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III B. Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, October/November - 2018

UNIX PROGRAMMING
(Common to Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology)

Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70

Note: 1. Question Paper consists of two parts (Part-A and Part-B)
2. Answer ALL the question in Part-A
3. Answer any FOUR Questions from Part-B
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PART–A
1. a) What is a System call in UNIX? [2M]
b) What types of files are used to represent physical devices in UNIX file system? [2M]
c) List out different types of Shell. [2M]
d) Write a ‘grep’ command to print the lines that starts and ends with the word [3M]
"UNIX".
e) Explain the Purpose of export command. [3M]
f) Mention the Tasks of background processes. [2M]
PART -B
2. a) What is UNIX? List out various versions of UNIX? [4M]
b) Discuss the role of kernel in operating system. [4M]
c) With a neat sketch, explain the directory structure of UNIX operating system. [6M]

3. a) Explain the implementation details of UNIX file system. [7M]

b) Describe the attributes and permissions of a file in UNIX file system. [4M]
c) Which command is used to change the file permissions in UNIX? Explain with [3M]
an example.

4. a) What is a Shell? Explain the two different duties of a Shell. How can you [7M]
create a sub shell? How can you move to the parent shell after creating a sub
shell?
b) What is Redirection? Explain the various commands used for redirection. [7M]

5. a) Define the grep family. Mention the primary difference between fgrep and the [7M]
other two members of the grep family.
b) With a neat diagram, describe an awk utility’s view of a file and also explain [7M]
the file buffers and record buffers of awk.

6. a) What is the use of ‘eval’ command in C shell and also explain the execution of [7M]
‘eval’ command with suitable example.
b) Is it possible to pause the execution of a shell script for a specified time period? [7M]
Give explanation.

7. a) Illustrate the syntax of trap command. [7M]

b) Explain in sequence the steps to convert a background process to a foreground [7M]
process.

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III B. Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, October/November - 2018

UNIX PROGRAMMING
(Common to Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology)

Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70

Note: 1. Question Paper consists of two parts (Part-A and Part-B)
2. Answer ALL the question in Part-A
3. Answer any FOUR Questions from Part-B
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PART –A
1. a) Difference between a System call and UNIX command. [3M]
b) Which command will list the hidden files in UNIX? [2M]
c) What is a Shell variable? [2M]
d) Write the ‘sed’ command to replace the pattern “SED” from the 7thoccurrence [3M]
to the end of file.
e) What does expr do in a shell script? [2M]
f) What is a background process in UNIX? [2M]
PART -B
2. a) With a neat sketch, explain the architecture of UNIX operating system. [7M]
b) Explain the following UNIX commands [7M]
i) mkdir ii) rm iii) tar iv) cat

3. a) What is the inode in UNIX? Where are inodes stored in UNIX file system? [7M]
Explain.
b) Explain the commands that are available in UNIX file system to change the [7M]
permissions of a file.

4. a) What is an Environment variable? List out the common environment variables [7M]
that control the user environment in Shell.
b) Compare different loops used in Shell script [3M]
c) Write a shell script to get current date, time, user name and current working [4M]
directory.

5. a) What is grep command? Explain the operation of the grep command with a [7M]
neat flowchart? And Illustrate the working of the grep command with a suitable
example.
b) Explain in brief various categories of awk patterns. [7M]

6. a) Explain the purpose of set command with an example. [7M]

b) Write a Shell script describing integer and real arithmetic [7M]

7. a) What is a Child process? How it is created? Explain the relationship between [8M]
parent process and child process.
b) Explain the use of stty command along with its syntax. [6M]

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III B. Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, October/November - 2018

UNIX PROGRAMMING
(Common to Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology)

Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70

Note: 1. Question Paper consists of two parts (Part-A and Part-B)
2. Answer ALL the question in Part-A
3. Answer any FOUR Questions from Part-B
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PART –A
1. a) List the Features of UNIX operating system. [3M]
b) List the Fields of aninode structure in UNIX file system. [3M]
c) What is the PATH environmental variable in UNIX? [2M]
d) Is AWK a programming language? [2M]
e) Give the Use of here document in shell script. [2M]
f) What is the Syntax of Trap command. [2M]
PART -B
2. a) Compare and contrast library function, system call and Unix command. [7M]
b) What is command substitution in a shell? Why is it important? Explain with an [7M]
example.
3. a) What are Links and Symbolic links in UNIX file system? Explain. [7M]
b) Explain the chown and chgrp commands in UNIX with an example. [7M]
4. a) Is it possible to pipe output of a command as an argument to a shell script? [7M]
Justify your answer.
b) Explain about various loop control statements of C shell with a sample [7M]
example.
5. a) Define the ‘sed’ utility? Give the format of the ‘sed’ and Explain the operation [7M]
of the ‘sed’ utility with suitable diagrams.
b) Explain the differences between grep and sed with a suitable example. [7M]
6. a) What are positional parameters? How a C shell script is invoked by passing [7M]
parameters? Explain.
b) How we know the exit status of a command in C shell? Explain. [7M]
7. a) Explain in detail about the internal and external commands in UNIX. [6M]
b) What happens to the child process when the parent process kills/dies first? [8M]
Explain with an example

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III B. Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, October/November - 2018

UNIX PROGRAMMING
(Common to Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology)

Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70

Note: 1. Question Paper consists of two parts (Part-A and Part-B)
2. Answer ALL the question in Part-A
3. Answer any FOUR Questions from Part-B
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PART –A
1. a) How Unix is different from other Operating Systems? [2M]
b) Interpret the command chmod 644 [2M]
c) In what way Shell variables are different from Environmental variables. [3M]
d) Write a sed command to replace the word ‘UNIX’ with ‘LINUX’ in a given [3M]
text file.
e) What does $# mean in shell script? [2M]
f) Which command displays all current terminal settings? [2M]

PART -B
2. a) What is UNIX operating system? Explain various components of UNIX [7M]
operating system.
b) Is it possible to run multiple commands of UNIX in one time? Justify your [7M]
answer with proper explanation.

3. a) Discuss the UNIX file structure and directories. [7M]

b) Explain the format of chmod and chown commands in UNIX. [7M]

4. a) What are the advantages and disadvantages of Shell scripting? [5M]

b) Write a Shell Script to display result based on the value returned from a [9M]
function call.

5. a) Compare the three utilities of the grep family with a clear explanation [7M]
b) List out the different string functions of awk utility and explain any three. [7M]

6. a) What are positional parameters in C shell scripting? Explain the meaning of [7M]
the $0, $1, $2,${9}, $*, and $#.
b) List out the important uses of exec command in shell script. [3M]
c) Write shell scripts to illustrate the use of continue and break statements. [4M]

7. a) Differentiate between Internal and External commands of UNIX. [9M]

b) Explain the importance of kill command in UNIX with examples. [5M]

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