UNIX/

LINUX

Linux with Shell

Programming,
SED, AWK And
Many More

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INDEX
Part-1: UNIX/LINUX Concepts & Commands …………………………………………………………………… 4

Topic-1: Overview of UNIX/Linux Operating System ……………………………………………………….

6 Topic-2: Linux File System …………………………………………………………………………………….………
10 Topic-3: Linux Installation
……………………………………………………………………………………………. 16 Topic-4: ls,date and cal
commands ………………………………………………………………………………. 18 Topic-5: Working
with Directories ………………………………………………………………………………… 24 Topic-6:
Working with Files ………………………………………………………………………………….……… 34
Topic-8: Comparing Files ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
44 Topic-9: Creation of Link Files
………………………………………………………………………………………. 48 Topic-10: Word count
command (wc command) ………………………………………………………….51 Topic-11: Sorting
content of the file …………………………………………………………………………….53 Topic-12: Find
unique content in the file by using uniq command ………………………………… 58 Topic-13:
Input and Output of Commands and Redirection …………………………………………. 60 Topic-
14: Piping ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 65
Topic-15: How to use multiple commands in a single line ………………………………………………
69 Topic-16: Regular Expressions and Wildcard Characters
………………………………………………. 70 Topic-17: Command Aliasing
………………………………………………………………………………………… 74 Topic-18: Locate and Find
Commands …………………………………………………………………………… 77 Topic-19: Compression
and Uncompression of files(tar,gzip,gunzip,bzip2,bunzip2) ………. 85 Topic-20: grep
command ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 88
Topic-21: Cut, Paste and tr Commands ………………………………………………………………………..
102
Part-2: Shell Scripting / Shell Programming ………………………………Topic-22: ……………… File
……Permissions
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……………123 ……………………………………………………………………………… 106 Topic-23: Working with e
ditors …………………………………………………………………………………… 118
Topic-24: Shell Scripting / Shell Programming ……………………………………………………….……
125 Topic-25: What is shell script, Sha-Bang and First Script
……………………………………………… 128 Topic-26: Shell Variables
……………………………………………………………………………………………. 132 Topic-27: Variable
Substitution and Command Substitution ………………………………………. 136 Topic-28:
Command Line Arguments …………………………………………………………………………. 139 Topic-
29: How to read dynamic data from the user …………………………………………………….142
Topic-30: Operators …………………………………………………………………………………………………….
147 Topic-31: Control Statements
……………………………………………………………………………………… 151 Topic-32: Arrays
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 191 Topic-33:
Shell Script Functions ………………………………………………………………………………….. 198
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Topic-34: Shell Script Projects …………………
. ………………………………………………………………… 215
 Project 1: Secret Agent Application
………………………………………………………………… 216
 Project 2: Book Rental Application
…………………………………………………………………… 219
 Project-3: Book Management Application
……………………………………………………… 222
 Project-4: User Management Application
………………………………………………………. 224

Topic-35: Stream
Part-3: Linux Editor (SED)Basics
Administration ………… …
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229 Topic-36:
260 AWK Programming … ……… ………… …… …… … …… … …… … … ……… …… …… …………….
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Topic-38: Job Scheduling with crontab ………………… Topic-37:
……………… Project
…………on ……awk
………programming
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262 Topic-39: User Management …………………………………………………………………………………….
.266 Topic-40: Working with putty,Mobaxterm and XShell
………………………………………………… 276 Topic-41: How to customize Open Source Software
Code …………………………………………… 280 Topic-42: Process Management
…………………………………………………………………………………. 236 Topic-43: Communication
Commands (write,wall,msg, mail) ……………………………………. 240 How to use Gmail from
the Ubuntu Terminal to send Emails ……………………………………… 243 Topic-44: Package
Management …………………………………………………………………………………. 246 Topic-45: Install
and Working with MySQL Database …………………………………………………. 250 Topic-46:
Working with Java ………………………………………………………………………………………. 257 Topic-47:
Job Control ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 259 Topic-
48: nohup command …………………………………………………………………………………………. 262
Topic-49: at command ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 263
Topic-50: Memory related commands ………………………………………………………………………… 265
Topic-51: Networking commands ………………………………………………………………………………. 270
Topic-52: Working with winscp ……………………………………………………………………………………
273 Topic-53: Working with Filezilla …………………………………………………………………………………..
274 Topic-54: init command
……………………………………………………………………………………………… 275 Topic-55: Top Most
important Linux Questions ………………………………………………………….276

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Part-1
UNIX / LINUX
Concepts
&
Commands
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Agenda
Topic-1: Overview of UNIX/Linux Operating System

Topic-2: Linux File System

Topic-3: Linux Installation

Topic-4: ls, date and cal

commands

Topic-5: Working with Directories

Topic-6: Working with Files

Topic-7: Comparing Files

Topic-8: Creation of Link Files

Topic-9: Word count

command (wc command)

Topic-10: Sorting content of

the file

Topic-11: Find unique content in the file by using uniq command

Topic-12: Input and Output of Commands and Redirection

Topic-13: Piping

Topic-14: How to use multiple commands in a single line

Topic-15: Regular Expressions and Wildcard Characters

Topic-16: Command Aliasing

Topic-17: Locate and Find Commands

Topic-18: Compression and Uncompression of files (tar, gzip, gunzip, bzip2, bunzip2)

Topic-19: grep command

Topic-20: cut command

Topic-21: File Permissions

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Topic-1: Overview of
UNIX/Linux Operating System
 What is UNIX?
 Flavours of UNIX
 Components of UNIX
 Online Terminal Demo with some basic commands

What is UNIX?
✽ It is an operating system, by using that, users/applications can communicate with hard
ware components.
✽ It was developed/created in 1960s.
✽ With lot of extensions and improvements to base version, several flavours introduced
by organization/companies (flavours like Redhat linux, ubuntu, CentOS etc)

Features of UNIX:
1) It is FOSS (Freeware and Open Source Software)
2) UNIX can be used by multiple users simultaneously and hence it is Multi User
operating System.
3) Several tasks can be executed simultaneously and hence it is multi tasking operating
system.
4) It is user friendly and provides both CUI and GUI Support.
5) When compared with windows, UNIX is more secured.

Flavours of UNIX:
As UNIX is open source, multiple flavours are available with lot of extensions and
improvements.

 Ubuntu
 RedHat
 Centos
 Fedora
 Slackware
 open solaries
 Suse Linux Enterprise server (SLES)
 Open Suse

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All these flavours have lot of similarity. Hence if we are perfect with one flavour, we can
work on any other flavour very easily.

Note: We can view a detailed list of Linux flavours in www.distrowatch.com

Components of UNIX

Shell:
✽ It is the outer layer of UNIX operating System.
✽ It reads our command, verify syntax and check whether the corresponding command
related application is available or not.
✽ If everything is proper, then shell interprets our command into kernal understandable
form and handover to the kernal.
✽ Shell acts as interface between user and kernal.

Kernal:
✽ It is the core component of UNIX operating system.
✽ It is responsible to execute our commands.
✽ It is responsible to interact with hardware components.
✽ Memory allocation and processor allocation will takes care by kernal.

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Command Execution Flow

1) User types the command in the terminal.

touch durga.txt
2) Shell reads that command. It will check whether that command is valid or not and
whether it is used properly or not. If everything is proper, then shell
interprets/translates that command into kernal understandable form.
3) Shell handovers that interpreted command to the kernal.
4) Kernal executes that command and perform required activity.

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5) Once command execution completed, then shell returns unix prompt ($ OR # OR %).
6) $ OR # OR % represents it is ready for the next command.

Online UNIX Terminal:

http://www.masswerk.at/jsuix

✽ It is free terminal and written in JavaScript.

✽ We can access by using any browser.
✽ We can use this terminal to check very basic commands functionality.

