Bash Scripting Language Cheat Sheet Cheat Sheet

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Commands Line Commands Commands Line Commands (cont)

clear Clears the screeen. echo "here is Double >> will add to file.

vim Creates a .sh file. comething new"

>> wood.txt
filena​me.sh

sh filena​me.sh Execute Bash Script. : > wood.txt This will empty the whole file, remeber "​:" that says do
nothing.
./file​name.sh Other way of executing bash script.
rm wood.txt Will remove the file comple​tely.
ls -l See all file permis​sions inside a folder.
touch test1 test2 for example if we create a hundreds of file with similar
chmod +x This will add execute permission to the file.
test3 test4 name how we could delete them all or select them all?
filena​me.sh
(Solution below).
ls --help This will open all available commands.
rm test* ("*" astrix sign will mark everything that begins with
ls --help | grep This will grab more inform​ation about "​-U" command. test and delete it.
"​\-U​"

touch wood.txt This will create a file. Vim Commands

echo "here is This will write to the file that we first created. Press "​a" In order to start editing the file.
something use
Press "​esc​" In order to quit editing the file.
it" > wood.txt
Write "​:" To allow you to save or quit or write to file.
cat wood.txt This will get us the output of the file.
Write "​:wg​" To write those changes and quit with saving.
cat This will take as many files as we want and store the
{testf​ile​01,​tes​tfi​l content of those file in one file in this case "​tes​t00​". Write "​:wg​!" To force this action.

e02} > test00 Write "​:q!​" To quit without saving.

echo "here is This will replace the whole content of the wood.txt file
something with this new content, if we want to add to file we need
new" > to use the command from below.
wood.txt

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 Bash Scripting Language Cheat Sheet Cheat Sheet
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Part One (Variables and Parame​ters) Part One (Variables and Parame​ters) (cont)

ECHOING VARIABLES: var=9

- var=10 echo "​$va​r"
echo var (This will echo "​var​") var=10
echo $var (This will echo the actual value, this is echo "​$va​r"
why we are using dollar sign "​$" before variable. So unset var
that program knows that we want a value from the echo "​$va​r"
variable) ASSIGN VALUE FROM BASH COMMAND TO VARIABLE:
UNSET: - hi=$(ls -la) (This is the way of doing it)
- var=10 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ echo "​$hi​" (Will print value of "​hi")
unset var ADDING TO A VARIABLE OR DOING ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS ON
echo $var ("un​set​" will actually reassign the value of VARIABLES:
"​var​" to null) - var=
ASIGN VALUE TO THE VARIABLE THROUGH USER: let "var ++"
- echo "type in some value" echo "​$va​r" (This will output 1)
read var2 (This will ask user for input same like let "var += 10"
"​pro​mpt​" in javascript and store this value to echo "​$va​r" (This will output 10)
variable)
echo $var2 REPLACING VALUES IN NUMBER:
PROPERTIES OF VARIABLES: - num=1100
- var="T r a l a l a lalalal l" var=${​num​/10/B}
echo $var (This will output the string but we will echo "​$va​r" (This will echo "​1B0​")
miss some spaces, this means that ot all of our spaces ENVIRO​NMENTAL VARIABLES:
will be printed that is why we are using "​") ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ - #!/bin​/bash
var="T r a l a l a lalalal l" ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​MIN=10 (Minimum passed arguments in order to
echo "​$va​r" (When we use "​" to wrap our variable with execute the script)
as well the "​$" dollar sign then all of our spaces ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ if [ -n "​$1" ]; then echo "1st one is $1";
will be outputed. This is recomm​ended way of doing fi ("$1​" first argument that is being passed to script
"​ech​o" in bash) and "​-n" check if argument exists. Returning either
DEFINE NULL VARIABLE: "​tru​e" or "​fal​se")
- var= (This will define variable with a value of ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ if [ -n "​$2" ]; then echo "2st one is $2";
"​nul​l") fi
DECLARING VARIABEL ON SAME LINE: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ if [ -n "​$3" ]; then echo "3rd one is $3";
- var1=11 var2=22 var3=33 fi
echo "​$var1 $var2 $var3" (Same like in javasc​ript) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ if [ -n "​$4" ]; then echo "4th one is $4";
ASSIGNING, REASSI​GNING AND UNSETTING THE VALUE: fi
- var= ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ if [ -n "​$5" ]; then echo "5th one is $5";
echo "​$va​r" fi
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ if [ -n "​$6" ]; then echo "6th one is $6";
fi

