Lab Exercises for UNIX

Lab 1

1. Obtain the following results

(i) To print the name of operating system

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ uname

Linux

(ii) To print the login name

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ logname

himanshuamity

(iii) To print the host name

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ hostname

golusharma-VirtualBox

2. Find out the users who are currently logged in and find the particular user too.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ who

himanshuamity tty2 2023-09-21 22:20 (tty2)

3. Display the calendar for

(i) Jan 2000

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cal jan 2000

January 2000

Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30 31
(ii) Feb 1999

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cal feb 1999

February 1999

Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28

(iii) 9 th month of the year 7 A.D

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cal sep 7

September 7

Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30

(iv) For the current month

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cal

September 2023

Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

(v) Current Date Day Abbreviation , Month Abbreviation along with year

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ date '+%d/%m/%y'

21/09/23
4. Display the time in 12-Hour and 24 Hour Notations.himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ date '+24Hour:%T 12
Hour:w%1:%M;%S'

24Hour:22:36:18 12 Hour:w%1:36;18

5. Display the Current Date and Current Time.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ date '+24currentdate: %D %N TIME: %T'

24currentdate: 09/21/23 276413510 TIME: 22:41:07

6. Display the message “GOOD MORNING” in enlarged characters.

7. Display the name of your home directory.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ pwd

/home/himanshuamity

8. Create a directory SAMPLE under your home directory.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ mkdir SAMPLE

9. Create a sub-directory by name TRIAL under SAMPLE.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~/SAMPLE$ mkdir TRIAL

10. Change to SAMPLE.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~/SAMPLE$ cd sample

11. Change to your home directory.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~/SAMPLE$ cd

12. Change from home directory to TRIAL by using absolute and relative pathname.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cd $home/TRIAL

13. Remove directory TRIAL.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cd SAMPLE

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~/SAMPLE$ rmdir TRIAL

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ mkdir ./SAMPLE/TRIAL

15. Using a single command change from current directory to home directory.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cd/SAMPLE/TRIAL

16. Remove a directory using absolute pathname.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ rmdir ./SAMPLE/TRIAL

17. Create files myfile and yourfile under Present Working Directory.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cat>myfile

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cat>yourfile

18. Display the files myfile and yourfile.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cat myfile

This is myfile

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cat yourfile

This is your file

19. Append more lines in the myfile and yourfile files.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cat >> myfile

Add

^d

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cat >> yourfile

Add

^d

20. How will you create a hidden file?.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cat>.hide

hidden

^d

21. Copy myfile file to emp.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ copy myfile emp

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ ln yourfile aliasname

23. Move yourfile file to dept.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ mv yourfile aliasname~

24. Copy emp file and dept file to TRIAL directory

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cp emp dept../ TRIAL

25. if you compare a file with itself.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ if there is no difference no output

26. Compare myfile file and emp file.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cmp myfile emp

27. Append two more lines in emp file existing in TRIAL directory.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cd/SAMPLE/TRIAL

cat>>emp

28. Compare employee file with emp file in TRIAL directory.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cmp employee emp

cmp: employee: Is a directory

29. Find the difference between the above file.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ diff employee emp

30. Remove the files in the TRIAL directory.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~/SAMPLE/TRIAL$ rm *

31. Can you remove a directory with files by using a single command.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~/SAMPLE$ rm -r TRIAL

32. Is there any command available to get back a deleted file?

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~/SAMPLE$ undelete (TRIAL)

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~/SAMPLE$ rename TRIAL DATA

34. Copy DATA to another directory by name TRIAL.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ cp DATA/same/TRIAl

35. Create a file called dummy in TRIAL and link it to another file by name star.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ ln TRIAL star

36. Link the dummy file in TRIAL to another file by name power in DATA.

himanshuamity@golusharma-VirtualBox:~$ ln -s/SAMPLE/TRIAL/DATA/filename