ra t e d b y s h e ll , t o a vo id s u ch e rro r we ca n t e s t wh e t h e r co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t is s u p p lie d o r n o t . ( S e e co m m a n d 8 S crip t e xa m p le ) . t e s t o r [ e xp r ] wo rks wit h 1 . In t e g e r ( Nu m b e r wit h o u t d e cim a l p o in t ) 2 . File t yp e s 3 . Ch a ra ct e r s t rin g s Fo r Ma t h e m a t ics u s e fo llo win g o p e ra t o r in S h e ll S crip t Math- ematical Operator in Shell Script
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NOTE: = = is e q u a l, != is n o t e q u a l. Fo r s t rin g Co m p a ris o n s u s e Operator
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string1 = string2 string1 != string2
string1 is equal to string2 string1 is NOT equal to string2
string1 -n string1
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S h e ll a ls o t e s t fo r file a n d d ire ct o ry t yp e s Test -s file
Meaning Non empty file
-f file -d dir
Is File exist or normal file and not a directory Is Directory exist and not a file
-w file -r file
Is writeable file Is read-only file
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Lo g ica l Op e ra t o rs Lo g ica l o p e ra t o rs a re u s e d t o co m b in e t wo o r m o re co n d it io n a t a t im e Operator ! expression expression1 -a expression2
Meaning Logical NOT Logical AND
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( 8 ) if. . . e ls e . . . fi If g ive n co n d it io n is t ru e t h e n co m m a n d 1 is e xe cu t e d o t h e rwis e co m m a n d 2 is e xe cu t e d . S yn t a x: if condition then command1 if condition is true or if exit status of condition is 0(zero) ... ... else command2 if condition is false or if exit status of condition is >0 (nonzero) ... ... fi
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# S c rip t t o s e e w h e t h e r a rg u m e n t is p o s it iv e o r n e g a t iv e # if [ $ # - e q 0 ] the n e c h o "$ 0 : Yo u m u s t g iv e / s u p p ly o n e in t e g e rs " e x it 1 fi
if t e s t $ 1 - g t 0 the n e c h o "$ 1 n u m b e r is p o s it iv e " e ls e e c h o "$ 1 n u m b e r is n e g a t iv e " fi
Try it a s fo llo ws $ c h m o d + x is n u m p _ n $ is n u m p _ n 5 He re o / p : 5 n u m b e r is p o s it ive $ is n u m p _ n - 4 5 He re o / p : - 4 5 n u m b e r is n e g a t ive $ is n u m p _ n He re o / p : . / is p o s _ n : Yo u m u s t g ive / s u p p ly o n e in t e g e rs $ is n u m p _ n 0 He re o / p : 0 n u m b e r is n e g a t ive He re firs t we s e e if n o co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t is g ive n t h e n it p rin t e rro r m e s s a g e a s ". / is p o s _ n : Yo u m u s t g ive / s u p p ly o n e in t e g e rs ". if s t a t e m e n t ch e cks wh e t h e r n u m b e r o f a rg u m e n t ( $ # ) p a s s e d t o s crip t is n o t e q u a l ( - e q ) t o 0 , if we p a s s e d a n y a rg u m e n t t o s crip t t h e n t h is if s t a t e m e n t is fa ls e a n d if n o co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t is g ive n t h e n t h is if s t a t e m e n t is t ru e . Th e e ch o co m m a n d i. e . e ch o "$ 0 : Yo u m u s t g ive / s u p p ly o n e in t e g e rs " | | | | 1 2 1 will p rin t Na m e o f s crip t 2 will p rin t t h is e rro r m e s s a g e An d fin a lly s t a t e m e n t e xit 1 ca u s e s n o rm a l p ro g ra m t e rm in a t io n wit h e xit s t a t u s 1 ( n o n ze ro m e a n s s crip t is n o t s u cce s s fu lly ru n ) , Th e la s t s a m p le ru n $ is n u m p _ n 0 , g ive s o u t p u t a s "0 n u m b e r is n e g a t ive ", b e ca u s e g ive n a rg u m e n t is n o t > 0 , h e n ce co n d it io n is fa ls e a n d it 's t a ke n a s n e g a t ive n u m b e r. To a vo id t h is re p la ce s e co n d if s t a t e m e n t wit h if t e s t $ 1 - g e 0 . ( 9 ) Mu lt ile v e l if- t h e n - e ls e S yn t a x: if condition then condition is zero (true - 0) execute all commands up to elif statement elif condition1 condition1 is zero (true - 0) execute all commands up to elif statement elif condition2 condition2 is zero (true - 0) execute all commands up to elif statement http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/shellprog.htm (13 of 19) [17/08/2001 17.42.21]
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else None of the above condtion,condtion1,condtion2 are true (i.e. all of the above nonzero or false) execute all commands up to fi fi
Fo r e . g . Writ e s crip t a s $ c a t > e lf # !/ b in / s h # # S c rip t t o t e s t if. . e lif. . . e ls e # # if [ $ 1 - g t 0 ] the n e c h o "$ 1 is p o s it iv e " e lif [ $ 1 - lt 0 ] t h e n e c h o "$ 1 is n e g a t iv e " e lif [ $ 1 - e q 0 ] the n e c h o "$ 1 is z e ro " e ls e e c h o "Op p s ! $ 1 is n o t n u m b e r, g iv e n u m b e r" fi Try a b o ve s crip t wit h $ c h m o d +x e lf $ . / e lf 1 $ . / e lf - 2 $ . / e lf 0 $ . / e lf a He re o / p fo r la s t s a m p le ru n : . / e lf: [ : - g t : u n a ry o p e ra t o r e xp e ct e d . / e lf: [ : - lt : u n a ry o p e ra t o r e xp e ct e d . / e lf: [ : - e q : u n a ry o p e ra t o r e xp e ct e d Op p s ! a is n o t n u m b e r, g ive n u m b e r Ab o ve p ro g ra m g ive s e rro r fo r la s t ru n , h e re in t e g e r co m p a ris o n is e xp e ct e d t h e re fo re e rro r like ". / e lf: [ : - g t : u n a ry o p e ra t o r e xp e ct e d " o ccu rs , b u t s t ill o u r p ro g ra m n o t ify t h is t h in g t o u s e r b y p ro vid in g m e s s a g e "Op p s ! a is n o t n u m b e r, g ive n u m b e r". ( 1 0 ) Lo o p s in S h e ll S crip t s Co m p u t e r ca n re p e a t p a rt icu la r in s t ru ct io n a g a in a n d a g a in , u n t il p a rt icu la r co n d it io n s a t is fie s . A g ro u p o f in s t ru ct io n t h a t is e xe cu t e d re p e a t e d ly is ca lle d a lo o p . ( a ) fo r lo o p S yn t a x: for { variable name } in { list } do execute one for each item in the list until the list is not finished (And repeat all statement between do and done) done Suppose , $ c a t > t e s t fo r fo r i in 1 2 3 4 5 do e c h o "W e lc o m e $ i t im e s " do ne Ru n it a s , $ c h m o d + x t e s t fo r $ . / t e s t fo r Th e fo r lo o p firs t cre a t e s i va ria b le a n d a s s ig n e d a n u m b e r t o i fro m t h e lis t o f n u m b e r fro m 1 t o 5 , Th e s h e ll e xe cu t e e ch o s t a t e m e n t fo r e a ch a s s ig n m e n t o f i. ( Th is is u s u a lly kn o w a s it e ra t io n ) Th is p ro ce s s will co n t in u e u n t il a ll t h e it e m s in t h e lis t we re n o t fin is h e d , b e ca u s e o f t h is it will re p e a t 5 e ch o s t a t e m e n t s . fo r e . g . No w t ry s crip t a s fo llo ws $ c a t > m t a b le # !/ b in / s h # # S c rip t t o t e s t fo r lo o p # # if [ $ # - e q 0 ] the n e c h o "Erro r - N u m b e r m is s in g fo rm c o m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t " e c h o "S y n t a x : $ 0 n u m b e r" e c h o " Us e t o p rin t m u lt ip lic a t io n t a b le fo r g iv e n n u m b e r" e x it 1 fi n= $ 1 fo r i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0
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do e c h o "$ n * $ i = ` e x p r $ i \ * $ n ` " do ne S a ve a n d Ru n it a s $ c h m o d + x m t a b le $ . / m t a b le 7 $ . / m t a b le Fo r firs t ru n , Ab o ve p ro g ra m p rin t m u lt ip lica t io n t a b le o f g ive n n u m b e r wh e re i = 1 , 2 . . . 1 0 is m u lt ip ly b y g ive n n ( h e re co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t 7 ) in o rd e r t o p ro d u ce m u lt ip lica t io n t a b le a s 7 * 1 = 7 7 * 2 = 14 ... .. 7 * 1 0 = 7 0 An d fo r S e co n d ru n , it will p rin t m e s s a g e Erro r - Nu m b e r m is s in g fo rm co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t S yn t a x : . / m t a b le n u m b e r Us e t o p rin t m u lt ip lica t io n t a b le fo r g ive n n u m b e r Th is h a p p e n e d b e ca u s e we h a ve n o t s u p p lie d g ive n n u m b e r fo r wh ich we wa n t m u lt ip lica t io n t a b le , He n ce we a re s h o win g Erro r m e s s a g e , S yn t a x a n d u s a g e o f o u r s crip t . Th is is g o o d id e a if o u r p ro g ra m t a ke s s o m e a rg u m e n t , le t t h e u s e r kn o w wh a t is u s e o f t h is s crip t a n d h o w t o u s e d it . No t e t h a t t o t e rm in a t e o u r s crip t we u s e d 'e xit 1 ' co m m a n d wh ich t a ke s 1 a s a rg u m e n t ( 1 In d ica t e s e rro r a n d t h e re fo re s crip t is t e rm in a t e d ) ( b ) w h ile lo o p S yn t a x: while [ condition ] do command1 command2 command3 .. .... done Lo o p is e xe cu t e d a s lo n g a s g ive n co n d it io n is t ru e . Fo r e g . Ab o ve fo r lo o p p ro g ra m ca n b e writ t e n u s in g wh ile lo o p a s $ ca t > nt1 # !/ b in / s h # # S c rip t t o t e s t w h ile s t a t e m e n t # # if [ $ # - e q 0 ] the n e c h o "Erro r - N u m b e r m is s in g fo rm c o m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t " e c h o "S y n t a x : $ 0 n u m b e r" e c h o " Us e t o p rin t m u lt ip lic a t io n t a b le fo r g iv e n n u m b e r" e x it 1 fi n= $ 1 i= 1 w h ile [ $ i - le 1 0 ]
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do e c h o "$ n * $ i = ` e x p r $ i \ * $ n ` " i= ` e x p r $ i + 1 ` do ne
S a ve it a n d t ry a s $ chm o d + x nt1 $ ./ n t1 7 Ab o ve lo o p ca n b e e xp la in e d a s fo llo ws Set the value of command line argument to variable n. (Here it's set to 7 ) Set variable i to 1
n=$1 i=1
This is our loop condition, here if value of i is less than 10 then, shell execute all statements between do and done Start loop
while [ $i -le 10 ] do
echo "$n * $i = `expr $i \* $n`"
i=`expr $i + 1`
done
Print multiplication table as 7*1=7 7 * 2 = 14 .... 7 * 10 = 70, Here each time value of variable n is multiply be i. Increment i by 1 and store result to i. ( i.e. i=i+1) Caution: If we ignore (remove) this statement than our loop become infinite loop because value of variable i always remain less than 10 and program will only output 7*1=7 ... ... E (infinite times) Loop stops here if i is not less than 10 i.e. condition of loop is not true. Hence loop is terminated.
