UNIX Shell-Scripting Basics
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Agenda
What
is a shell? A shell script?
Introduction to bash
Running Commands
Applied Shell Programming
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What is a shell?
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What is a shell?
/bin/bash
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What is a shell?
#!/bin/bash
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What is a shell?
INPUT
shell
OUTPUT
ERROR
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What is a shell?
Any
Program
But there are a few popular shells
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Bourne Shells
/bin/sh
/bin/bash
Bourne-Again Shell
Steve Bourne
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Other Common Shells
C
Shell (/bin/csh)
Turbo C Shell (/bin/tcsh)
Korn Shell (/bin/ksh)
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An aside: What do I mean by /bin ?
C
Shell (/bin/csh)
Turbo C Shell (/bin/tcsh)
Korn Shell (/bin/ksh)
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An aside: What do I mean by /bin ?
/bin,
/usr/bin, /usr/local/bin
/sbin, /usr/sbin, /usr/local/sbin
/tmp
/dev
/home/borwicjh
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What is a Shell Script?
A Text
File
With Instructions
Executable
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What is a Shell Script?
% cat > hello.sh <<MY_PROGRAM
#!/bin/sh
echo Hello, world
MY_PROGRAM
% chmod +x hello.sh
% ./hello.sh
Hello, world
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What is a Shell Script? A Text File
% cat > hello.sh <<MY_PROGRAM
#!/bin/sh
echo Hello, world
MY_PROGRAM
% chmod +x hello.sh
% ./hello.sh
Hello, world
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An aside: Redirection
cat
> /tmp/myfile
cat >> /tmp/myfile
cat 2> /tmp/myerr
cat < /tmp/myinput
cat <<INPUT
Some input
INPUT
cat > /tmp/x 2>&1
INPUT 0
env
OUTPUT 1
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ERROR 2
What is a Shell Script? How To Run
% cat > hello.sh <<MY_PROGRAM
#!/bin/sh
echo Hello, world
MY_PROGRAM
% chmod +x hello.sh
% ./hello.sh
Hello, world
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What is a Shell Script? What To Do
% cat > hello.sh <<MY_PROGRAM
#!/bin/sh
echo Hello, world
MY_PROGRAM
% chmod +x hello.sh
% ./hello.sh
Hello, world
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What is a Shell Script? Executable
% cat > hello.sh <<MY_PROGRAM
#!/bin/sh
echo Hello, world
MY_PROGRAM
% chmod +x hello.sh
% ./hello.sh
Hello, world
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What is a Shell Script? Running it
% cat > hello.sh <<MY_PROGRAM
#!/bin/sh
echo Hello, world
MY_PROGRAM
% chmod +x hello.sh
% ./hello.sh
Hello, world
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Finding the program: PATH
%
./hello.sh
echo vs. /usr/bin/echo
% echo $PATH
/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:
/home/borwicjh/bin
% which echo
/usr/bin/echo
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Variables and the Environment
% hello.sh
bash: hello.sh: Command not
found
% PATH=$PATH:.
% hello.sh
Hello, world
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An aside: Quoting
% echo $USER
$USER
% echo $USER
borwicjh
% echo \
% echo deacnet\\sct
deacnet\sct
% echo \
\
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Variables and the Environment
% env
[variables passed to sub-programs]
% NEW_VAR=Yes
% echo $NEW_VAR
Yes
% env
[PATH but not NEW_VAR]
% export NEW_VAR
% env
[PATH and NEW_VAR]
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Welcome to Shell Scripting!
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How to Learn
man
man bash
man cat
man man
man
man k manual
Learning
the Bash Shell, 2nd Ed.
Bash Reference Cards
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
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Introduction to bash
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Continuing Lines: \
% echo This \
Is \
A \
Very \
Long \
Command Line
This Is A Very Long Command Line
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Exit Status
$?
0
is True
% ls /does/not/exist
% echo $?
1
% echo $?
0
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Exit Status: exit
% cat > test.sh <<_TEST_
exit 3
_TEST_
% chmod +x test.sh
% ./test.sh
% echo $?
3
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Logic: test
%
%
0
%
%
1
test 1 -lt 10
echo $?
test 1 == 10
echo $?
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Logic: test
test
[
[[
1 lt 10 ]
]]
[[
((
this string =~ this ]]
))
((
1 < 10 ))
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Logic: test
[
-f /etc/passwd ]
[ ! f /etc/passwd ]
[ -f /etc/passwd a f /etc/shadow ]
[ -f /etc/passwd o f /etc/shadow ]
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An aside: $(( )) for Math
% echo $(( 1 + 2 ))
3
% echo $(( 2 * 3 ))
6
% echo $(( 1 / 3 ))
0
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Logic: if
if something
then
:
# elif a contraction of else if:
elif something-else
then
:
else
then
:
fi
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Logic: if
if [ $USER eq borwicjh ]
then
:
# elif a contraction of else if:
elif ls /etc/oratab
then
:
else
then
:
fi
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Logic: if
# see if a file exists
if [ -e /etc/passwd ]
then
echo /etc/passwd exists
else
echo /etc/passwd not found!