The Most commonly used Basic Commands:

1) pwd  Print working directory
2) ls  List our all files and directories
3) mkdir  Create directory
4) cd  Change directory
5) touch  To create a file
6) rmdir  Remove directory
7) rm  To remove file
8) cal  Display Monthly Calander
9) date  Display current date and time.
10) help  To display list of commands.
11) hello  To display brief system information.
12) clear  To clear terminal.
13) exit  To logout session.

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Topic-2: Linux
File System
Types of Files in Linux:
In Linux everything is treated as File.
All files are divided into 3 types

1) Normal or Ordinary files:

These files contain data. It can be either text files (like abc.txt) OR binary files (like
images, videos etc).

2) Directory Files:
 These files represent directories.
 In windows, we can use folder terminology where as in linux we can use directory
terminology.
 Directory can contains files and sub directories.

3) Device Files:
In Linux, every device is represented as a file. By using this file we can communicate
with that device.

Note: short-cut commands to open and close terminal

ctrl+alt+t  To open terminal

ctrl+d  To close terminal

How to check File Type:

In Ubuntu, blue color files represents directories and all remaining are considered as
normal files. This color conventions are varied from flavour to flavour. Hence it is not
standard way to check file type.

We have to use 'ls -l' command.

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drwxr-xr-x 102 durgasoft durgasoft 4096 Nov 17 21:19 magic
-rw-r--r-- 1 durgasoft durgasoft 0 Nov 17 21:24 sunny.txt

The first character represents the type of file.

d  Directory File
-  Normal File
l  Link File
c  Character
Special File
b  Block Special File
s  Socket File

Note: c, b, s are representing system files and mostly used by super user (also known as
root user or admin user)

File System Navigation Commands:

1) Every directory implicitly contains 2 directories . and ..
. Represents Current Directory
.. Represents Parent Directory

2) $ cd .
Changes to Current Directory (Useless)

3) $ cd ..
Changes to Parent Directory

4) $cd
If we are not passing any argument, then changes to user home directory.

5) $ cd ~
~ Means User Home Directory.
It will Changes to User Home Directory.

6) $ cd -
- Means Previous Working Directory.
It will Changes to Previous Working Directory.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Downloads/coreutils-8.31/src$ pwd
/home/durgasoft/Downloads/coreutils-8.31/src
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Downloads/coreutils-8.31/src$ cd ~
durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ pwd
/home/durgasoft
durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ cd -
/home/durgasoft/Downloads/coreutils-8.31/src
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/home/durgasoft/Downloads/coreutils-8.31/src
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Downloads/coreutils-8.31/src$ cd . . / . . / . .
durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ pwd
/home/durgasoft

Linux File System Hierarchy:

Linux file system has Tree Like Structure.
It starts with root(/).
/ is the topmost directory
This root directory contains the following important sub directories.
bin,sbin,lib,etc,dev,opt,home,usr,tmp,media etc

1) bin Directory:
bin means binary. This directory contains all binary executables related to our linux
commands.

2) sbin Directory:
sbin means systembin. It contains all binary executables related to high end admin
(super user OR root) commands.
Eg: Disk partitioning, network management etc

Q1) What is the difference between bin and sbin?

bin contains binary executables related to commands used by normal user.
sbin contains binary executables related to commands used by superuser.

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3) etc Directory:
 This directory contains all system configuration files. These configurations can be used
to customize behaviour of linux os.
 All users information available in /etc/passwd file.
 All groups information available in /etc/group file.
 Hosts information (ip address and dns names) available in /etc/hosts file.

4) tmp Directory:
 tmp means temporary. It contains all temporary files created in the current session.
 If any file is required only for the current session, then create that file inside tmp
directory. These files will be deleted automatically at the time of system shutdown.
 If any file which is required permanently, then it is not recommended to create inside
tmp directory.

5) dev Directory:
 dev means device.
 In Linux, everything is treated as a file including devices also. i.e every device is
represented as a file. By using these files, we can communicate with the devices.
 All device related files will be stored inside dev directory.

Eg:
tty  Terminal related File
fd  Floppy Drive related File
hd  Hard Disk related File
ram  RAM related File
stdin  standard Input Device
File (keyboard)
stdout  Standard Output Device File (Terminal/Monitor)
stderr  Standard Error Device File (Terminal/Monitor)

6) mnt Directory:
 mnt means mounting.
 We have to attach external file system files from Pen drive, CD, external hard disk etc
to the Linux File System. Then only we can use those external files. This attachment
process is called mounting.
 In the old operating systems, we have to perform mounting manually. But in recent
operating systems, mounting is performing automatically and we are not required to
perform manually.
 The files of manual mounting will be placed inside mnt directory.

7) media Directory:
The files of automatic mounting will be placed inside media directory.

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Q2) What is the difference between mnt and

media?
mnt  Contains manual mounting files.
media  Contains automatic mounting files.

8) opt Directory:
 opt means optional.
 This directory contains all 3rd party software installation files.
Eg:
If we are installing any software explicitly like google chrome, then the corresponding
installation files will be stored inside opt directory.

9) lib Directory:
lib means library. It contains Linux os libraries which are required by our commands
and applications.

10) var Directory:

 var means variable data. If any data which is keep on changing, such type of data will
be stored inside var directory.
 log files will be stored inside var.

11) home Directory:

 As linux is multi user operating system, for every user a separate directory will be
created to hold his specific data like videos, images, documents etc. All these user
directories will be stored inside home directory.
 $ ls /home
 demo demo1 demo2 durga durga1 durga2 durga5 durgasoft

Note:
/home/durgasoft  Is called durgasoft user home directory. It contains multiple sub
directories like Desktop, Downloads, Movies, Pictures etc.

12) proc Directory:

 proc means processes.
 In Linux, multiple processes are running simultaneously. For every process a unique id
will be there, which is also known as PID (Process ID).
 The data related to current running processes will be stored inside proc directory. For
every process a separate directory will be created inside proc to maintain that
data.The name od this directory is same as PID.

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Note: We can find all running proceses information by using ps command.
ps means process status.

durgasoft@durgasoft:/$ ps - e f
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
root 1 0 0 11:05 ? 00:00:03 /sbin/init
root 2 0 0 11:05 ? 00:00:00 [kthreadd]
root 3 2 0 11:05 ? 00:00:00 [rcu_gp]
root 4 2 0 11:05 ? 00:00:00 [rcu_par_g
....

13) root Directory:

It is the home directory of super user.

Note:
/home/durgasoft  Durgasoft User Home Directory
/root  Super User Home Directory

Q3) What is the difference between / and Root Directories?

/ acts as root for Linux file system. It is the topmost directory of linux file system.
root is subdirectory of /, which acts as home directory for the super user.

14) boot Directory:

This directory contains the files which are required to boot linux os.

15) usr Directory:

usr means user. This directory contains all user related softwares.

Note:
16) The main advantage of Linux File System is, operating system can locate required files
very easily.
17) For every File System, a separate name will be assigned.
18) ext2,ext3,ext4,XFS are names of Linux File Systems.
19) NTFS, FAT are names of Windows File Systems.

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Topic-3: Linux
Installation
1) Oracle Virtual Box Installation
2) Virtual Machine Installation with Ubuntu OS

1) Oracle Virtual Box Installation:

To run virtual computers in our system without effecting original computer, we should go
for virtual box.
It can extends the capability of our existing computer so that we can run multiple
operating systems simultaneously.