Fro m t h e a b o ve d is cu s s io n n o t fo llo win g p o in t s a b o u t lo o p s ( a ) Firs t , t h e va ria b le u s e d in lo o p co n d it io n m u s t b e in it ia lize d , Ne xt e xe cu t io n o f t h e lo o p b e g in s . ( b ) A t e s t ( co n d it io n ) is m a d e a t t h e b e g in n in g o f e a ch it e ra t io n . ( c) Th e b o d y o f lo o p e n d s wit h a s t a t e m e n t t h a t m o d ifie s t h e va lu e o f t h e t e s t ( co n d it io n ) va ria b le . ( 1 1 ) Th e ca s e S t a t e m e n t Th e ca s e s t a t e m e n t is g o o d a lt e rn a t ive t o Mu lt ile ve l if- t h e n - e ls e - fi s t a t e m e n t . It e n a b le yo u t o m a t ch s e ve ra l va lu e s a g a in s t o n e va ria b le . It s e a s ie r t o re a d a n d writ e . S yn t a x: case
$variable-name in pattern1) command ... .. command;; pattern2) command
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patternN)
*)
... .. command;; command ... .. command;; command ... .. command;;
esac Th e $ va ria b le - n a m e is co m p a re d a g a in s t t h e p a t t e rn s u n t il a m a t ch is fo u n d . Th e s h e ll t h e n e xe cu t e s a ll t h e s t a t e m e n t s u p t o t h e t wo s e m ico lo n s t h a t a re n e xt t o e a ch o t h e r. Th e d e fa u lt is * ) a n d it s e xe cu t e d if n o m a t ch is fo u n d . Fo r e g . Cre a t e s crip t a s fo llo ws $ cat > car # # if n o v e h ic le n a m e is g iv e n # i. e . - z $ 1 is d e fin e d a n d it is N ULL # # if n o c o m m a n d lin e a rg if [ - z $ 1 ] the n re n t a l= "* * * Un k n o w n v e h ic le * * * " e lif [ - n $ 1 ] the n # o t h e rw is e m a k e firs t a rg a s re n t a l re n t a l= $ 1 fi c a s e $ re n t a l in "c a r") e c h o "Fo r $ re n t a l Rs . 2 0 p e r k / m ";; "v a n ") e c h o "Fo r $ re n t a l Rs . 1 0 p e r k / m ";; "je e p ") e c h o "Fo r $ re n t a l Rs . 5 p e r k / m ";; "b ic y c le ") e c h o "Fo r $ re n t a l 2 0 p a is a p e r k / m ";; * ) e c h o "S o rry , I c a n n o t g a t a $ re n t a l fo r y o u ";; e sac
S a ve it b y p re s s in g CTRL+ D $ chm od + x car $ car van $ car car $ c a r Ma ru t i- 8 0 0 He re firs t we will ch e ck, t h a t if $ 1 ( firs t co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t ) is n o t g ive n s e t va lu e o f re n t a l va ria b le t o "* * * Un kn o wn ve h icle * * * ", if va lu e g ive n t h e n s e t it t o g ive n va lu e . Th e $ re n t a l is co m p a re d a g a in s t t h e p a t t e rn s u n t il a m a t ch is fo u n d . He re fo r firs t ru n it s m a t ch wit h va n a n d it will s h o w o u t p u t Fo r va n Rs . 1 0 p e r k/ m . Fo r s e co n d ru n it p rin t , "Fo r ca r Rs . 2 0 p e r k/ m ". An d fo r la s t ru n , t h e re is n o m a t ch fo r Ma ru t i- 8 0 0 , h e n ce d e fa u lt i. e . * ) is e xe cu t e d a n d it p rin t s , "S o rry, I ca n n o t g a t a Ma ru t i- 8 0 0 fo r yo u ". No t e t h a t e s a c is a lwa ys re q u ire d t o in d ica t e e n d o f ca s e s t a t e m e n t . ( 1 2 ) Th e re a d S t a t e m e n t Us e t o g e t in p u t fro m ke yb o a rd a n d s t o re t h e m t o va ria b le . http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/shellprog.htm (17 of 19) [17/08/2001 17.42.21]
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S yn t a x: re a d v a rib le 1 , v a rib le 2 , . . . v a rib le N Cre a t e s crip t a s $ cat > s ayH # # S c rip t t o re a d y o u r n a m e fro m k e y - b o a rd # e c h o "Yo u r firs t n a m e p le a s e :" re a d fn a m e e c h o "He llo $ fn a m e , Le t s b e frie n d !"
Ru n it a s fo llo ws $ chm od + x s ayH $ ./ s a y H Th is s crip t firs t a s k yo u yo u r n a m e a n d t h e n wa it s t o e n t e r n a m e fro m t h e u s e r, Th e n u s e r e n t e rs n a m e fro m ke yb o a rd ( Aft e r g ivin g n a m e yo u h a ve t o p re s s ENTER ke y) a n d t h is e n t e re d n a m e t h ro u g h ke yb o a rd is s t o re d ( a s s ig n e d ) t o va ria b le fn a m e . ( 1 3 ) File n a m e S h o rt h a n d o r m e t a Ch a ra ct e rs ( i. e . w ild ca rd s ) * o r ? o r [ . . . ] is o n e o f s u ch s h o rt h a n d ch a ra ct e r. * Ma t ch e s a n y s t rin g o r g ro u p o f ch a ra ct e rs . Fo r e . g . $ ls * , will s h o w a ll file s , $ ls a * - will s h o w a ll file s wh o s e firs t n a m e is s t a rt in g wit h le t t e r 'a ', $ ls * . c , will s h o w a ll file s h a vin g e xt e n s io n . c $ ls u t * . c , will s h o w a ll file s h a vin g e xt e n s io n . c b u t firs t t wo le t t e rs o f file n a m e m u s t b e 'u t '. ? Ma t ch e s a n y s in g le ch a ra ct e r. Fo r e . g . $ ls ? , will s h o w o n e s in g le le t t e r file n a m e , $ ls fo ? , will s h o w a ll file s wh o s e n a m e s a re 3 ch a ra ct e r lo n g a n d file n a m e b e g in wit h fo [ . . . ] Ma t ch e s a n y o n e o f t h e e n clo s e d ch a ra ct e rs . Fo r e . g . $ ls [ a b c ] * - will s h o w a ll file s b e g in n in g wit h le t t e rs a , b , c [ . . - . . ] A p a ir o f ch a ra ct e rs s e p a ra t e d b y a m in u s s ig n d e n o t e s a ra n g e ; Fo r e g . $ ls / b in / [ a - c] * - will s h o w a ll file s n a m e b e g in n in g wit h le t t e r a , b o r c like /bin/arch /bin/ash /bin/ash.static
/bin/awk /bin/basename /bin/bash
/bin/bsh /bin/cat /bin/chgrp
/bin/chmod /bin/chown /bin/consolechars
/bin/cp /bin/cpio /bin/csh
Bu t $ ls / b in / [ !a - o ] $ ls / b in / [ ^ a - o ] If t h e firs t ch a ra ct e r fo llo win g t h e [ is a ! o r a ^ t h e n a n y ch a ra ct e r n o t e n clo s e d is m a t ch e d i. e . d o n o t s h o w u s file n a m e t h a t b e g in n in g wit h a , b , c, e . . . o , like /bin/ps /bin/rvi /bin/sleep /bin/touch /bin/view /bin/pwd /bin/rview /bin/sort /bin/true /bin/wcomp /bin/red /bin/sayHello /bin/stty /bin/umount /bin/xconf /bin/remadmin /bin/sed /bin/su /bin/uname /bin/ypdomainname /bin/rm /bin/setserial /bin/sync /bin/userconf /bin/zcat /bin/rmdir /bin/sfxload /bin/tar /bin/usleep /bin/rpm /bin/sh /bin/tcsh /bin/vi ( 1 4 ) co m m a n d 1 ; co m m a n d 2 To ru n t wo co m m a n d wit h o n e co m m a n d lin e . Fo r e g . $ d a t e ;w h o , Will p rin t t o d a y's d a t e fo llo we d http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/shellprog.htm (18 of 19) [17/08/2001 17.42.21]
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b y u s e rs wh o a re cu rre n t ly lo g in . No t e t h a t Yo u ca n 't u s e $ d a t e wh o fo r s a m e p u rp o s e , yo u m u s t p u t s e m ico lo n in b e t we e n d a t e a n d wh o co m m a n d . © 1998-2000 FreeOS.com (I) Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Mo re Ad v a n c e d S h e ll S c rip t Co m m a n d s / d e v / n u ll - Us e t o s e n d u n w a n t e d o u t p u t o f p ro g ra m Th is is s p e cia l Lin u x file wh ich is u s e d t o s e n d a n y u n wa n t e d o u t p u t fro m p ro g ra m / co m m a n d . S yn t a x: co m m a n d > / d e v / n u ll Fo r e . g . $ ls > / d e v / n u ll , o u t p u t o f t h is co m m a n d is n o t s h o wn o n s cre e n it s s e n d t o t h is s p e cia l file . Th e / d e v d ire ct o ry co n t a in s o t h e r d e vice file s . Th e file s in t h is d ire ct o ry m o s t ly re p re s e n t p e rip h e ra l d e vice s s u ch d is ks liks flo p p y d is k, s o u n d ca rd , lin e p rin t e rs e t c.