fi
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Logic: for
for i in 1 2 3
do
echo $i
done
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Logic: for
for i in /*
do
echo Listing $i:
ls -l $i
read
done
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Logic: for
for i in /*
do
echo Listing $i:
ls -l $i
read
done
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Logic: for
for i in /*
do
echo Listing $i:
ls -l $i
read
done
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Logic: C-style for
for (( expr1
expr2
expr3
do
list
done
;
;
))
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Logic: C-style for
LIMIT=10
for (( a=1
;
a<=LIMIT ;
a++
))
do
echo n $a
done
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Logic: while
while something
do
:
done
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Logic: while
a=0; LIMIT=10
while [ "$a" -lt "$LIMIT" ]
do
echo -n "$a
a=$(( a + 1 ))
done
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Counters
COUNTER=0
while [ -e $FILE.COUNTER ]
do
COUNTER=$(( COUNTER + 1))
done
Note:
race condition
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Reusing Code: Sourcing
% cat > /path/to/my/passwords <<_PW_
FTP_USER=sct
_PW_
% echo $FTP_USER
% . /path/to/my/passwords
% echo $FTP_USER
sct
%
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Variable Manipulation
% FILEPATH=/path/to/my/output.lis
% echo $FILEPATH
/path/to/my/output.lis
% echo ${FILEPATH%.lis}
/path/to/my/output
% echo ${FILEPATH#*/}
path/to/my/output.lis
% echo ${FILEPATH##*/}
output.lis
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It takes a long time to
become a bash
guru
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Running Programs
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Reasons for Running Programs
Check
Return Code
$?
Get
Job Output
OUTPUT=`echo
Hello`
OUTPUT=$(echo Hello)
Send
Output Somewhere
Redirection:
<, >
Pipes
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Pipes
Lots
of Little Tools
INPUT 0
echo
echo Hello | \
wc -c
OUTPUT 1
ERROR 2
A Pipe!
INPUT 0
wc
OUTPUT 1
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ERROR 2
Email Notification
% echo Message | \
mail s Heres your message \
[email protected]
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Dates
% DATESTRING=`date +%Y%m%d`
% echo $DATESTRING
20060125
% man date
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FTP the Hard Way
ftp n u server.wfu.edu <<_FTP_
user username password
put FILE
_FTP_
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FTP with wget
wget
\
ftp://user:[email protected]/file
wget r \
ftp://user:[email protected]/dir/
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FTP with curl
curl T upload-file \
-u username:password \
ftp://server.wfu.edu/dir/file
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Searching: grep
%
%
%
%
%
grep
grep
grep
grep
grep
rayra /etc/passwd
r rayra /etc
r RAYRA /etc
ri RAYRA /etc
rli rayra /etc
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Searching: find
% find /home/borwicjh \
-name *.lis
[all files matching *.lis]
% find /home/borwicjh \
-mtime -1 name *.lis
[*.lis, if modified within 24h]
% man find
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Searching: locate
% locate .lis
[files with .lis in path]
% locate log
[also finds /var/log/messages]
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Applied Shell Programming
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Make Your Life Easier
TAB
completion
Control+R
history
cd Study a UNIX Editor
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pushd/popd
% cd /tmp
% pushd /var/log
/var/log /tmp
% cd ..
% pwd
/var
% popd
/tmp
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Monitoring processes
ps
ps
ef
ps u oracle
ps C sshd
man ps
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DOS Mode Files
#!/usr/bin/bash^M
FTP
transfer in ASCII, or
dos2unix infile > outfile
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sqlplus
JOB=ZZZTEST
PARAMS=ZZZTEST_PARAMS
PARAMS_USER=BORWICJH
sqlplus $BANNER_USER/$BANNER_PW << _EOF_
set serveroutput on
set sqlprompt ""
EXECUTE WF_SATURN.FZ_Get_Parameters('$JOB',
'$PARAMS', '$PARAMS_USER');
_EOF_
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sqlplus
sqlplus $USER/$PASS @$FILE_SQL \
$ARG1 $ARG2 $ARG3
if [ $? ne 0 ]
then
exit 1
fi
if [ -e /file/sql/should/create ]
then
[use SQL-created file]
fi
Ask Amy Lamy!
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Passing Arguments
% cat > test.sh <<_TEST_
echo Your name is \$1 \$2
_TEST_
% chmod +x test.sh
% ./test.sh John Borwick ignorethis
Your name is John Borwick
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INB Job Submission Template
$1: user ID
$2: password
$3: one-up number
$4: process name
$5: printer name
% /path/to/your/script $UI $PW \
$ONE_UP $JOB $PRNT
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Scheduling Jobs
%
0
0
*
0
%
%
crontab -l
0 * * * daily-midnight-job.sh
* * * * hourly-job.sh
* * * * every-minute.sh
1 * * 0 1AM-on-sunday.sh
EDITOR=vi crontab e
man 5 crontab
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Other Questions?
Shells
and Shell Scripts
bash
Running
Commands
bash and Banner in Practice
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