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Part One (Variables and Parame​ters) (cont) Bash Script Progra​mming Language Basics

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ if [ -n "​$7" ]; then echo "7th one is $7"; ECHO:

fi - echo "Some text" (This is same like "​pri​nt" in
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ if [ -n "​$8" ]; then echo "8th one is $8"; python. It will print to command line)
fi - echo "Some text" #This is comment ("This is
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ if [ -n "​$9" ]; then echo "9th one is $9"; commen​t" will not be executed)
fi DEFINING VARIABLES:
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ if [ -n "​${1​0}" ]; then echo "10th one is - name=10 (This desfines a variable with integer)
${10}"; fi - name=tea (This defines a variable)
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ echo "List of arguments: "​$ "" ("$​" this will USING HASH "​#":
take all the arguments that are being passed to script) - echo "The word $name contains ${#name} chars" (This
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ echo "Name of Script: \""$0​"​\"" ("$0​" is used is how to do a string formatting in bash)
to grab the name of the file) - $(#name) (This will return a lenght of the string in
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ if [ $# -lt "​$MI​N" ]; then echo "Not enought bash)
arguments, need "​$MI​N" to run!"; fi (This check "​$#" - $name will replace this part of the string with the
number of all arguments being passed to script and current variable.
compare it to our defined variable.) USING SEMICOLON:
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ - sh filena​me.sh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - echo "hi there"; echo "you there?​" (; semicolon sign
(Passing arguments to our script and printing them) will tell bash to run this as a next line of the code)
IF/THE​N/ELSE STATEMENT:
Part Two (Return Values) - var=10
- if [ "​$va​r" -gt 5 ]; then echo "​YES​"; else echo
RETURN VALUES:
"​NO"
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ - #!/bin​/bash
fi (Please note the spaces inside the brackets they
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​NO_​OF_​ARGS=2
need to be there for statement to run, and every
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​E_B​ADA​RGS=85
semicolon will be seen as a next line and at the end we
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​E_U​NRE​ADA​BLE=86
have "​fi" this closes the if statement)
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ if [ $# -ne "​$NO​_OF​_AR​GS" ]; then echo
FOR LOOP:
"​Usage: "​$0" fileOne fileTw​o"; exit $E_BAD​ARGS; fi
- colors​="red black white" (This defines a variable as
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ if [ ! -r "​$1" ] || [ ! -r "​$2" ]; then
a string)
echo "One or both files does not exist: "​$1" or
- for col in $colors
"​$2""; exit "​$E_​UNR​EAD​ABL​E"; fi
do (This will run the desired action)
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (
echo "​$co​l" (This will echo "​col​")
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ cmp $1 $2
done (This will finish the for loop)
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ) > /dev/null 2>&1
- if we run this script now the result below will be
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo "​Files are the
printed to console:
same!"; else echo "​Files are not the same!"; fi
red
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ exit 0
black
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ - Explan​ation: This script will accept two
white
files and than compare if they are identical. We are
defining our "EXIT CODES" and returning them depending
on situation. (exit code 0 == good (true); exit code 1
== bad (false))

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Bash Script Progra​mming Language Basics (cont) Bash Script Progra​mming Language Basics (cont)