Lo c a l a n d Glo b a l S h e ll v a ria b le ( e x p o rt c o m m a n d ) No rm a lly a ll o u r va ria b le s a re lo ca l. Lo ca l va ria b le ca n b e u s e d in s a m e s h e ll, if yo u lo a d a n o t h e r co p y o f s h e ll ( b y t yp in g t h e / b in / b a s h a t t h e $ p ro m p t ) t h e n n e w s h e ll ig n o re d a ll o ld s h e ll's va ria b le . Fo r e . g . Co n s id e r fo llo win g e xa m p le $ v e c h = Bu s $ e cho $ ve ch Bu s $ / b in / b a s h $ e cho $ ve ch NOTE: - Em p t y lin e p rin t e d $ v e c h = Ca r $ e cho $ ve ch Ca r $ e x it $ e cho $ ve ch Bu s Command $ vech=Bus $ echo $vech $ /bin/bash $ echo $vech $ vech=Car $ echo $vech $ exit $ echo $vech
Meaning Create new local variable 'vech' with Bus as value in first shell Print the contains of variable vech Now load second shell in memory (Which ignores all old shell's variable) Print the contains of variable vech Create new local variable 'vech' with Car as value in second shell Print the contains of variable vech Exit from second shell return to first shell Print the contains of variable vech (Now you can see first shells variable and its value)
We ca n co p y o ld s h e ll's va ria b le t o n e w s h e ll ( i. e . firs t s h e lls va ria b le t o s e co n d s s h e ll) , s u ch va ria b le is kn o w a s Glo b a l S h e ll va ria b le . To d o t h is u s e e xp o rt co m m a n d S yn t a x: e x p o rt v a ria b le 1 , v a ria b le 2 , . . . . . v a ria b le N Fo r e . g . $ v e c h = Bu s $ e cho $ ve ch Bu s $ e x p o rt v e c h $ / b in / b a s h $ e cho $ ve ch Bu s $ e x it $ e cho $ ve ch http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/maspc.htm (1 of 17) [17/08/2001 17.42.32]
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Bu s Command $ vech=Bus $ echo $vech $ export vech $ /bin/bash $ echo $vech $ exit $ echo $vech
Meaning Create new local variable 'vech' with Bus as value in first shell Print the contains of variable vech Export first shells variable to second shell Now load second shell in memory (Old shell's variable is accessed from second shell, if they are exported ) Print the contains of variable vech Exit from second shell return to first shell Print the contains of variable vech
Co n d it io n a l e x e c u t io n i. e . && a n d | | Th e co n t ro l o p e ra t o rs a re && ( re a d a s AND) a n d | | ( re a d a s OR) . An AND lis t h a s t h e S yn t a x: co m m a n d 1 && co m m a n d 2 He re co m m a n d 2 is e xe cu t e d if, a n d o n ly if, co m m a n d 1 re t u rn s a n e xit s t a t u s o f ze ro . An OR lis t h a s t h e S yn t a x: co m m a n d 1 | | co m m a n d 2 He re co m m a n d 2 is e xe cu t e d if a n d o n ly if co m m a n d 1 re t u rn s a n o n - ze ro e xit s t a t u s . Yo u ca n u s e b o t h a s fo llo ws co m m a n d 1 && co m a m n d 2 if e xis t s t a t u s is ze ro | | co m m a n d 3 if e xit s t a t u s is n o n - ze ro He re if co m m a n d 1 is e xe cu t e d s u cce s s fu lly t h e n s h e ll will ru n co m m a n d 2 a n d if co m m a n d 1 is n o t s u cce s s fu l t h e n co m m a n d 3 is e xe cu t e d . Fo r e . g . $ rm m y f && e c h o File is re m o v e d s u c c e s s fu lly | | e c h o File is n o t re m o v e d If file ( m yf) is re m o ve d s u cce s s fu l ( e xis t s t a t u s is ze ro ) t h e n "e ch o File is re m o ve d s u cce s s fu lly" s t a t e m e n t is e xe cu t e d , o t h e rwis e "e ch o File is n o t re m o ve d " s t a t e m e n t is e xe cu t e d ( s in ce e xis t s t a t u s is n o n - ze ro )
I / O Re d ire c t io n a n d file d e s c rip t o rs As yo u kn o w I/ O re d ire ct o rs a re u s e d t o s e n d o u t p u t o f co m m a n d t o file o r t o re a d in p u t fro m file . ( S e e In p u t / Ou t p u t re d ire ct io n ) . No w co n s id e r fo llo win g e xa m p le s $ cat > m yf Th is is m y file ^D Ab o ve co m m a n d s e n d o u t p u t o f ca t co m m a n d t o m yf file $ cal Ab o ve co m m a n d p rin t s ca le n d a r o n s cre e n , b u t if yo u wis h t o s t o re t h is ca le n d a r t o file t h e n g ive co m m a n d $ cal > m ycal Th e ca l co m m a n d s e n d o u t p u t t o m yca l file . Th is is ca lle d o u t p u t re d ire ct io n $ s o rt 10 -2 0 11 2 ^D -2 0 2 10 11 He re s o rt co m m a n d t a ke s in p u t fro m ke yb o a rd a n d t h e n s o rt s t h e n u m b e r, If we wis h t o t a ke in p u t fro m file g ive co m m a n d a s fo llo ws $ cat > nos 10 http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/maspc.htm (2 of 17) [17/08/2001 17.42.32]
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-2 0 11 2 ^D $ s o rt < n o s -2 0 2 10 11 Firs t we h a ve cre a t e d t h e file n o s , t h e n we h a ve t a ke n in p u t fro m t h is file a n d s o rt co m m a n d p rin t s s o rt e d n u m b e rs . Th is is ca lle d in p u t re d ire ct io n . In Lin u x ( An d in C p ro g ra m m in g La n g u a g e ) yo u r ke yb o a rd , s cre e n e t c a re t re a t e d a s file s . Fo llo win g a re n a m e o f s u ch file s
stdin
File Descriptors number 0
as Standard input
Keyboard
stdout stderr
1 2
as Standard output as Standard error
Screen Screen
Standard File
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By d e fa u lt in Lin u x e ve ry p ro g ra m h a s t h re e file s a s s o cia t e d wit h it , ( wh e n we s t a rt o u r p ro g ra m t h e s e t h re e file s a re a u t o m a t ica lly o p e n e d b y yo u r s h e ll) Th e u s e o f firs t t wo file s ( i. e . s t d in a n d s t d o u t ) , a re a lre a d y s e e n b y u s . Th e la s t file s t d e rr ( n u m b e re d a s 2 ) is u s e d b y o u r p ro g ra m t o p rin t e rro r o n s cre e n . Yo u ca n re d ire ct t h e o u t p u t fro m a file d e s crip t o r d ire ct ly t o file wit h fo llo win g S yn t a x: file - d e s crip t o r- n u m b e r> file n a m e Fo r e . g . $ rm b a d _ file _ n a m e 1 1 1 rm : ca n n o t re m o ve ` b a d _ file _ n a m e 1 1 1 ': No s u ch file o r d ire ct o ry , is t h e o u t p u t ( e rro r) o f t h e a b o ve p ro g ra m . No w if we t ry t o re d ire ct t h is e rro r- o u t p u t t o file , it ca n n o t b e s e n d t o file $ rm b a d _ file _ n a m e 1 1 1 > e r S t ill it p rin t s o u t p u t o n s t d e rr a s rm : ca n n o t re m o ve ` b a d _ file _ n a m e 1 1 1 ': No s u ch file o r d ire ct o ry, An d if yo u s e e e r file a s $ ca t e r , Th is file is e m p t y, s in ce o u t p u t is s e n d t o e rro r d e vice a n d yo u ca n n o t re d ire ct it t o co p y t h is e rro r- o u t p u t t o yo u r file 'e r'. To o ve rco m e t h is we h a ve t o u s e fo llo win g co m m a n d $ rm b a d _ file _ n a m e 1 1 1 2 > e r No t e t h a t n o s p a ce a re a llo we d b e t we e n 2 a n d > , Th e 2 > e r d ire ct s t h e s t a n d a rd e rro r o u t p u t t o file . 2 n u m b e r is d e fa u lt n u m b e r o f s t d e rr file . No w co n s id e r a n o t h e r e xa m p le , h e re we a re writ in g s h e ll s crip t a s fo llo ws $ cat > de m o s cr if [ $ # - n e 2 ] the n e c h o "Erro r : N u m b e r a re n o t s u p p lie d " e c h o "Us a g e : $ 0 n u m b e r1 n u m b e r2 " e x it 1 fi ans = ` e xpr $ 1 + $ 2 ` e c h o "S u m is $ a n s " Try it a s fo llo w s $ chm o d + x de m o s cr $ ./ de m o s cr Erro r : Nu m b e r a re n o t s u p p lie d Us a g e : . / d e m o s cr n u m b e r1 n u m b e r2 $ . / d e m o s c r > e r1 $ ./ de m o s cr 5 7 S u m is 1 2 He re fo r firs t s a m p le ru n , o u r s crip t p rin t s e rro r m e s s a g e in d ica t in g t h a t we h a ve n o t g ive n t wo n u m b e r. Fo r s e co n d s a m p le ru n , we h a ve re d ire ct o u t p u t o f o u r s crip t t o file , s in ce it 's e rro r we h a ve t o s h o w it t o