Donwload virtual box from:

virtualbox.org  Downloads  Windows hosts
VirtualBox-6.0.14-133895-Win.exe

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2) Creation of Virtual Machine with Ubuntu OS:

We have to download ubuntu software from
ubuntu.com  Download  Ubuntu Desktop  Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS  Download
ubuntu-18.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso

Note: Download softwares from: bit.ly/36evx8y

Various Utilities:
1) To make Full Screen: Devices  Insert Guest Additions CD Image
2) To open terminal: ctrl+alt+t
3) To close terminal: ctrl+d
4) To increase font in terminal: ctrl+shift+plus symbol
5) To decrese font in terminal: ctrl+ minus symbol
6) To copy and paste from windows to ubuntu and from ubuntu to windows:
Devices  Shared Clipboard  Bidirectional
7) To drag and drop files from windows to ubuntu and from ubuntu to windows:
Devices  Drag and Drop  Bidirectional

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Topic-4: ls, date and

cal Commands
1)ls Command:
We can use ls command to listout all files and directories present in the given directory.
We can get manual documentation for any command by using man.

man ls
It provides complete information about ls command.

Various options of ls Command:

1) ls
It will display all files and directories according to alphabetical order of names.

2) ls -r
It will display all files and directories in reverse of aplhabetical order.

3) ls | more
To display content line by line
(To come out we have to use q)

4) ls | pg
To display content page by
page.
Each page contains 20 lines of content.
(To come out we have to use q)

5) ls -l
To display long listing of files

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6) ls -t
To display all files based on last modified date and time. Most recent is at top and old
are at bottom.

7) ls -rt
To display all files based on reverse of last modified date and time. Old files are at top
and recent files are at bottom.

8) ls -a
a means all
To display all files including hidden files. Here . and .. also will be displayed.

9) ls -A
A means almost all
To display all files including hidden files except . and ..

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ l s - a
. msmtp.log
.. .msmtprc
.bash_history Music
.bash_logout .mysql_history
.bashrc Pictures
.cache .profile
.config Public
.dbus script1.sh
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ l a -A
.bash_history .msmtprc
.bash_logout Music
.bashrc .mysql_history
.cache Pictures
.config .profile
.dbus Public
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10) ls -F
To display all files by type.
directory  /
executable file  *
link file  @

Eg:
initctl@  Link File
pts/  Directory
ls*  Executable File

11) ls -f
To disable colors

12) ls -i
 To display all files
including inode
number.
 i-node is the address of
location, where file
attributes are stored.
 i-node is the address of
the location, where file
attributes are stored.

 The following are

various file attributes
1) The size of
the file
2) The number
of links
3) The owner
4) The group
5) The creation
time
6) The last
modified
time
7) The last accessed time
etc

13) ls -R
 R means Recursive.
 It will list all files and directories including sub directory contents also. By default ls
will display only direct contents but not
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Note: If the number of files are very huge, then we can use less and more commands
with ls to display page by page.

$ ls /dev | less
$ ls /dev | more

If we want only fixed number of files either from top or from bottom we have to use head
and tail commands with ls commands.

$ ls /dev | head -5  disply only top 5 lines

$ ls /dev | tail -5  display only bottom 5 lines

Note: We can use these options simultaneously. When ever using options simultaneosuly
then the order is not important.

Eg: All the following commands are equal

$ ls -l -t -r
$ ls -t -r -l
$ ls -l -r -t
$ ls -ltr
$ ls -trl

Q1) Write the Command to display all Files including Hidden Files in Last Modifiction Time
Order. Oldest should be First and recent should be Last. It should include Inode
Number and the Number of Blocks used by that File. The Output should be in Long
listing Form?
$ ls -atrisl
131279 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 durga durga 807 Jan 3 12:57 .profile
131277 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 durga durga 3771 Jan 3 12:57 .bashrc
162011 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 durga durga 220 Jan 3 12:57 .bash_logout
132496 4 drwx------ 3 durga durga 4096 Jan 3 13:03 .gnupg
132517 4 drwx------ 3 durga durga 4096 Jan 3 13:03 .local
404481 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 durga durga 4096 Jan 3 13:03 Templates

Q2) Which Command will Lists all Files including Hidden Files along with their Inode
Numbers?
ls -ai

Q3) Which Command will make a Long listing of all the Files in our System including
Hidden Files, sorted by Modification Date (Oldest First)?
ls -latr

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Q4) Is -r will List the Files sorted by Modification Date (Oldest First)?
False.
It lists the files based on reverse of alphabetical order of names.
ls –rt  It will list the files sorted by modification date (Oldest first)

Q5) ls -la will not produce the Same Result as ls -al

False

2)date Command:
We can use date command to display date and
time of system.

Various Options:
1) date +%D
To display only date in the form: mm/dd/yy

2) date +%T
To display only time in the form: hh:mm:ss

3) date +%d
To display only day value

4) date +%m
To display only month value

5) date +%y
To display only year value in yy form

6) date +%Y
To display only year value in yyyy form.

7) date +%H
To display only Hours value (in 24 hours scale format)

8) date +%M
To display only Minutes value

9) date +%S
To display only Seconds value

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Eg 1: To display current system date in dd-mm-yyyy format.
default format: mm/dd/yy
date +%d-%m-%Y

Eg 2: Create an empty file where file name contains current system date.
touch "durgajobs$(date +%d%m%Y).log"

durgajobs31102019.log

durgajobs01112019.log

durgajobs02112019.log

durgajobs03112019.log

durgajobs04112019.log

Eg 3: Create an empty file where file name contains current system date and time
touch "durgajobs$(date +%d%m%Y%H%M%S).log"

durgajobs31102019205834.log

Note:
If the file name contains date and time then that file is said to be timestamped file (file
with timestamp)

cal Command:
$ cal  To display current month calendar.
$ cal 2020  To display total year calendar.
$ cal 1  To display 1st year calendar.
$ cal 9999  To display 9999th year calendar.
$ cal 10000  cal: year '10000' not in range 1..9999
$ cal 08 2019  To display august 2019th calendar

Note: cal command can provide support only for the years 1 to 9999.

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Topic-5: Working with

Directories
1) Creation of Directories:
We can create directories by using mkdir command.

1) mkdir dir1
To create a directory

2) mkdir dir1 dir2 dir3

To create multiple directories

3) mkdir dir1/dir2/dir3
To create dir3. But make sure dir1 and in that dir2 should be available already.

4) mkdir -p dir1/dir2/dir3
 -p means path of directories.
 All directories in the specified path will be created.
 First dir1 will be created and in that dir2 will be created and within that dir3 will be
created.

Case Study-1: Film Heroine's Manager

heroines
sunny
jan2020,feb2020,mar2020,......dec2022
katrina
jan2020,feb2020,mar2020,......dec2022
kareena
jan2020,feb2020,mar2020,......dec2
022

jan2020
schedule_1.txt

schedule_2.txt
...
schedule_31.txt

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$ mkdir sunny katrina kareena
$ mkdir
{sunny,katrina,kareena}/{jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,aug,sep,oct,nov,dec}_{2020,2021,20
22}

$ touch
{sunny,katrina,kareena}/{jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,aug,sep,oct,nov,dec}_{2020,2021,20
22}/schedule_{1..31}.txt

Case Study-2:
Create 5 directories named with dir6,dir7,dir8,dir9 and dir10. In these directories create
empty files with a.txt,b.txt,c.txt and d.txt

$ mkdir dir{6..10}
$ touch dir{6..10}/{a..d}.txt

Note: *,[],{ } etc are called wild characters. We can use wild card characters in every
command.

2) How to remove Directories:

We can remove directories by using rmdir command.
1) $ rmdir dir1
To remove empty directory dir1

2) 2. $ rmdir dir1 dir2 dir3

To remove multiple empty directories

Note: rmdir command will work only for empty directories. If the directory is not empty
then we will get error. We cannot use rmdir for files. Hence the most useless (waste)
command in linux is rmdir.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ rmdir heroines/

rmdir: failed to remove 'heroines/': Directory not empty

If the directory is not empty then to remove that directory we should use rm command.
All internal content also will be removed. rm command can work for files also. Hence rm is
recommended to use than rmdir.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ rm heroines
rm: cannot remove 'heroines': Is a directory

Whenever we are using rm command for directories, we should use -r or -R option. Here
case is not important.