- as you can see for loop threated variable colors as a - var=20

list. Because "for col in $color​s" dollar sign and if [ "​$va​r" -gt 15 ]; then :;else echo "​$va​r";fi (This
colors will make a list from the string. If we put "​:" sign after then will actually tell our code to do
$colors inside double quotes like this "​$co​lor​s" this nothing this will come very useful, same like "​pas​s"
will be then threated as a string and the ouput to the in python)
console will be: IF STATEMENT USING "​?" MARK:
red black white - var=10
- if we put single quotes '$colors' this would take echo $(( var2=v​ar1​<20?1:0 )) (This will return the
the actual word $colors and print it. first value "​1" if statement is true and second value
USING LET: if statement is false. In this case we don't need the
- let "​y=(​(x=20, 10/2))​" (let in bash will let us to "​$" sign before "​var​1" to tell the program to use
perform arithemic operations on variables) value, this is special case)
- echo $y (This will return 5 because we separated the CREATE ARRAY:
operation with comma) - Colors​=(red blue green white) (This will create an
CHANGING THE STRING TO UPPER OR LOWER: array in bash)
- var = DSLCon​nection WRAP STRINGS INTO SOME CHARAC​TERS:
- echo ${var,} (This will change the first character - echo \+{tes​t1,​tes​t2,​tes​t3}\+ (You can replace the
of the string to lower) "​+" sign with any other sing for example "​$")
- echo ${var,,} (This will change the whole string to will output +test1+ +test2+ +test3+ to console
lower) CREATE RANGE:
USING "​\" ESCAPE CHARACTER: - echo {0..9} (This will print all numbers between 0
- echo "​"​Linux is awesom​e"" and 9 (including 9) same like range() in python)
will output this Linux is awesome to the console. SEPARATE THE BLOCK OF CODE:
- echo "​\"Linux is awesom​e"\" (This will take quotes - var1=1
literaly) var2=2
will output this "​Linux is awesom​e" to the console {
REASIGN THE VALUE: var1=10
- let val=500/2 var2=12
val2=echo $val (This will allow us to reasign the value }
from the first variabel to the second variabel) echo "​$var1 $var2" (The output to the console will be
echo "​$va​l2" 10 and 12 because "​{}" will separate this part of
will give same output "​250​" code)
IMPORTANT SAVE EXIT CODE FROM THE LAST COMMAND:
In order to get the value from any oder script example - python myPyth​onS​cri​pt.py
Python. Bash script will only recognise the value if ret=$?
value is printed, that means that function can return if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
number but at the end when we call the function in
python script it should look like this:
print return​_va​lue()
USING "​:" SIGN:

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Bash Script Progra​mming Language Basics (cont) Bash Script Progra​mming Language Basics (cont)

#Handle failure - some_w​ord​=tEsT

#exit if required echo "​${s​ome​_wo​rd^​}" (This will grab first letter and
fi make it upper case)
USE EXIT CODE TO MANIPULATE SCRIPT: echo "​${s​ome​_wo​rd}" (This will grab whole word and
- #!/bin​/bash make it upper case)
touch /root/test 2> /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
echo "​Suc​ces​sfully created file"
exit 0
else
echo "​Could not create file" >&2
exit 1
fi
HIDE WHOLE OUTPUT FROM THE SCRIPT:
- (
​ ​ ​ ./mana​ge.py create​_te​st_​dat​abase
) > /dev/null 2>&1
CONNECTING IF STATEM​ENTS:
- var=1
if [ "​$va​r" -gt 0 ] && [ "​$va​r" -eq 10 ]; then echo
"THEN PART"; else echo "​HEL​LOO​O"; fi (Example with
logical "​and​" statment)
var=1
if [ "​$va​r" -gt 0 ] || [ "​$va​r" -eq 10 ]; then echo
"THEN PART"; else echo "​HEL​LOO​O"; fi (Example with
logical "​or" statment)
MODULO:
- let var=5%4
echo "​$va​r" (Result will be one)
STRING UPPER CASE:

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