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u s e r, It m e a n s we h a ve t o p rin t o u r e rro r m e s s a g e o n s t d e rr n o t o n s t d o u t . To o ve rco m e t h is p ro b le m re p la ce a b o ve e ch o s t a t e m e n t s a s fo llo ws e c h o "Erro r : N u m b e r a re n o t s u p p lie d " 1 > &2 e c h o "Us a g e : $ 0 n u m b e r1 n u m b e r2 " 1 > &2 No w if yo u ru n a s $ . / d e m o s cr > e r1 Erro r : Nu m b e r a re n o t s u p p lie d Us a g e : . / d e m o s cr n u m b e r1 n u m b e r2 It will p rin t e rro r m e s s a g e o n s t d e rr a n d n o t o n s t d o u t . Th e 1 > &2 a t t h e e n d o f e ch o s t a t e m e n t , d ire ct s t h e s t a n d a rd o u t p u t ( s t d o u t ) t o s t a n d a rd e rro r ( s t d e rr) d e vice . S yn t a x: fro m > &d e s t in a t io n
Fu n c t io n s Fu n ct io n is s e rie s o f in s t ru ct io n / co m m a n d s . Fu n ct io n p e rfo rm s p a rt icu la r a ct ivit y in s h e ll. To d e fin e fu n ct io n u s e fo llo win g S yn t a x: function-name ( ) { command1 command2 ..... ... commandN return }
Wh e re fu n ct io n - n a m e is n a m e o f yo u fu n ct io n , t h a t e xe cu t e s t h e s e co m m a n d s . A re t u rn s t a t e m e n t will t e rm in a t e t h e fu n ct io n . Fo r e . g . Typ e S a yHe llo ( ) a t $ p ro m p t a s fo llo ws $ S a y He llo ( ) { e c h o "He llo $ LOGN AME, Ha v e n ic e c o m p u t in g " re t u rn } No w t o e xe cu t e t h is S a yHe llo ( ) fu n ct io n ju s t t yp e it n a m e a s fo llo ws $ S a y He llo He llo xxxxx, Ha ve n ice co m p u t in g Th is wa y yo u ca n ca ll yo u r fu n ct io n . No t e t h a t a ft e r re s t a rt in g yo u r co m p u t e r yo u will lo s s t h is S a yHe llo ( ) fu n ct io n , s in ce it s cre a t e d fo r t h a t s e s s io n o n ly. To o ve rco m e t h is p ro b le m a n d t o a d d yo u o wn fu n ct io n t o a u t o m a t s o m e o f t h e d a y t o d a y life t a s k, yo u r fu n ct io n t o / e t c/ b a s h rc file . No t e t h a t t o a d d fu n ct io n t o t h is file yo u m u s t lo g o n a s ro o t . Fo llo win g is t h e s a m p le / e t c/ b a s h rc file wit h t o d a y( ) fu n ct io n , wh ich is u s e d t o p rin t fo rm a t t e d d a t e . Firs t lo g o n a s ro o t o r if yo u a lre a d y lo g o n wit h yo u r n a m e ( yo u r lo g in is n o t ro o t ) , a n d wa n t t o m o ve t o ro o t a cco u n t , t h e n yo u ca n t yp e fo llo win g co m m a n d , wh e n a s ke d fo r p a s s wo rd t yp e ro o t ( a d m in is t ra t o rs ) p a s s wo rd $ su p a s s w o rd : No w o p e n file a s ( No t e yo u r p ro m p t is ch a n g e d t o # fro m $ t o in d ica t e yo u a re ro o t ) # v i / e t c / b a s h rc OR # m c e d it / e t c / b a s h rc At t h e e n d o f file a d d fo llo win g in / e t c/ b a s h rc file # # t o d a y ( ) t o p rin t fo rm a t t e d d a t e # # To ru n t h is fu n c t io n t y p e t o d a y a t t h e $ p ro m p t # Ad d e d b y Viv e k t o s h o w fu n c t io n in Lin u x # http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/maspc.htm (4 of 17) [17/08/2001 17.42.32]
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to da y( ) { e c h o Th is is a ` d a t e + "% A % d in % B o f % Y ( % r) "` re t u rn } S a ve t h e file a n d e xit it , a ft e r a ll t h is m o d ifica t io n yo u r file m a y lo o k like a s fo llo ws # / e t c / b a s h rc # S y s t e m w id e fu n c t io n s a n d a lia s e s # En v iro n m e n t s t u ff g o e s in / e t c / p ro file # Fo r s o m e u n k n o w n re a s o n b a s h re fu s e s t o in h e rit # P S 1 in s o m e c irc u m s t a n c e s t h a t I c a n 't fig u re o u t . # P u t t in g P S 1 h e re e n s u re s t h a t it g e t s lo a d e d e v e ry t im e . P S 1 = "[ \ u @\ h \ W ] \ \ $ " # # t o d a y ( ) t o p rin t fo rm a t t e d d a t e # # To ru n t h is fu n c t io n t y p e t o d a y a t t h e $ p ro m p t # Ad d e d b y Viv e k t o s h o w fu n c t io n in Lin u x to da y( ) { e c h o Th is is a ` d a t e + "% A % d in % B o f % Y ( % r) "` re t u rn } To ru n fu n ct io n firs t co m p le t e ly lo g o u t b y t yp in g e xit a t t h e $ p ro m p t ( Or p re s s CTRL + D, No t e yo u m a y h a ve t o t yp e e xit ( CTRL + D) t wice if yo u lo g in t o ro o t a cco u n t b y u s in g s u co m m a n d ) , t h e n lo g in a n d t yp e $ t o d a y , t h is wa y t o d a y( ) is a va ila b le t o a ll u s e r in yo u r s ys t e m , If yo u wa n t t o a d d p a rt icu la r fu n ct io n t o p a rt icu la r u s e r t h e n o p e n . b a s h rc file in yo u r h o m e d ire ct o ry a s fo llo ws # v i . b a s h rc OR # m c e d it . b a s h rc At t h e e n d o f file a d d fo llo win g in . b a s h rc file S a y Bu y ( ) { e c h o "Bu y $ LOGN AME ! Life n e v e r b e t h e s a m e , u n t il y o u lo g a g a in !" e c h o "P re s s a k e y t o lo g o u t . . . " re a d re t u rn } S a ve t h e file a n d e xit it , a ft e r a ll t h is m o d ifica t io n yo u r file m a y lo o k like a s fo llo ws # . b a s h rc # # Us e r s p e c ific a lia s e s a n d fu n c t io n s # S o u rc e g lo b a l d e fin it io n s if [ - f / e t c / b a s h rc ] ; t h e n . / e t c / b a s h rc fi S a y Bu y ( )
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{ e c h o "Bu y $ LOGN AME ! Life n e v e r b e t h e s a m e , u n t il y o u lo g a g a in !" e c h o "P re s s a k e y t o lo g o u t . . . " re a d re t u rn } To ru n fu n ct io n firs t lo g o u t b y t yp in g e xit a t t h e $ p ro m p t ( Or p re s s CTRL + D ) , t h e n lo g o n a n d t yp e $ S a y Bu y , t h is wa y S a yBu y( ) is a va ila b le t o o n ly in yo u r lo g in a n d n o t t o a ll u s e r in s ys t e m , Us e . b a s h rc file in yo u r h o m e d ire ct o ry t o a d d Us e r s p e cific a lia s e s a n d fu n ct io n s o n ly. ( Tip : If yo u wa n t t o s h o w s o m e m e s s a g e o r wa n t t o p e rfo rm s o m e a ct io n wh e n yo u lo g o u t , Op e n file . b a s h _ lo g o u t in yo u r h o m e d ire ct o ry a n d a d d yo u r s t u ff h e re Fo r e . g . Wh e n e ve r I lo g o u t , I wa n t t o s h o w m e s s a g e Bu y! Th e n o p e n yo u r . b a s h _ lo g o u t file u s in g t e xt e d it o r s u ch a s vi a n d a d d s t a t e m e n t e c h o "Bu y $ LOGN AME, P re s s a k e y . . . " re a d S a ve a n d e xit fro m t h e file . Th e n t o t e s t t h is lo g o u t fro m yo u r s ys t e m b y p re s s in g CTRL + D ( o r t yp e e x it ) im m e d ia t e ly yo u will s e e m e s s a g e "Bu y xxxxx, Pre s s a ke y. . . ", a ft e r p re s s in g ke y yo u will b e e xit e d . )