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$ rm -r heroines
$ rm -R heroines

Note: In Linux operating system, there is no way to perform undo operation. Once we
delete a file or directory, it is impossible to retrieve that. Hence while using rm command
we have to take special care.
The following command is the most dangerous command in linux, because it removes
total file system.

rm -r /

Various options with rm Command:

1) interactive Option(-i)
While removing files and directories, if we want confirmation then we have to use -i
option.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ rm -ri dir7

rm: descend into directory 'dir7'? y
rm: remove regular empty file
'dir7/c.txt'? y
rm: remove regular empty file 'dir7/d.txt'? y
rm: remove regular empty file 'dir7/a.txt'? y
rm: remove regular empty file 'dir7/b.txt'? y
rm: remove directory 'dir7'? y

2) force removal(-f):
While removing files and directories, if we don't want any error messages, then we should
use -f option. It is opposite to -i option.
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ rm -r dir99
rm: cannot remove 'dir99': No such file or directory
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ rm -rf dir99
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$

Even dir99 is not available, we won't get any error

message, because we used -f option.

3) verbose Option(-v):
If we want to know the sequence of removals on
the screen we should go for -v option.

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durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ rm -rv dir8
removed 'dir8/c.txt'
removed 'dir8/d.txt'
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removed directory 'dir8'
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Q1) What is the

difference between the
following 2 Commands?
$ mkdir dir1/dir2/dir3
$ mkdir -p
dir1/dir2/dir3

mkdir dir1/dir2/dir3
Only dir3 will be created and compulsory dir1 and in that dir2 should be avilable
already. If dir1 or dir2 not available then this command won't work.

mkdir -p dir1/dir2/dir3
-p means complete path
All 3 directories will be created.

Q2) What is the Advanatage of using rm Command over rmdir Command

while removing Directories?
rmdir command will work only for empty directories.
rm command will work for both empty and non-empty directories. Even we can rm
command for files also.

Q3) Assume that dir1 is an Empty Directory. Which of the following

Commands will remove dir1?
 rm dir1
 remove dir1
 rmdir dir1
 del dir1

 Ans: C

Q4) Assume that dir1 is non-empty Directory. Which of the following

Commands will remove dir1?
 rmdir dir1
 rm -R dir1
 rm -i dir1
 rm -f dir1
 rm -v dir1

 Ans: B

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Q5) Assume that dir1 is non empty Directory and text1 is just a Text File.
Which of the following Command will remove both dir1 and text1
successfully?
 rm text1 dir1
 rm -v text1 dir1
 rm -R text1 dir1

Ans: C

Q6) How to Create a Directory called pythonclasses in the Videos Directory

within User Home Directory?
$ mkdir ~/Videos/pythonclasses

Q7) How to Create a Directory named A and in that a Directory B and inside
that a Directory C?
-$ mkdir -p A/B/C

Q8) How many Directories will be created after running the following
Command?
$ mkdir {a..c}{1..3}
9 Directories named with a1, a2, a3, b1, b2, b3, c1, c2, c3

Q9) To Create a Directory named with Java Classes, is the following

Command valid?
$ mkdir java classes

This command will create two directories java and classes.

To create a single directory we have to use:
$ mkdir "java classes"

Note: In file or directory names, it is not recommended to use space. Instead of that we
have to use _ symbol like java_classes.

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Case Study:
Write commands to create the following directory structure

1st way:
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ pwd
/home/durga
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ mkdir x y
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ cd x
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/x$ mkdir x1 x2
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/x$ cd x1
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/x/x1$ mkdir
x11 x12
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/x/x1$ cd ..
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/x$ cd ..
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ cd y
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/y$ mkdir y1 y2
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/y$ cd y1
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/y/y1$ mkdir
y11 y12

2nd way:
$ mkdir x x/x1 x/x2 x/x1/x11 x/x1/x12 y
y/y1 y/y2 y/y1/y11 y/y1/y12

3rd way:
$ mkdir -p x/x1/x11 x/x1/x12 x/x2
y/y1/y11 y/y1/y12 y/y2

4th way:
$ mkdir -p x/x{1,2} x/x1/x1{1,2} y/y{1,2}
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Q10) To Remove Directories dir1, dir2, dir3.... dir10

If Directories are Empty  $ rmdir dir{1..10}
If Directories are non Empty  $ rm -R dir{1..10}

Q11) To Remove 3 Empty Directories dir2, dir4, dir6

$ rmdir dir{2,4,6}

Q12) To Remove Directories where Name contains 2 OR 4  $ rmdir *[24]*

Q13) To Remove Directories where Name Starts with 'd'  $ rmdir d*

Q14) To Remove Directories where Name Starts with 'd' and Ends with 'n'
$ rmdir d*n

Q15) To Remove Directoreis where Name Starts with 'd' OR 'x'  $ rmdir
[dx]*

Absolute Path vs Relative Path:

Absolute Path: It is the path from root(/) to destination. ie it is complete path.
Relative Path: It is the path from current working directory to destination directory.It is
always wrt current location.

$ mkdir -p x/x{1,2} x/x1/x1{1,2} y/y{1,2} y/y1/y1{1,2}

Eg 1: Assume we are in x11 directory. To change to y2 directory

Absolute Path:
$ cd /home/durga/y/y2
$ cd ~/y/y2
Relative Path:
$
cd
../../../y/y2
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Eg 2: Assume we are in y2 directory. To change to x11

Absolute Path:
$ cd /home/durga/x/x1/x11
$ cd ~/x/x1/x11
Relative Path:
$ cd
../../x/x1/x11

Eg 3: Assume we are in x11 directory. To create y21 directory inside y2 without enter
into y2 directory.

Absolute Path:
$ mkdir /home/durga/y/y2/y21
$ mkdir ~/y/y2/y21
Relative Path:
$
mkdir
4) Copy Command (cp)
../../../y/y2/y21

1) To Copy from File1 to File2 (File to File)

 $ cp source_file destination_file
 $ cp file1 file2
 Total content fo file1 will be copied to file2.
 If file2 is not already available, then this command will create that file.
 If file2 is already available and contains some data, then this data will be over write
with file1 content.

2) To Copy File to Directory:

 $ cp file1 file2 output
 file1 and file2 will be copied to output directory.
 Here we can specify any number of files, but last argument should be directory.
 output directory should be available already.

3) To Copy all Files of One Directory to another Directory:

 $ cp dir1/* dir2
 All files of dir1 will be copied to dir2
 But dir2 should be available already.

4) To Copy Total Directory to another Directory:

 $ cp dir1 dir2
 cp: -r not specified; omitting directory 'dir1'

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 Whenever we are copying one directory to another directory, compulsory we should
use -r option.

 $ cp -r dir1 dir2
 total dir1 will be copied to dir2

Note:
If the destination directory (dir2) already available then total dir1 will be copied to dir2.
If the destination directory (dir2) not already available, then destination directory will be
created and all files of source directory will be copied to destination directory but source
directory won't be copied.

5) To Copy Multiple Directories into a Directories:

 $ cp -r dir1 dir2 dir3 dir4 dir5
 dir1,dir2,dir3 and dir4 will be copied to dir5

Q16) Write Command to Copy Data from a.txt, b.txt, c.txt to d.txt?
$ cp a.txt b.txt c.txt d.txt  It won't work.
We will discuss solution in the next classes.

Moving and Renaming Directories:

Both moving and renaming activities can be
performed by using single command: mv

1) Renaming of files:
$ mv oldname newname
Eg: $ file1.txt file2.txt
file1.txt will be
renamed to file2.txt

2) Renaming of
Directories:
$ mv dir1 dir2
dir1 will be renamed
to dir2

3) Moving files to
directory:
$ mv a.txt b.txt c.txt
output
a.txt,b.txt and c.txt
will be moved to
output directory.

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Note: If dir2 is already available then dir1 will be moved to dir2. If dir1 is not already
available then dir1 will be renamed to dir2.

