1.

Write a shell script that displays list of all the files in

the current directory to which the user has read, write and
execute permissions.

for file in *
do
if [ -f $file ]
then
if [ -r$file -a -w$file -a -xfile ]
then
ls -l $file
fi
fi
done

procedure:
step 1- open a nano editor
nano progname.sh
step 2- type the program
step 3- save the program
ctrl+x
press Enter
step 4- Execute the program
sh progname.sh

2.Write a shell script that accepts one or more file nameand

converts all of them to uppercase, provided they exist in the
current directory.

echo "Enter filename"

read file
if [ ! $file ]
then
echo "Filename doesnot exists"
fi
tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]' <$file

procedure:
step 1-create a file with content
cat>filename (creating a file with content)
hello world (content)
ctrl+d (to save the file)
step 2- open a nano editor
nano progname.sh
step 3- type the program
step 4- save the program
ctrl+x
press Enter
step 5- Execute the program
sh progname.sh
1. Write grep commands to the following:
a. To select the lines from a file that has exactly 2
characters.
b. To select the lines from a file that has more than one
blank spaces.

a. To select the lines from a file that has exactly 2 characters.

echo "Enter file name: "
read file1
echo “Lines that has exactly has 2 characters”
grep -x '..' file1

procedure:
step 1-create a file with content
cat>filename (creating a file with content)
hello
hi
world
my
ctrl+d (to save the file)
step 2- open a nano editor
nano progname.sh
step 3- type the program
step 4- save the program
ctrl+x
press Enter
step 5- Execute the program
sh progname.sh

Output: $sh 5a.sh

Enter file name:
filename
Lines that has exactly has 2 characters
hi
my
b. To select the lines from a file that has more than one blank spaces.
echo "Enter file name: "
read file1
echo “Lines that has has more than one blank space”
grep ' .' file1

procedure:
step 1-create a file with content
cat>filename (creating a file with content)
hi my name is rama
welcome to my world
ctrl+d (to save the file)
step 2- open a nano editor
nano progname.sh
step 3- type the program
step 4- save the program
ctrl+x
press Enter
step 5- Execute the program
sh progname.sh

Output: $sh 5b.sh

Enter file name
filename
hi my name is rama
2. Write a shell script which accepts two file names as
arguments. Compare the contents. If they are same, then
delete the second file.

echo "Enter first

file name " read
file1
echo "Enter second
file name " read
file2

if cmp -s $file1 $file2

then
echo "Contents of both files are same "
rm $file2
echo “successfully removed duplicate file”
else
echo "Contents of both files are not same”
fi

procedure:
step 1-create a file with content
cat>file1
hello wolrd
ctrl+d
step 2- create a second file
cat>file2
hello wolrd
step 3- open a nano editor
nano progname.sh
step 4- type the program
step 5- save the program
ctrl+x
press Enter
step 6- Execute the program
sh progname.sh

Output:$sh 6.sh
Enter first file name
file1
Enter second file name
file2
contents of the files are same
successfully removed duplicate file
3. Write a shell script
a. to count number of lines in a file that do not contain
vowels.
b. to count number of characters, words, lines in a given
file.

a. to count number of lines in a file that do not contain vowels.

echo "Enter file name "

read file1
echo “Number of lines that do not contain vowels”
grep -civ '[aeiou]' $file1

procedure:
step 1-create a file with content
cat>filename (creating a file with content)
try
hello
my
ctrl+d (to save the file)
step 2- open a nano editor
nano progname.sh
step 3- type the program
step 4- save the program
ctrl+x
press Enter
step 5- Execute the program
sh progname.sh

Output: $sh 7a.sh

Enter file name
file1
Number of lines that do not contain vowels-2
 b. to count number of characters, words, lines in a given file.

echo “Enter file name”

read file1
c=`cat $file1 | wc -m`
w=`cat $file1 | wc -w`
l=`cat $file1 | wc -l`
echo “Number of characters in $file is $c”
echo “Number of words in $file is $w”
echo “Number of lines in $file is $l”

procedure:
step 1-create a file with content
cat>filename (creating a file with content)
hello welcome to my world
ctrl+d (to save the file)
step 2- open a nano editor
nano progname.sh
step 3- type the program
step 4- save the program
ctrl+x
press Enter
step 5- Execute the program
sh progname.sh

Output:-$sh 7b.sh
Enter file name
f1
Number of characters in f1 is 33
Number of words in f1 is 6
Number of lines in f1 is 4
 4. Write a shell script to list all the files in a given
directory.

echo "Enter directory name"

read dir
if [ -d $dir ]
then
echo "List of files in the directory"
ls -p $dir |grep -v /
else
echo "Enter proper directory name"
fi

procedure:
step 1-create a directory
mkdir dir
cd dir
touch file1 (creating 3 empty files)
touch file2
touch file3
mkdir subdir (creating a subdirectory)
step 2- open a nano editor
nano progname.sh
step 3- type the program
step 4- save the program
ctrl+x
press Enter
step 5- Execute the program
sh progname.sh

Output:$sh p8.sh
Enter the directory name
dir
List of files in the directory are
file1 file2 fil3
5. Write a shell script to display list of users currentlylogged
in.

echo "List of users currently logged in is:$(who)"

Output:$sh p9.sh
List of users currently logged in is: Student

6. Write a shell script to read three text files in the

current directory and merge them into a single file and
returns a file descriptor for the new file.

echo "Enter first

file name " read
file1
echo "Enter second
file name " read
file2
echo "Enter third
file name " read
file3

if [ -f $file1 -a -f $file2 -a -f $file3 ]

then
echo “ all three file exists “
cat $file1 $file2 $file3 > $new.txt
else
echo “files does not exist”

procedure:
step 1-create a file with content
cat>file1
hi
ctrl+d (to save the file)
cat>file3
hello
ctrl+d
cat>file2
from me
ctrl+d
create three files with content
step 2- open a nano editor
nano progname.sh
step 3- type the program
step 4- save the program
ctrl+x
press Enter
step 5- Execute the program
sh progname.sh
Output:$sh 10.sh
Enter first file name
f1
Enter second file name
f2
Enter third file name
f3
all three files exists

$cat new.txt
Hi hello from me