Us e r I n t e rfa c e a n d d ia lo g u t ilit y Go o d p ro g ra m / s h e ll s crip t m u s t in t e ra ct wit h u s e rs . Th e re a re t wo wa ys t o t h is o n e is u s e co m m a n d lin e t o s crip t wh e n yo u wa n t in p u t , s e co n d u s e s t a t e m e n t like e ch o a n d re a d t o re a d in p u t in t o va ria b le fro m t h e p ro m p t . Fo r e . g . Writ e s crip t a s $ c a t > u s e rin t e # # S c rip t t o d e m o e c h o a n d re a d c o m m a n d fo r u s e r in t e ra c t io n # e c h o "Yo u r g o o d n a m e p le a s e :" re a d n a e c h o "Yo u r a g e p le a s e :" re a d a g e n e y r= ` e x p r $ a g e + 1 ` e c h o "He llo $ n a , n e x t y e a r y o u w ill b e $ n e y r y rs o ld . " S a ve it a n d ru n a s $ c h m o d + x u s e rin t e $ . / u s e rin t e Yo u r g o o d n a m e p le a s e : Vive k Yo u r a g e p le a s e : 25 He llo Vive k, n e xt ye a r yo u will b e 2 6 yrs o ld . Eve n yo u ca n cre a t e m e n u s t o in t e ra ct wit h u s e r, firs t s h o w m e n u o p t io n , t h e n a s k u s e r t o ch o o s e m e n u it e m , a n d t a ke a p p ro p ria t e a ct io n a cco rd in g t o s e le ct e d m e n u it e m , t h is t e ch n iq u e is s h o w in fo llo win g s crip t $ cat > m e nuui # # S c rip t t o c re a t e s im p le m e n u s a n d t a k e a c t io n a c c o rd in g t o t h a t s e le c t e d # m e n u it e m # w h ile : do c le a r e c h o "- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - " e c h o " Ma in Me n u " e c h o "- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - " e c h o "[ 1 ] S h o w To d a y s d a t e / t im e " e c h o "[ 2 ] S h o w file s in c u rre n t d ire c t o ry " http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/maspc.htm (6 of 17) [17/08/2001 17.42.32]
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e c h o "[ 3 ] S h o w c a le n d a r" e c h o "[ 4 ] S t a rt e d it o r t o w rit e le t t e rs " e c h o "[ 5 ] Ex it / S t o p " e c h o "= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = " e c h o - n "En t e r y o u r m e n u c h o ic e [ 1 - 5 ] : " re a d y o u rc h c a s e $ y o u rc h in 1 ) e c h o "To d a y is ` d a t e ` , p re s s a k e y . . . " ; re a d ;; 2 ) e c h o "File s in ` p w d ` " ; ls - l ; e c h o "P re s s a k e y . . . " ; re a d ;; 3 ) c a l ; e c h o "P re s s a k e y . . . " ; re a d ;; 4 ) v i ;; 5 ) e x it 0 ;; * ) e c h o "Op p s !!! P le a s e s e le c t c h o ic e 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , o r 5 "; e c h o "P re s s a k e y . . . " ; re a d ;; e s ca do ne Ab o ve a ll s t a t e m e n t e xp la in e d in fo llo win g t a b le Statement while : do
Explanation Start infinite loop, this loop will only break if you select 5 ( i.e. Exit/Stop menu item) as your menu choice Start loop
clear
Clear the screen, each and every time
echo "-------------------------------------" echo " Main Menu " echo "-------------------------------------" echo "[1] Show Todays date/time" echo "[2] Show files in current directory" echo "[3] Show calendar" echo "[4] Start editor to write letters" echo "[5] Exit/Stop" echo "======================="
Show menu on screen with menu items
echo -n "Enter your menu choice [1-5]: " read yourch case $yourch in 1) echo "Today is `date` , press a key. . ." ; read ;; 2) echo "Files in `pwd`" ; ls -l ; echo "Press a key. . ." ; read ;; 3) cal ; echo "Press a key. . ." ; read ;; 4) vi ;; 5) exit 0 ;; *) echo "Opps!!! Please select choice 1,2,3,4, or 5"; echo "Press a key. . ." ; read ;; esca done
Ask user to enter menu item number Read menu item number from user
Take appropriate action according to selected menu item, If menu item is not between 1 - 5, then show error and ask user to input number between 1-5 again
Stop loop , if menu item number is 5 ( i.e. Exit/Stop)
Us e r in t e rfa ce u s u a lly in clu d e s , m e n u s , d iffe re n t t yp e o f b o xe s like in fo b o x, m e s s a g e b o x, In p u t b o x e t c. In Lin u x s h e ll t h e re is n o b u ilt - in fa cilit y a va ila b le t o cre a t e s u ch u s e r in t e rfa ce , Bu t t h e re is o n e u t ilit y s u p p lie d wit h Re d Ha t Lin u x ve rs io n 6 . 0 ca lle d d ia lo g , wh ich is u s e d t o cre a t e d iffe re n t t yp e o f b o xe s like in fo b o x, m e s s a g e b o x, m e n u b o x, In p u t b o x e t c. No w t ry d ia lo g u t ilit y a s fo llo ws :
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$ c a t > d ia 1 d ia lo g - - t it le "Lin u x D ia lo g Ut ilit y I n fo b o x " - - b a c k t it le "Lin u x S h e ll S c rip t \ Tu t o ria l" - - in fo b o x "Th is is d ia lo g b o x c a lle d in fo b o x , w h ic h is u s e d \ t o s h o w s o m e in fo rm a t io n o n s c re e n , Th a n k s t o S a v io La m a n d \ S t u a rt He rb e rt t o g iv e u s t h is u t ilit y . P re s s a n y k e y . . . " 7 5 0 ; re a d S a ve t h e s h e ll s crip t a n d ru n a s $ c h m o d + x d ia 1 $ . / d ia 1 Aft e r e xe cu t in g t h is d ia lo g s t a t e m e n t yo u will s e e b o x o n s cre e n wit h t it le d a s "We lco m e t o Lin u x Dia lo g Ut ilit y" a n d m e s s a g e "Th is is d ia lo g . . . . Pre s s a n y ke y. . . " in s id e t h is b o x. Th e t it le o f b o x is s p e cifie d b y - - t it le o p t io n a n d in fo b o x wit h - - in fo b o x "Me s s a g e " wit h t h is o p t io n . He re 7 a n d 5 0 a re h e ig h t - o f- b o x a n d wid t h - o f- b o x re s p e ct ive ly. "Lin u x S h e ll S crip t Tu t o ria l" is t h e b a ckt it le o f d ia lo g s h o w o n u p p e r le ft s id e o f s cre e n a n d b e lo w t h a t lin e is d ra wn . Us e d ia lo g u t ilit y t o Dis p la y d ia lo g b o xe s fro m s h e ll s crip t s . S yn t a x: dialog --title {title} --backtitle {backtitle} {Box options} where Box options can be any one of following --yesno {text} {height} {width} --msgbox {text} {height} {width} --infobox {text} {height} {width} --inputbox {text} {height} {width} [{init}] --textbox {file} {height} {width} --menu {text} {height} {width} {menu} {height} {tag1} item1}...
m s g b o x u s in g d ia lo g u t ilit y $ c a t > d ia 2 d ia lo g - - t it le "Lin u x D ia lo g Ut ilit y Ms g b o x " - - b a c k t it le "Lin u x S h e ll S c rip t \ Tu t o ria l" - - m s g b o x "Th is is d ia lo g b o x c a lle d m s g b o x , w h ic h is u s e d \ t o s h o w s o m e in fo rm a t io n o n s c re e n w h ic h h a s a ls o Ok b u t t o n , Th a n k s t o S a v io La m \ a n d S t u a rt He rb e rt t o g iv e u s t h is u t ilit y . P re s s a n y k e y . . . " 9 5 0 S a ve it a n d ru n a s $ c h m o d + x d ia 2 $ . / d ia 2 ye s n o b o x u s in g d ia lo g u t ilit y $ c a t > d ia 3 d ia lo g - - t it le "Ale rt : D e le t e File " - - b a c k t it le "Lin u x S h e ll S c rip t \ Tu t o ria l" - - y e s n o "\ n D o y o u w a n t t o d e le t e '/ u s r/ le t t e rs / jo b a p p lic a t io n '\ file " 7 6 0 s e l= $ ? c a s e $ s e l in 0 ) e c h o "Yo u s e le c t t o d e le t e file ";; 1 ) e c h o "Yo u s e le c t n o t t o d e le t e file ";; 2 5 5 ) e c h o "Ca n c e le d b y y o u b y p re s s in g [ ES C] k e y ";; e sac S a ve it a n d ru n a s $ c h m o d + x d ia 3 $ . / d ia 3 Ab o ve s crip t cre a t e s ye s n o t yp e d ia lo g b o x, wh ich is u s e d t o a s k s o m e q u e s t io n s t o t h e u s e r , a n d a n s we r t o t h o s e q u e s t io n e it h e r ye s o r n o . Aft e r a s kin g q u e s t io n h o w d o we kn o w, wh e t h e r u s e r h a s p re s s ye s o r n o b u t t o n ? Th e a n s we r is e xit s t a t u s , if u s e r p re s s ye s b u t t o n e xit s t a t u s will b e ze ro , if u s e r p re s s n o b u t t o n e xit s t a t u s will b e o n e a n d if u s e r p re s s Es ca p e ke y t o ca n ce l d ia lo g b o x e xit s t a t u s will b e o n e 2 5 5 . Th a t is wh a t we h a ve t e s t e d in o u r a b o ve s h e ll a s http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/maspc.htm (8 of 17) [17/08/2001 17.42.32]
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Statement sel=$? case $sel in 0) echo "You select to delete file";; 1) echo "You select not to delete file";; 255) echo "Canceled by you by pressing [Escape] key";; esac
Meaning Get exit status of dialog utility Now take action according to exit status of dialog utility, if exit status is 0 , delete file, if exit status is 1 do not delete file and if exit status is 255, means Escape key is pressed.