Summary of Directory related Commands:

mkdir dir1
mkdir dir1 dir2 dir3
mkdir dir1/dir2/dir3
mkdir -p dir1/dir2/dir3
mkdir dir{1..6}

rmdir dir1
rmdir dir1 dir2 dir3
rm -r dir1
rm -ri dir1
rm -rf dir1
rm -rv dir1
rm -r dir*
rm -r
dir{2..6}
rm -r
dir[2,4]
cp file1.txt
file2.txt
cp file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt output
cp dir1/* dir2
cp -r dir1 dir2
mv file1.txt file2.txt
mv dir1 dir2 (rename b'z dir2 not available)
mv dir1/* dir2
mv dir1 dir2 (move dir1 to dir2 because dir2 available)
cd
cd ../../..
cd /
cd ~
cd -

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Topic-6: Working with

Files
1) Creation of Files
2) Viewing of Files
3) Copying of Files
4) Comparison of Files
5) Renaming of files
6) Deleting Files
7) Creation of Hidden files and directories
8) Creation of Link Files
9) Editing of Files

1) Creation of Files:
In Linux, we can create files in the following ways:
10) By using touch command (to create empty file)
11) By using cat command
12) By using editors like gedit, vi, nano etc

cat Command:
cat > file1.txt

Eg:
$ cat > file1.txt
Hello Friends
Listen Carefully
Otherwise Linux will give Left and Right
ctrl+d  To save and exit

If file1.txt is not already available, then file1.txt will be created with our provided data.
If file1.txt is already available with some content, then old data will be over written with
our provided new data.

Instead of overwriting, if we want append operation then we should use >> with cat
command.

cat >> file1.txt

extra content
ctrl+d
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Q1) What is the difference between Touch and Cat?

touch for creating empty file where as cat for creating a file with some content.

Q2) How we can perform overwriting and appending with cat Command?
> meant for overwriting
>> meant for appending/concatenation

Q3) If we are using Touch Comamnd, but the File is already available then
what will happend?
The content of the file won't be changed. But last modified date and time
(i.e., timestamp) will be updated.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ ls -l file1.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 durga durga 77 Jan 9 12:24 file1.txt
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ touch file1.txt
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ ls -l file1.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 durga durga 77 Jan 9 12:33 file1.txt

Use Case:

Assume that we write one shell script. The job of this shell script is to send all current date
files to remote server. Assume that this script won't be executed on sat and sun. But on
Monday all 3 days files have to be send.

But the problem with this script is it can recognize only current date files. To change
timestamp of sat and Sunday files, we have to use touch command.

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Note: We can use touch command for the following two purposes:
1) To create an empty file.
2) To change timestamp of existing file.

2) View Content of the Files

We can view content of the file by using the following commands
1) cat
2) tac
3) rev
4) head
5) tail
6) less
7) more

1. View Content of the File by using cat Command:

$ cat < file1.txt OR $ cat file1.txt
< is optional

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ cat < file1.txt

This is first line
This is second line
This is third line
This is extra line
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ cat file1.txt
This is first line
This is second line
This is third line
This is extra
line

While viewing file content we can include line numbers by using -n option.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ cat -n file1.txt

1 This is first line
2 This is second line
3 This is third line
4 This is extra line

While display file content we can skip blank lines by using -b option.
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ cat -n file1.txt
1 This is first
line 2
3 This is second
line 4
5 This is third
line
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6
7
8 This is extra line

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ cat -b file1.txt

1 This is first line

2 This is second line

3 This is third line

4 This is extra line

We can view multiple files content at a time by using cat command.

$ cat file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt

Note: The word cat derived from "con'cat'enation"

Various utilities of cat Command:

1) To create new file with some content
$ cat > filename
data
ctrl+d

2) To append
some extra
data to
existing file
$ cat >> filename
extra data
ctrl+d

3) To view
content of
file
$ cat <
filename or $
cat filename

4) Copy content
of one file to
another file
$ cat
input.txt >
output.txt
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2. tac Command:
It is the reverse of cat.
It will display file content in reverse order of lines. i.e first line will become last line and
last line will become first line.
This is vertical reversal.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ cat abc.txt

CAT
RAT
MAT
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ tac abc.txt
MAT
RAT
CAT

3. rev Command:
rev means reverse.
Here each line content will be reversed.
It is horizontal reversal.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ cat abc.txt

CAT
RAT
MAT
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ rev abc.txt
TAC
TAR
TAM

Note
:
cat command will display total file content at a time. It is best suitable for small files. If the
file contains huge lines then it is not recommended to use cat command. We should go for
head, tail, less and more commands.

4. head Command:
We can use head command to view top few lines of content.

✽ head file1.txt
 It will display top 10 lines of file1.txt.
 10 is the default value of number of lines.

✽ head -n 30 file1.txt OR head -30 file1.txt

 To display top 30 lines of the file.
 Instead of 30 we can specify any number.
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✽ head -n -20 file1.txt
To display all lines of file1.txt except last 20 lines.

✽ head -c 100 file1.txt

To display first 100 bytes of file content.

5. tail Command:
 We can use tail command to view few lines from bottom of the file.
 It is opposite to head command.

✽ tail file1.txt
Last 10 lines will be displayed.

✽ tail -n 30 file1.txt OR tail -30 file1.txt OR tail -n -30 file1.txt It

will display last 30 lines.

✽ tail -n +4 file1.txt
It will display from 4th line to last line

✽ tail -c 200 file1.txt

It will display 200 bytes of content from bottom of the file.

6. more Command:
We can use more command to view file content page by
page.

✽ more file1.txt
 It will display first page.
 Enter  To view next line
 Space Bar  To view next page
 q  To quit/exit

✽ more -d file1.txt
-d option meant for providing details like
--More--(5%)[Press space to continue, 'q' to quit.]

7. less Command:
 By using more command, we can view file content page by page only in forward
direction.
 If we want to move either in forward direction or in backward direction then we
should go for less command.

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less file1.txt
It will display first page

d  To go to next page.(d means down)

b  To go to previous page. (b means backward)

Eg: Assume a file contains enough data. Write command to display from 3rd Line to 7th
Line.

1) Katrina Kaif
2) Kareena Kapoor
3) Karishma Kapoor
4) Sunny Leone
5) Mallika Sharawath
6) Sonakshi Sinha
7) Alia Butt
8) Pooja
9) Anushka
10) Deepika

head -7 demo.txt
1. Katrina Kaif
2. Kareena Kapoor
3. Karishma Kapoor
4. Sunny Leone
5. Mallika Sharawath
6. Sonakshi Sinha
7. Alia Butt

tail -5 demo.txt
3. Karishma Kapoor
4. Sunny Leone
5. Mallika Sharawath
6. Sonakshi Sinha
7. Alia Butt

head -7 demo.txt | tail -5

8. Karishma Kapoor
9. Sunny Leone
10.Mallika Sharawath
11.Sonakshi Sinha
12.Alia Butt

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From 21st line to 30th line:

head -30 demo.txt | tail -10

Creation of Hidden Files and Directories:

 If any file starts with '.' , such type of file is called hidden file.
 If we don't want to display the files then we have to go for hidden files.
 Hidden files meant for hiding data. All system files which are internally required by
kernal are hidden files.
 We can create hidden files just like normal files, only difference is file name should
starts with dot.

touch .securefile1.txt
cat > .securefile1.txt
Even by using editors
also we can create
hidden files.

We can create hidden directories also just like normal directories.

mkdir .db_info

Note: By using hidden files and directories we may not get full security. To make more
secure we have to use proper permissions. For this we should use 'chmod' command.

Interconversion of Normal Files and Hidden Files:

Based on our requirement, we can convert normal file as hidden file and viceversa.

mv a.txt .a.txt
We are converting normal file a.txt as hidden file.

mv .a.txt a.txt Similarly

directories also mv

dir1 .dir1
mv .dir1 dir1

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Copying of Files:
cp file1.txt file2.txt

If file2.txt not available, then file2.txt will be created and the content will be copied.
If file2.txt is already available and contanis some data then that data will be overwritten
with file1.txt data.
Before overwriting if we want confirmation, then we should go for -i option.
i means interactive.
cp -i file1.txt file2.txt

$ cp -i a.txt b.txt
cp: overwrite 'b.txt'?

If we want verbose output then we can use -v option.

cp -v file1.txt file2.txt

$ cp -v a.txt b.txt
'a.txt' -> 'b.txt'

cp file1.txt
file2.txt file3.txt
file4.txt output

Note: To copy multiple files content to the single file, we should not use cp command. we
should use cat command.

cp a.txt b.txt c.txt d.txt  Invalid

cp: target 'd.txt' is not a Directory

cat a.txt b.txt c.txt > d.txt  Valid

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Moving and Renaming Directories:

Both moving and renaming activities can be performed by using single command: mv

1) Renaming of Files:
 mv oldname newname
 mv file1.txt file2.txt
 file1.txt will be renamed to file2.txt

2) Renaming of Directories:
 mv dir1 dir2
 dir1 will be renamed to dir2

3) Moving of files from one directory to another directory:

 mv dir1/* dir2
 All files of dir1 will be moved to dir2. After executing this command, dir1 will come
empty.

4) Move total directory to another directory:

 mv dir1 dir2
 dir1 will be moved to dir2
 In the case of overwriting, if we want confirmation alert then we can use -i option
with mv command.
 $ mv -i a.txt d.txt dir1
 mv: overwrite 'dir1/a.txt'?

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Topic-8: Comparing
Files
We can compare data of two files by using the following commands:
1) cmp
2) diff
3) sdiff
4) vidiff
5) comm

1) cmp Comamnd:
It will compare byte by byte.

cmp file1.txt file2.txt

If content is same then we won't get any output.
If the content is different, then it provides information about only first difference. byte
number and line number will be provided.

$ cmp a.txt c.txt

a.txt c.txt differ: byte 7, line 2

Note: cmp command won't show all differences and show only first difference.

2) diff Comamnd:
It will show all differences in the content.

diff file1.txt file2.txt

If the content is the same then no output.
If the content is different then it will show all differences.

$ diff a.txt b.txt

$ diff a.txt c.txt
2,3c2,3
< Bunny
< Chinny
---
> bunny

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>chinny
b

For the
diff
comma
nd we
can use
the
$ diff -q a.txt c.txt
followin
Files a.txt and c.txt differ
g$ diff -s a.txt b.txt
options.
Files a.txt and b.txt are identical
-q
$ diff -y a.txt c.txt
shows
Sunny Sunny
message
Bunny | bunny
when
Chinny | chinny
files
Vinnyare Vinny
differen
Pinny Pinny
t.
-s
If we want to suppress common lines then we should use --suppress-common-lines option
shows
with -y option.
message
when
$ diff -y --suppress-common-lines a.txt c.txt
files
Bunny are | bunny
same
Chinny | | chinny
identica
l
3) sdiff Command:
-y
showsWe can use sdiff command for side by side comparison (parallel comparison)
compari
$ sdiff
son linea.txt b.txt
Sunny
by line Sunny
Bunny
(parallel Bunny
Chinny
compari Chinny
Vinny
son) Vinny
Pinny Pinny
$ sdiff a.txt c.txt
Sunny Sunny
Bunny | bunny
Chinny | chinny
Vinny Vinny

Pinny Pinny

Note: sdiff comamnd and diff command with -y option are same.

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4) vimdiff Command:
 It will highlight differences in vim.

 To support this command, we have to install vim by using the following

command.
 sudo apt install vim

 vimdiff a.txt b.txt

 ctrl+w+w  To go to next window

 :q  Close current window
 :qa  Close all windows
 :qa!  Close all windows forcely.

5) comm Command:
By using this command we can compare data of two files.

comm file1.txt file2.txt

It display results in 3 columns

column-1: Data present only in file1.txt but not in file2.txt

column-2: Data present only in file2.txt but not in file1.txt
column-3: Common data of both files.

$ comm a.txt c.txt

Sunny
bunny
Bunny
chinny
Chinny
Vinny

Pinny

With comm command we can use the following options

-1 If we don't want to display column-1

-2  If we don't want to display column-2
-3  If we don't want to display column-3
-12  If we don't want to display columns 1 and 2

Note: We can compare files from various builds by using our comparison commands
(cmp, diff, sdiff, vimdiff, comm).
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Case Study:

mkdir -p x/x1/x1{1,2} x/x2 y/y1/y1{1,2} y/y2

durgasoft@durgasoft-VirtualBox:~$ cat > x/x1/x11/file1.txt

This is file1 content
This is file1 content

Requirement-1: assume file1.txt is available inside x11 directory and we are in user home
directory. copy this file to y2 directory.

cp /home/durgasoft/x/x1/x11/file1.txt /home/durgasoft/y/y2
cp ~/x/x1/x11/file1.txt ~/y/y2
cp x/x1/x11/file1.txt y/y2

Requirement-2: assume file1.txt is available inside x11 directory and we are in user home
directory. move this file to y11 directory.

mv /home/durgasoft/x/x1/x11/file1.txt /home/durgasoft/y/y1/y11
mv ~/x/x1/x11/file1.txt ~/y/y1/y11
mv x/x1/x11/file1.txt y/y1/y11

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Topic-9: Creation of
Link Files
There are 2 types of link files
1) Hard Link files
2) Soft Link files

1) Hard Link Files:

It is just another name of the same exact file.

We can create hard link file by using ln command.
ln originalfile hardlinkfile

Eg: ln file1.txt file2.txt

Here file1.txt is original file and file2.txt is hard
link file.

Important conclusions about hard link file:

1) Both original file and hardlink file have same inode number, same size, same
timestamp.
2) If we delete original file, then there is no effect on hardlink file.

2) Soft Link File:

 A softlink is a pointer to another file. It is just like windows shortcut.
 It is also known as symbolic link.
 We can create soft link file by using ln command but with -s option.
 ln -s originalfile softlinkfile

 Eg: ln -s file1.txt file2.txt

 Here file1.txt is original file and file2.txt is link file.
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Important conclusions about softlink file:

1) Original file and softlink file have different inode numbers, different file sizes and
different timestamps.
2) Usually softlink file has smaller file size than original file size.
3) If we delete original file then softlink files will become useless.

Link files for directories:

We cannot create hardlink for directories because it breaks Linux File System. Having two
root directories is meaningless.

$ ln dir1 dir2
ln: dir1: hard link not allowed for directory

We can create softlink for directories

$ ln -s dir1 dir2

Note: For files we can create both hard and soft links. But for directories we can create
only softlinks butnot hardlinks.

Case Study:
Assume dir1 contains dir2.
dir2 contains softlink dir3 pointing to dir1

dir1  dir2  dir3

$ mkdir -p dir1/dir2
$ cd dir1/dir2
$ ln -s ~/Desktop/dir1 dir3

It will form a loop.

Note: While creating link files there may be a chance of forming loops. Take a bit special
care.

Q1) Which of the following is valid about Hard Link?

A) Inode number is different when compared to that of original file.
B) File Size is different when compared to that of original file.
C) It will become useless if we delete original file.
D) Inode number, file size and timestamp are same when compared to that of
original file.

Ans: D

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Q2) Which of the following is Valid Way to Create Soft Link for sunny.jpg
Present in Pictures Directory?
A) ln ~/Pictures/sunny.jpg newimg.jpg
B) ln -s ~/Pictures/sunny.jpg newimg.jpg
C) ln newimg.jpg ~/Pictures/sunny.jpg
D) ln -s newimg.jpg ~/Pictures/sunny.jpg

Ans: B

Q3) We can Create both Hard and Soft Links to the Directories. Is it
Valid?
E) True
F) False

Ans: B

Note: If we perform any change to the content of original file, then these changes will be
reflected to the link file. Similarly, if we perform any change to the link file, then those
changes will be reflected to the original file. This is true for both hard and soft links.