in p u t b o x u s in g d ia lo g u t ilit y $ c a t > d ia 4 d ia lo g - - t it le "I n p u t b o x - To t a k e in p u t fro m y o u " - - b a c k t it le "Lin u x S h e ll\ S c rip t Tu t o ria l" - - in p u t b o x "En t e r y o u r n a m e p le a s e " 8 6 0 2 > / t m p / in p u t . $ $ s e l= $ ? n a = ` c a t / t m p / in p u t . $ $ ` c a s e $ s e l in 0 ) e c h o "He llo $ n a " ;; 1 ) e c h o "Ca n c e l is P re s s " ;; 2 5 5 ) e c h o "[ ES CAP E] k e y p re s s e d " ;; e sac rm - f / t m p / in p u t . $ $ In p u t b o x is u s e d t o t a ke in p u t fro m u s e r, He re we a re t a kin g Na m e o f u s e r a s in p u t . Bu t wh e re we a re g o in g t o s t o re in p u t t e d n a m e , t h e a n s we r is t o re d ire ct in p u t t e d n a m e t o file via s t a t e m e n t 2 > / t m p / in p u t . $ $ a t t h e e n d o f d ia lo g co m m a n d , wh ich m e a n s s e n d s cre e n o u t p u t t o file ca lle d / t m p / in p u t . $ $ , le t t e r we ca n re t rie ve t h is in p u t t e d n a m e a n d s t o re t o va ria b le a s fo llo ws n a = ` c a t / t m p / in p u t . $ $ ` . Fo r in p u t b o x e xit s t a t u s is a s fo llo ws Exit Status for Inputbox 0 1
Meaning Command is successful Cancel button is pressed by user
255
Escape key is pressed by user
No w we will writ e s crip t t o cre a t e m e n u s u s in g d ia lo g u t ilit y, fo llo win g a re m e n u it e m s Da t e / t im e Ca le n d a r Ed it o r a n d a ct io n fo r e a ch m e n u - it e m is fo llo ws ----------------------------------------------MENU- ITEM ACTION ----------------------------------------------Da t e / t im e S h o w cu rre n t d a t e / t im e Ca le n d a r S h o w ca le n d a r Ed it o r S t a rt vi Ed it o r ----------------------------------------------Cre a t e s crip t a s fo llo ws $ cat > s m e nu # # Ho w t o c re a t e s m a ll m e n u u s in g d ia lo g # d ia lo g - - b a c k t it le "Lin u x S h e ll S c rip t Tu t o ria l " - - t it le "Ma in \ Me n u " - - m e n u "Mo v e u s in g [ UP ] [ D OW N ] , [ En t e r] t o \
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3\ "S h o w s D a t e a n d Tim e "\ "To s e e c a le n d a r "\ "To s t a rt v i e d it o r " 2 > / t m p / m e n u it e m . $ $
m e n u it e m = ` c a t / t m p / m e n u it e m . $ $ ` o pt= $ ? c a s e $ m e n u it e m in D a t e / t im e ) d a t e ;; Ca le n d a r) c a l;; Ed it o r) v i;; e sac rm - f / t m p / m e n u it e m . $ $ S a ve it a n d ru n a s $ chm od + x s m e nu $ ./ s m e n u He re - - m e n u o p t io n is u s e d o f d ia lo g u t ilit y t o cre a t e m e n u s , m e n u o p t io n t a ke --menu options
Meaning
"Move using [UP] [DOWN],[Enter] to Select" 15
This is text show before menu Height of box
50 3
Width of box Height of menu First menu item called as tag1 (i.e. Date/time) and description for menu item called as item1 (i.e. "Shows Date and Time") First menu item called as tag2 (i.e. Calendar) and description for menu item called as item2 (i.e. "To see calendar") First menu item called as tag3 (i.e. Editor) and description for menu item called as item3 (i.e."To start vi editor") Send sleeted menu item (tag) to this temporary file
Date/time
"Shows Date and Time"
Calendar
"To see calendar "
Editor
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Aft e r cre a t in g m e n u s , u s e r s e le ct s m e n u - it e m b y p re s s in g e n t e r ke y t h e s e le ct e d ch o ice is re d ire ct e d t o t e m p o ra ry file , Ne xt t h is m e n u - it e m is re t rie ve d fro m t e m p o ra ry file a n d fo llo win g ca s e s t a t e m e n t co m p a re t h e m e n u - it e m a n d t a ke s a p p ro p ria t e s t e p a cco rd in g t o s e le ct e d m e n u it e m . As yo u s e e , d ia lo g u t ilit y a llo ws m o re p o we rfu l u s e r in t e ra ct io n t h e n t h e o ld e r re a d a n d e ch o s t a t e m e n t . Th e o n ly p ro b le m wit h d ia lo g u t ilit y is it wo rk s lo wly.
t ra p c o m m a n d No w co n s id e r fo llo win g s crip t $ c a t > t e s t s ig n ls - R / S a ve a n d ru n it a s $ c h m o d + x t e s t s ig n $ . / t e s t s ig n No w if yo u p re s s ct rl + c , wh ile ru n n in g t h is s crip t , s crip t g e t t e rm in a t e d . Th e ct rl + c h e re wo rk a s s ig n a l, Wh e n s u ch s ig n a l o ccu rs it s s e n d t o a ll p ro ce s s cu rre n t ly ru n n in g in yo u r s ys t e m . No w co n s id e r fo llo win g s h e ll s crip t http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/maspc.htm (10 of 17) [17/08/2001 17.42.32]
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$ c a t > t e s t s ig n 1 # # W h y t o t ra p s ig n a l, v e rs io n 1 # Ta k e _ in p u t 1 ( ) { re c n o = 0 c le a r e c h o "Ap p o in t m e n t N o t e k e e p e r Ap p lic a t io n fo r Lin u x " e c h o - n "En t e r y o u r d a t a b a s e file n a m e : " re a d file n a m e if [ ! - f $ file n a m e ] ; t h e n e c h o "S o rry , $ file n a m e d o e s n o t e x it , Cre a t in g $ file n a m e d a t a b a s e " e c h o "Ap p o in t m e n t N o t e k e e p e r Ap p lic a t io n d a t a b a s e file " > $ file n a m e fi e c h o "D a t a e n t ry s t a rt d a t a : ` d a t e ` " > / t m p / in p u t 0 . $ $ # # S e t a in fin it e lo o p # w h ile : do e c h o - n "Ap p o in t m e n t Tit le :" re a d n a e c h o - n "Ap p o in t t im e :" re a d t i e c h o - n "An y Re m a rk :" re a d re m a rk e c h o - n "I s d a t a o k a y ( y / n ) ? " re a d a n s if [ $ a n s = y - o $ a n s = Y ] ; t h e n re c n o = ` e x p r $ re c n o + 1 ` e c h o "$ re c n o . $ n a $ t i $ re m a rk " > > / t m p / in p u t 0 . $ $ fi e c h o - n "Ad d n e x t a p p o in t m e n t ( y / n ) ? " re a d is n e x t if [ $ is n e x t = n - o $ is n e x t = N ] ; t h e n c a t / t m p / in p u t 0 . $ $ > > $ file n a m e rm - f / t m p / in p u t 0 . $ $ re t u rn # t e rm in a t e lo o p fi do ne } # # # Ca ll o u r u s e r d e fin e fu n c t io n : Ta k e _ in p u t 1 # Ta k e _ in p u t 1 S a ve it a n d ru n a s $ c h m o d + x t e s t s ig n 1 $ . / t e s t s ig n 1 It firs t a s k yo u m a in d a t a b a s e file wh e re a ll a p p o in t m e n t o f t h a t d a y is s t o re d , if n o s u ch d a t a b a s e file fo u n d , file is cre a t e d , a ft e r t h a t it o p e n o n e t e m p o ra ry file in / t m p d ire ct o ry, a n d p u t s t o d a y's d a t e in t h a t http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/maspc.htm (11 of 17) [17/08/2001 17.42.32]
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file . Th e n o n e in fin it e lo o p b e g in s , wh ich a s k a p p o in t m e n t t it le , t im e a n d re m a rk, if t h is in fo rm a t io n is co rre ct it s writ t e n t o t e m p o ra ry file , Aft e r t h a t s crip t a s k u s e r , wh e t h e r h e / s h e wa n t s a d d n e xt a p p o in t m e n t re co rd , if ye s t h e n n e xt re co rd is a d d e d , o t h e rwis e a ll re co rd s a re co p ie d fro m t e m p o ra ry file t o d a t a b a s e file a n d t h e n lo o p will b e t e rm in a t e d . Yo u ca n vie w yo u r d a t a b a s e file b y u s in g ca t co m m a n d . No w p ro b le m is t h a t wh ile ru n n in g t h is s crip t , if yo u p re s s CTRL + C, yo u r s h e ll s crip t g e t s t e rm in a t e d a n d t e m p o ra ry file a re le ft in / t m p d ire ct o ry. Fo r e . g . t ry a s fo llo ws $ . / t e s t s ig n 1 Aft e r g ive n d a t a b a s e file n a m e a n d a ft e r a d d in g a t le a s t o n e a p p o in t m e n t re co rd t o t e m p o ra ry file p re s s CTRL+ C, Ou r s crip t g e t t e rm in a t e d , a n d it le ft t e m p o ra ry file in / t m p d ire ct o ry, yo u ca n ch e ck t h is b y g ivin g co m m a n d a s fo llo ws $ ls / t m p / in p u t * Ou r s crip t n e e d s t o d e t e ct wh e n s u ch s ig n a l ( e ve n t ) o ccu rs , To a ch ie ve t h is we h a ve t o firs t d e t e ct S ig n a l u s in g t ra p co m m a n d S yn t a x: t ra p { co m m a n d s } { s ig n a l n u m b e r lis t } S ig n a l Nu m b e r 0