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Topic-10: Word Count

Command (wc Command)
We can use wc command to count number of lines, words and characters present in the
given file.

wc filename
no_of_lines no_of_words no_of_characters filename

Eg:
$ wc a.txt
4 26 166 a.txt

4  Number of Lines
26 Number of words
166  Number of
characters (File size in
bytes)

We can use the

following options with
wc Command

-l  To print only
number of lines
-w  To print only
number of words
-c  To print only
number of characters
-lw  To print only
number of lines and
words
-lc  To print only
number of lines and
characters
-wc  To print only
number of words and
characters
-L  To print number of
characters present in
Longest Line.

$ wc51
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$ wc -L a.txt
57 a.txt

We can use
wc
command
for multiple
files
simultaneo
usly.
$ wc a.txt b.txt c.txt
4 26 166 a.txt
3 4 27 b.txt
4 4 112 c.txt
11 34 305 total

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Topic-11: Sorting
Content of the File
We can sort data of the file by using sort command.

sort filename
Here sorting is based on alphabetical order.

$ cat a.txt
Sunny
Bunny
Chinny
Vinny
Pinny

$ sort a.txt
Bunny
Chinny
Pinny
Sunny
Vinny

If we want
to sort
based on
reverse of
alphabetic
al order,
then we
should use
-r option.

$ sort -r a.txt
Vinny
Sunny
Pinny
Chinny
Bunny

If the file contains alphanumeric data, then first numbers will be considered and then
alphabet
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6
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5
Pinny

$ sort a.txt
1
5
6
7
8
Bunny
Chinny
Pinny
Sunny
Vinny
$ sort -r a.txt
Vinny
Sunny
Pinny
Chinny
Bunny
8
7
6
5
1

If the file contains only numbers, then the sorting is not based on numeric value and it is
just based on digits.

$ cat > a.txt

11
2
7
2222222
9

$ sort a.txt
11
2
2222222
7
9

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If we want to sort based on numeric value then we have to use -n option.
-n means numeric value

$ sort -n a.txt
2
7
9
11
2222222

Bydefault sort command will display duplicate lines. If we want only unique lines then we
have to use -u option.
-u meant for unique lines.

$ cat a.txt
1
1
2
2
Sunny

Sunny
Bunn
y
$ sort a.txt
1
1
2
2
Bunny

Sunny

Sunny
$ sort -u a.txt
1
2
Bunny

Sunny
Q1) Assume a.txt contains the following Data
Note:Sunny
We Bunny
can Chinny
use - Vinny
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Without using -r option with sort command, sort the content based on reverse of
alphabetical order and store the result inside sorted.txt?

sort a.txt | tac > sorted.txt

sort -r a.txt > sorted.txt

To remove duplicate lines

also:

sort -u a.txt | tac > sorted.txt

sort -ru a.txt > sorted.txt

Sorting Tabular
Data by using -k
Option:
drwxr-xr-x
-k means KEYDEF3 (key root root 4096 Aug 6 00:34 acpi
-definition).
r w - r - - r -Based
- 1 on
root root
which 3028 Aug 6 00:28 adduser.conf
drwxr-xr-x
key (column) we2have root
to root 4096 Nov 7 19:47 alternatives
-sort.
r w - r - - r - - 1 root root 401 May 29 2017 anacrontab
- r w - r - - r - - 1 root root 433 Oct 2 2017 apg.conf
$ l s - l / e t c |6 head
drwxr-xr-x root -10
root 4096 Aug 6 00:30 apm
tdrwxr-xr-x
o t a l 1068 3 root root 4096 Aug 6 00:33 apparmor
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Nov 7 06:32 apparmor.d
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 7 06:33 apport

Sort based on File Size in ascending Order:

$ ls - l /etc | head -10 | sort - k 5n
t o t a l 1068
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 401 May 29 2017 anacrontab
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 433 Oct 2 2017 apg.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3028 Aug 6 00:28 adduser.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 7 19:47 alternatives
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 6 00:33 apparmor
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 6 00:34 acpi
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 7 06:33 apport
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Aug 6 00:30 apm
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Nov 7 06:32 apparmor.d

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Sort based on Month:

6th column provides total date. If we want consider only month then we should use M.

$ ls - l /etc | head -10 | s o r t - k 6M

t o t a l 1068
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 401 May 29 2017 anacrontab
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 6 00:33 apparmor
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 6 00:34 acpi
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Aug 6 00:30 apm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3028 Aug 6 00:28 adduser.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 433 Oct 2 2017 apg.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 7 19:47 alternatives
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 7 06:33 apport
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Nov 7 06:32 apparmor.d

Sort based on Number of Links in descending Order:

$ ls - l /etc | head -10 | s o r t - k 2nr
t o t a l 1068
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Nov 7 06:32 apparmor.d
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Aug 6 00:30 apm
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 7 06:33 apport
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 6 00:33 apparmor
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 6 00:34 acpi
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 7 19:47 alternatives
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3028 Aug 6 00:28 adduser.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 401 May 29 2017 anacrontab
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 433 Oct 2 2017 apg.conf

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Topic-12: Find Unique

Content in the File by using
uniq Command
We can use uniq command to display unique content in the file.
But to use uniq command, compulsory the file should be sorted, otherwise it won't work
properly.

$ cat a.txt
Sunny
sunny
Bunny
Chinny
Sunny
Bunny
Chinny

$ uniq a.txt
Sunny
sunny
Bunny
Chinny
Sunny
Bunny
Chinny

$ sort a.txt | uniq

Bunny
Chinny
sunny

Sunny

With
uniq
comm
and
we
can
use
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1. To display only duplicate lines:
$ sort a.txt | uniq -d
Bunny
Chinny
Sunny

2. To
disp
lay
num
ber
of
occu
rren
ces
of
eac
h
line:
$ sort a.txt | uniq -c
2 Bunny
2 Chinny
1 sunny
2 Sunny

3. To ignore case
while comparing:
$ sort a.txt | uniq -i
Bunny
Chinny
sunny
$ sort a.txt | uniq -ic
2 Bunny
2 Chinny
3 sunny
4. To display only
unique lines i.e
the lines which
are not
duplicated:
$ sort a.txt | uniq -u
sunny

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Topic-13: Input and Output of Commands
and Redirection

Commands can take input, perform required operation and produces some output.
While executing command if anything goes wrong then we will get error message.

Command can take input either from standard Input or from command line arguments.
Command will produce results to either Standard output or Standard Error.

Standard Input, Standard Output and Standard Error are Data Streams and can flow from
one place to another place. Hence redirection and piping are possible.

Command Line arguments are static and these are not streams. Hence redirection and
piping concepts are not applicable to command line arguments.

These data streams are associated with some numbers.

Standard Input associated with 0.
Standard Output associated with 1.
Standard Error associated with 2.

Bydefault Standard input connected with keyboard, Standard output and Standard Error
connected with Terminal. But we can redirect.

Standard Input from the keyboard and output to Standard Ouput

Device:
$cat
read required input from the keyboard
this data will be displayed to the standard output.
ctrl+d

Note: For the cat command if we are not providing any arguments, then the input will be
taken from standard input device (keyboard) and display the output to the standard
output device (Terminal).

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$ cat
This is data provided from Standard Input
This is data provided from Standard
Input

Input from command line arguments and error messages to the

Standard Error:
$ rm file100
rm: cannot remove 'file100': No such file or directory

We are providing filename as command line argument to the rm command.

Specified file not available and hence this command will produces error message to the
Standard Error device (Terminal).

Note: Some commands may accept Standard Input and Some commands may accept
command line arguments.
1) rm command will always accept command line arguments only.
rm file1 file2
2) echo command will always aceept command line arguments only.
echo "durgasoft"
3) cat command can accept input either from standard input or from comamnd line
arguments.