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To ca t ch t h is s ig n a l in a b o ve s crip t , p u t t ra p s t a t e m e n t b e fo re ca llin g Ta ke _ in p u t 1 fu n ct io n a s t ra p d e l_ file 2 . , He re t ra p co m m a n d ca lle d d e l_ file ( ) wh e n 2 n u m b e r in t e rru p t ( i. e . CTRL+ C ) o ccu rs . Op e n a b o ve s crip t in e d it o r a n d m o d ify it s o t h a t a t t h e e n d it will lo o k like a s fo llo ws $ v i t e s t s ig n 1 or $ m c e d it t e s t s ig n 1 # # s ig n a l is t ra p p e d t o d e le t e t e m p o ra ry file , v e rs io n 2 # d e l_ file ( ) { e c h o "* * * CTRL + C Tra p Oc c u rs ( re m o v in g t e m p o ra ry file ) * * * " rm - f / t m p / in p u t 0 . $ $ e x it 1 } Ta k e _ in p u t 1 ( ) { re c n o = 0 c le a r e c h o "Ap p o in t m e n t N o t e k e e p e r Ap p lic a t io n fo r Lin u x " e c h o - n "En t e r y o u r d a t a b a s e file n a m e : " re a d file n a m e if [ ! - f $ file n a m e ] ; t h e n e c h o "S o rry , $ file n a m e d o e s n o t e x it , Cre a t in g $ file n a m e d a t a b a s e " e c h o "Ap p o in t m e n t N o t e k e e p e r Ap p lic a t io n d a t a b a s e file " > $ file n a m e fi e c h o "D a t a e n t ry s t a rt d a t a : ` d a t e ` " > / t m p / in p u t 0 . $ $ # # S e t a in fin it e lo o p # w h ile : do
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- n "Ap p o in t m e n t Tit le :" na - n "Ap p o in t t im e :" ti - n "An y Re m a rk :" re m a rk - n "I s d a t a o k a y ( y / n ) ? " ans
if [ $ a n s = y - o $ a n s = Y ] ; t h e n re c n o = ` e x p r $ re c n o + 1 ` e c h o "$ re c n o . $ n a $ t i $ re m a rk " > > / t m p / in p u t 0 . $ $ fi e c h o - n "Ad d n e x t a p p o in t m e n t ( y / n ) ? " re a d is n e x t if [ $ is n e x t = n - o $ is n e x t = N ] ; t h e n c a t / t m p / in p u t 0 . $ $ > > $ file n a m e rm - f / t m p / in p u t 0 . $ $ re t u rn # t e rm in a t e lo o p fi do ne } # # S e t t ra p t o fo r CTRL+ C in t e rru p t , # W h e n o c c u rs it firs t it c a lls d e l_ file ( ) a n d t h e n e x it # t ra p d e l_ file 2 # # Ca ll o u r u s e r d e fin e fu n c t io n : Ta k e _ in p u t 1 # Ta k e _ in p u t 1 No w s a ve it ru n t h e p ro g ra m a s $ . / t e s t s ig n 1 Aft e r g ive n d a t a b a s e file n a m e a n d a ft e r g ivin g a p p o in t m e n t t it le p re s s CTRL+ C, He re we h a ve a lre a d y ca p t u re d t h is CTRL + C s ig n a l ( in t e rru p t ) , s o firs t o u r fu n ct io n d e l_ file ( ) is ca lle d , in wh ich it g ive s m e s s a g e a s "* * * CTRL + C Tra p Occu rs ( re m o v in g t e m p o ra ry file ) * * * " a n d t h e n it re m o ve o u r t e m p o ra ry file a n d t h e n e xit wit h e xit s t a t u s 1 . No w ch e ck / t m p d ire ct o ry a s fo llo ws $ ls / t m p / in p u t * No w S h e ll will re p o rt n o s u ch t e m p o ra ry file e xit .
g e to pts co m m a nd Th is co m m a n d is u s e d t o ch e ck va lid co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t p a s s e d t o s crip t . Us u a lly u s e d in wh ile lo o p . S yn t a x: g e t o p t s { o p t s rin g } { v a ria b le 1 } g e t o p t s is u s e d b y s h e ll t o p a rs e co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t . o p t s t rin g co n t a in s t h e o p t io n le t t e rs t o b e re co g n ize d ; if a le t t e r is fo llo we d b y a co lo n , t h e o p t io n is e xp e ct e d t o h a ve a n a rg u m e n t , wh ich s h o u ld b e s e p a ra t e d fro m it b y wh it e s p a ce . Ea ch t im e it is in vo ke d , g e t o p t s p la ce s t h e n e xt o p t io n in t h e s h e ll va ria b le va ria b le 1 , Wh e n a n o p t io n re q u ire s a n a rg u m e n t , g e t o p t s p la ce s t h a t a rg u m e n t in t o t h e va ria b le OPTARG. On e rro rs g e t o p t s d ia g n o s t ic m e s s a g e s a re p rin t e d wh e n ille g a l o p t io n s o r m is s in g o p t io n a rg u m e n t s a re e n co u n t e re d . If a n ille g a l o p t io n is s e e n , g e t o p t s p la ce s ? in t o va ria b le 1 . Fo r e . g . We h a ve s crip t ca lle d a n i wh ich h a s s yn t a x a s an i -n -a -s -w -d Op t io n s : Th e s e a re o p t io n a l a rg u m e n t - n n a m e o f a n im a l
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- a a g e o f a n im a l - s s e x o f a n im a l - w w e ig h t o f a n im a l - d d e m o v a lu e s ( if a n y o f t h e a b o v e o p t io n s a re u s e d t h e ir v a lu e s a re n o t t a k e n ) $ cat > ani # # Us a g e : a n i - n - a - s - w - d # # # h e lp _ a n i( ) To p rin t h e lp # h e lp _ a n i( ) { e c h o "Us a g e : $ 0 - n - a - s - w - d " e c h o "Op t io n s : Th e s e a re o p t io n a l a rg u m e n t " e cho " - n n a m e o f a n im a l" e cho " - a a g e o f a n im a l" e cho " - s s e x o f a n im a l " e cho " - w w e ig h t o f a n im a l" e cho " - d d e m o v a lu e s ( if a n y o f t h e a b o v e o p t io n s a re u s e d " e cho " t h e ir v a lu e s a re n o t t a k e n ) " e x it 1 } # # S t a rt m a in p ro c e d u re # # # S e t d e fa u lt v a lu e fo r v a ria b le # is d e f= 0 n a = Mo t i a g e = "2 Mo n t h s " s e x = Ma le w e ig h t = 3 Kg # # if n o a rg u m e n t # if [ $ # - lt 1 ] ; t h e n h e lp _ a n i fi w h ile g e t o p t s n :a :s :w :d o p t do c a s e "$ o p t " in n ) n a = "$ OP TARG";; a ) a g e = "$ OP TARG";; s ) s e x = "$ OP TARG";; w ) w e ig h t = "$ OP TARG";; d ) is d e f= 1 ;; \ ? ) h e lp _ a n i;; e sac do ne
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if [ $ is d e f - e q 0 ] the n e c h o "An im a l N a m e : $ n a , Ag e : $ a g e , S e x : $ s e x , W e ig h t : $ w e ig h t ( u s e r d e fin e m o d e ) " e ls e n a = "P lu t o D o g " age = 3 s e x = Ma le w e ig h t = 2 0 k g e c h o "An im a l N a m e : $ n a , Ag e : $ a g e , S e x : $ s e x , W e ig h t : $ w e ig h t ( d e m o m o d e ) " fi S a ve it a n d ru n a s fo llo ws $ chm od + x ani $ a n i - n La s s ie - a 4 - s Fe m a le - w 2 0 Kg $ a n i - a 4 - s Fe m a le - n La s s ie - w 2 0 Kg $ a n i - n La s s ie - s Fe m a le - w 2 0 Kg - a 4 $ a n i - w 2 0 Kg - s Fe m a le - n La s s ie - a 4 $ a n i - w 2 0 Kg - s Fe m a le $ a n i - n La s s ie - a 4 $ a n i - n La s s ie $ ani -a 2 S e e b e ca u s e o f g e t o p t s , we ca n p a s s co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t in d iffe re n t s t yle . Fo llo win g a re in va lid o p t io n s fo r a n i s crip t $ a n i - n La s s ie - a 4 - s Fe m a l - w 2 0 Kg He re n o s p a ce b e t we e n o p t io n a n d t h e ir va lu e . $ a n i - n La s s ie - a 4 - s Fe m a l- w 2 0 Kg $ a n i - n La s s ie - a 4 - s Fe m a le - w 2 0 Kg - c Ma m m a l He re - c is n o t o n e o f t h e o p t io n s .
Mo re e x a m p le s o f S h e ll S c rip t ( Ex e rc is e fo r Yo u :- ) Firs t t ry t o writ e t h is s h e ll s crip t , a s e xe rcis e , if a n y p ro b le m o r fo r s a m p le a n s we r t o t h is S h e ll s crip t o p e n t h e s h e ll s crip t file s u p p lie d wit h t h is t u t o ria l. Q. 1 . Ho w t o writ e s h e ll s crip t t h a t will a d d t wo n o s , wh ich a re s u p p lie d a s co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t , a n d if t h is t wo n o s a re n o t g ive n s h o w e rro r a n d it s u s a g e An s we r: S e e Q1 s h e ll S crip t . Q. 2 . Writ e S crip t t o fin d o u t b ig g e s t n u m b e r fro m g ive n t h re e n o s . No s a re a rg u m e n t . Prin t e rro r if s u fficie n t a rg u m e n t s a re n o t s u p p lie d . An s we r: S e e Q2 s h e ll S crip t .
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Q. 3 . Writ e s crip t t o p rin t n o s a s 5 , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 u s in g wh ile lo o p . An s we r: S e e Q3 s h e ll S crip t . Q. 4 . Writ e S crip t , u s in g ca s e s t a t e m e n t t o p e rfo rm b a s ic m a t h o p e ra t io n a s fo llo ws + a d d it io n - s u b t ra ct io n x m u lt ip lica t io n / d ivis io n Th e n a m e o f s crip t m u s t b e 'q 4 ' wh ich wo rks a s fo llo ws $ . / q 4 2 0 / 3 , Als o ch e ck fo r s u fficie n t co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t s An s we r: S e e Q4 s h e ll S crip t . Q. 5 . Writ e S crip t t o s e e cu rre n t d a t e , t im e , u s e rn a m e , a n d cu rre n t d ire ct o ry An s we r: S e e Q5 s h e ll S crip t . Q. 6 . Writ e s crip t t o p rin t g ive n n u m b e r in re ve rs e o rd e r, fo r e g . If n o is 1 2 3 it m u s t p rin t a s 3 2 1 .
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An s we r: S e e Q6 s h e ll S crip t . Q. 7 . Writ e s crip t t o p rin t g ive n n u m b e rs s u m o f a ll d ig it , Fo r e g . If n o is 1 2 3 it 's s u m o f a ll d ig it will b e 1+ 2+ 3 = 6. An s we r: S e e Q7 s h e ll S crip t . Q. 8 . Ho w t o p e rfo rm re a l n u m b e r ( n u m b e r wit h d e cim a l p o in t ) ca lcu la t io n in Lin u x An s we r: Us e Lin u x's b c co m m a n d Q. 9 . Ho w t o ca lcu la t e 5 . 1 2 + 2 . 5 re a l n u m b e r ca lcu la t io n a t $ p ro m p t in S h e ll ? An s we r: Us e co m m a n d a s , $ e c h o 5 . 1 2 + 2 . 5 | b c , h e re we a re g ivin g e ch o co m m a n d s o u t p u t t o b c t o ca lcu la t e t h e 5 . 1 2 + 2 . 5 Q. 1 0 . Ho w t o p e rfo rm re a l n u m b e r ca lcu la t io n in s h e ll s crip t a n d s t o re re s u lt t o t h ird va ria b le , le t s s a y a = 5 . 6 6 , b = 8 . 6 7 , c= a + b ? An s we r: S e e Q1 0 s h e ll S crip t . Q. 1 1 . Writ e s crip t t o d e t e rm in e wh e t h e r g ive n file e xis t o r n o t , file n a m e is s u p p lie d a s co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t , a ls o ch e ck fo r s u fficie n t n u m b e r o f co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t An s we r: S e e Q1 1 s h e ll S crip t . Q. 1 2 . Writ e s crip t t o d e t e rm in e wh e t h e r g ive n co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t ( $ 1 ) co n t a in s "* " s ym b o l o r n o t , if $ 1 d o e s n o t co n t a in s "* " s ym b o l a d d it t o $ 1 , o t h e rwis e s h o w m e s s a g e "S ym b o l is n o t re q u ire d ". Fo r e . g . If we ca lle d t h is s crip t Q1 2 t h e n a ft e r g ivin g , $ Q1 2 / b in He re $ 1 is / b in , it s h o u ld ch e ck wh e t h e r "* " s ym b o l is p re s e n t o r n o t if n o t it s h o u ld p rin t Re q u ire d i. e . / b in / * , a n d if s ym b o l p re s e n t t h e n S ym b o l is n o t re q u ire d m u s t b e p rin t e d . Te s t yo u r s crip t a s $ Q1 2 / b in $ Q1 2 / b in / * An s we r: S e e Q1 2 s h e ll S crip t Q. 1 3 . Writ e s crip t t o p rin t co n t a in s o f file fro m g ive n lin e n u m b e r t o n e xt g ive n n u m b e r o f lin e s . Fo r e . g . If we ca lle d t h is s crip t a s Q1 3 a n d ru n a s $ Q1 3 5 5 m y f , He re p rin t co n t a in s o f 'm yf' file fro m lin e n u m b e r 5 t o n e xt 5 lin e o f t h a t file . An s we r: S e e Q1 3 s h e ll S crip t Q. 1 4 . Writ e s crip t t o im p le m e n t g e t o p t s s t a t e m e n t , yo u r s crip t s h o u ld u n d e rs t a n d fo llo win g co m m a n d lin e a rg u m e n t ca lle d t h is s crip t Q1 4 , Q1 4 - c - d - m - e Wh e re o p t io n s wo rk a s - c cle a r t h e s cre e n - d s h o w lis t o f file s in cu rre n t wo rkin g d ire ct o ry - m s t a rt m c ( m id n ig h t co m m a n d e r s h e ll) , if in s t a lle d - e { e d it o r } s t a rt t h is { e d it o r } if in s t a lle d An s we r: S e e Q1 4 s h e ll S crip t Q. 1 5 . Writ e s crip t ca lle d s a yHe llo , p u t t h is s crip t in t o yo u r s t a rt u p file ca lle d . b a s h _ p ro file , t h e s crip t s h o u ld ru n a s s o o n a s yo u lo g o n t o s ys t e m , a n d it p rin t a n y o n e o f t h e fo llo win g m e s s a g e in in fo b o x u s in g d ia lo g u t ilit y, if in s t a lle d in yo u r s ys t e m , If d ia lo g u t ilit y is n o t in s t a lle d t h e n u s e e ch o s t a t e m e n t t o p rin t m essage : Go o d Mo rn in g Go o d Aft e rn o o n Go o d Eve n in g , a cco rd in g t o s ys t e m t im e . An s we r: S e e Q1 5 s h e ll S crip t Q. 1 6 . Ho w t o writ e s crip t , t h a t will p rin t , Me s s a g e "He llo Wo rld " , in Bo ld a n d Blin k e ffe ct , a n d in d iffe re n t co lo rs like re d , b ro wn e t c u s in g e ch o co m m a n d . An s we r: S e e Q1 6 s h e ll S crip t Q. 1 7 . Writ e s crip t t o im p le m e n t b a ckg ro u n d p ro ce s s t h a t will co n t in u a lly p rin t cu rre n t t im e in u p p e r rig h t
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co rn e r o f t h e s cre e n , wh ile u s e r ca n d o h is / h e r n o rm a l jo b a t $ p ro m p t . An s we r: S e e Q1 7 s h e ll S crip t . Q. 1 8 . Writ e s h e ll s crip t t o im p le m e n t m e n u s u s in g d ia lo g u t ilit y. Me n u - it e m s a n d a ct io n a cco rd in g t o s e le ct m e n u - it e m is a s fo llo ws Me n u - I t e m
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To d e le t e s e le ct e d file
Exit
To Exit t h is s h e ll s crip t
Ac t io n fo r Me n u - I t e m Da t e a n d t im e m u s t b e s h o wn u s in g in fo b o x o f d ia lo g u t ilit y Ca le n d a r m u s t b e s h o wn u s in g in fo b o x o f d ia lo g u t ilit y Firs t a s k u s e r n a m e o f d ire ct o ry wh e re a ll file s a re p re s e n t , if n o n a m e o f d ire ct o ry g ive n a s s u m e s cu rre n t d ire ct o ry, t h e n s h o w a ll file s o n ly o f t h a t d ire ct o ry, File s m u s t b e s h o wn o n s cre e n u s in g m e n u s o f d ia lo g u t ilit y, le t t h e u s e r s e le ct t h e file , t h e n a s k t h e co n firm a t io n t o u s e r wh e t h e r h e / s h e wa n t s t o d e le t e s e le ct e d file , if a n s we r is ye s t h e n d e le t e t h e file , re p o rt e rro rs if a n y wh ile d e le t in g file t o u s e r. Exit / S t o p s t h e m e n u d rive n p ro g ra m i. e . t h is s crip t
No t e : Cre a t e fu n ct io n fo r a ll a ct io n fo r e . g . To s h o w d a t e / t im e o n s cre e n cre a t e fu n ct io n s h o w_ d a t e t im e ( ) . An s we r: S e e Q1 8 s h e ll S crip t . Q. 1 9 . Writ e s h e ll s crip t t o s h o w va rio u s s ys t e m co n fig u ra t io n like 1 ) Cu rre n t ly lo g g e d u s e r a n d h is lo g n a m e 2 ) Yo u r cu rre n t s h e ll 3 ) Yo u r h o m e d ire ct o ry 4 ) Yo u r o p e ra t in g s ys t e m t yp e 5 ) Yo u r cu rre n t p a t h s e t t in g 6 ) Yo u r cu rre n t wo rkin g d ire ct o ry 7 ) S h o w Cu rre n t ly lo g g e d n u m b e r o f u s e rs 8 ) Ab o u t yo u r o s a n d ve rs io n , re le a s e n u m b e r , ke rn e l ve rs io n 9 ) S h o w a ll a va ila b le s h e lls 1 0 ) S h o w m o u s e s e t t in g s 1 1 ) S h o w co m p u t e r cp u in fo rm a t io n like p ro ce s s o r t yp e , s p e e d e t c 1 2 ) S h o w m e m o ry in fo rm a t io n 1 3 ) S h o w h a rd d is k in fo rm a t io n like s ize o f h a rd - d is k, ca ch e m e m o ry, m o d e l e t c 1 4 ) File s ys t e m ( Mo u n t e d ) An s we r: S e e Q1 9 s h e ll S crip t . Th a t 's a ll!, Th a n ks fo r re a d in g , Th is t u t o ria l e n d s h e re , b u t Lin u x p ro g ra m m in g e n viro n m e n t is b ig , rich a n d p ro d u ct ive ( As yo u s e e fro m a b o ve s h e ll s crip t e xe rcis e ) , yo u s h o u ld co n t in u e t o re a d m o re a d va n ce t o p ics a n d b o o ks . If yo u h a ve a n y s u g g e s t io n o r n e w id e a s o r p ro b le m wit h t h is t u t o ria l, p le a s e fe e l fre e t o co n t a ct m e . My e - m a il is g it e - vive k@u s a . n e t . © 1998-2000 FreeOS.com (I) Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.
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