Redirection
As Standard Input, Standard Ouput and Standard Error are Data streams, we can redirect
these streams.

Redirecting Standard Ouput:

We can redirect standard output by using > and >> symbols.

> will perform overwriting of existing data

>> will perform appending to existing data

Eg 1: To redirect the standard output of cat command from terminal to output.txt

$cat 1> output.txt

sample data
ctrl+d

sample data won't

be displayed to
the terminal and
will write to
output.txt
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$cat > output.txt
sample data
ctrl+d

Instead of
overwriting if we
want to perform
appending then
we should use
>>.

Redirecting
Standard
Error:
We can redirect error messages from the terminal to our own file by using > and >>
symbols.

$ cal 34 w3892384208342 2>> error.txt

Now error message won't be displayed to the console and will written to error.txt.
For error redirection 2 is mandatory.

Redirecting Standard Input:

We can redirect standard input from keyboard to our required file.
We can perform input redirection by using < symbol.

$cat 0< a.txt 1>>output.txt 2>>error.txt

< symbol is always associated with 0 by default. Hence we can

remove.
$cat < a.txt >>output.txt 2>>error.txt

***Note: To redirect both standard output and standard error to the same destination we
can use shortcut as follows

$ cat < a.txt &> output.txt

&> means both standard output and standard error.

Redirecting Standard output from one terminal to another

terminal:
In unix every thing is treated as file even our terminal also.
We can find terminal related file by using tty command.

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Q1) In How Many Ways Command can get Input?
2 ways. Either from Standard Input or from command line arguments.

Q2) Which of the following contains Data Streams?

A) Standard Input
B) Standard Output
C) Standard Error
D) Command Line arguments
Ans: A,B,C

Q3) By Default Standard Input connected to

E) Terminal
F) Keyboard
G) A File
Ans: B

Q4) By Default Standard Ouput connected to Terminal

Q5) By Default Standard Error connected to Terminal

Q6) What Number represents Standard Input Stream? 0

Q7) What Number represents Standard Output Stream? 1

Q8) What Number represents Standard Error? 2

Q9) How we can redirect Standard Output of the ls
Command to a File called Output.txt?
H) ls 2> output.txt
I) ls 0< output.txt
J) ls 1< output.txt
K) ls 1> output.txt
Ans: D
ls 2> output.txt  redirecting standard error from terminal to output.txt ls
0< output.txt  redirecting standard input from keyboard to output.txt ls
1< output.txt  Meaningless

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Q10) How we can redirect the Standard Output of the ls

Command to Output.txt, but at the Same Time,
redirect Standard Error to error.txt?
ls 1> output.txt 2> error.txt ls >
output.txt 2> error.txt

Q11) Explain the

difference between <, >,
>> in Redirection?
< symbol meant for input
redirection
> symbol meant for output
redirection where the
existing data will be
overwritten.
>> symbol meant for output redirection where the data will be appended instead
of overwriting.

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Topic-14: Piping
Sometimes we can use output of one command as input to another command. This
concept is called piping.
By using piping, multiple commands will work together to fulfill our requirement.

We can implement piping by using vertical bar (|).

$ ls -l /etc | wc
215 1940 11872

First ls got executed and the output of this command will become input to wc command.

Eg 2: $ ls -l /etc | more

Eg 3: $ ls -l /etc | wc |wc -l
The output is: 1

Eg 4: $ ls -l /etc | head -5

Note: instead of ls -l we
can use ll command, most
of linux flavours provides
tee Command:
support.

Requirement:
The output of the ls command should be saved to output.txt and should be provided as
input to wc command:

ls -l 1>output.txt | wc
This command won't work because if we are using redirection in the middle of piping, it
will break piping concept.

In piping, if we want to save the output of one command to a file and if we want to pass
that output as input to next command simultaneously, then we should go for tee
command.

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tee command is just like T-Junction or T-Pipe. It will take one input but provides two
outputs.

Eg 1: To save the output of ls command to a file and to display to the terminal

simultaneously.

$ ls –l  It will display to the terminal

$ ls -l > abc.txt  It will save to the abc.txt but won't display to the terminal.
$ ls -l | tee abc.txt

Eg 2: To save the output of ls command to a file and send that output as input to wc
command

$ ls -l | tee output.txt | wc -l

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xargs Command:
Q1) Display the Output of Date Command by using echo
Command with Piping Concept?
$ date | echo  It won't work because the output of date command is stream, but echo
command will accept only command line arguments but not stream.

$ date | xargs echo  xargs command will convert the output stream of date
command into command line arguments and these arguments will be passed as
input to echo command.

Hence the job of xargs command is to convert output stream into command line
arguments

Eg 1: Assume input.txt contains file names. Each file contains some data.
Read file names from the input.txt, write total content to output.txt and display the total
number of lines present in output.txt.

$ cat input.txt | xargs cat | tee output.txt | wc -l

Eg 2: Assume input.txt contains file names. Read file names from the input.txt and remove
all these files.

$ cat input.txt | xargs rm

Assignment:
list out all contents of /dev folder and save to file1.txt.
list out all contents of /bin folder and save to file2.txt.c

Write a single pipeline for the following requirement:

read content of file1 and file2, save to fil3.txt. By using sort command reverse contents of
file3.txt and save to sorted.txt.

$ ls /dev > file1.txt

$ ls /bin > file2.txt
$ cat file1.txt file2.txt | tee file3.txt | sort -r > sorted.txt

Q2) What is Piping?

A) A way of connecting commands together.
B) A way of passing data from the standard output of one command to the standard
input of another command.
Ans: A,B

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Q3) How to Pipe Standard Output of X Command to the

Standard Input of Y Command?
A) X > Y
B) X >> Y
C) X < Y
D) X | Y
Ans: D

Q4) How we can use tee Command when Piping together Commands A, B
and C to save Output of B Command to results.txt.
A | B | tee results.txt | C

Q5) How to Pipe Data from Command A to Command B, but B won't accept
Standard Input and accepts only Command Line Arguments?
A | xargs B

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Topic-15: How to Use Multiple
Commands in a Single Line
We can execute multiple independent commands in a single line by using the following
two ways

1st Way: By using semicolon (;)

cmd1;cmd2;cmd3;.....;cmdn

First cmd1 will be executed and then cmd2 followed by rest of the commands.
If any command fails in the middle, still rest of the commands will be executed.

2nd Way: By using &&

cmd1 && cmd2 && cmd3 &&..... && cmdn

First cmd1 will be executed and then cmd2 followed by rest of the commands.
If any command fails in the middle, then rest of the commands won't be executed.

Eg:
create a directory dir1
create files a.txt,b.txt,c.txt in that dir1
write current system date and time to a.txt
write current month calendar to b.txt

mkdir dir1 ; touch dir1/{a,b,c}.txt ; date >

dir1/a.txt ; cal > dir1/b.txt
mkdir dir1 && touch dir1/{a,b,c}.txt &&
date > dir1/a.txt && cal > dir1/b.txt

mkdir dir1 ; touch dir1/{a,b,c}.txt ; Date > dir1/a.txt ; cal > dir1/b.txt
Here 3rd command fails, but still 4th command will be executed.

mkdir dir1 && touch dir1/{a,b,c}.txt && Date > dir1/a.txt && cal > dir1/b.txt
Here 3rd command fails, and hence 4th command won't be executed.

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Topic-16: Regular Expressions and Wildcard
Characters
If we want to represent a group of strings according to a particular pattern, then we
should go for regular expressions.

By using wildcard characters, we can build regular expressions.

A wildcard character can be used as a substitute for required sequence of characters in the
regular expression.

1)  Represents zero or more characters

2) ?  Represents only one character
3) [] Range of characters
4) [abc]  Either a or b or c
5) [!abc] Any character except a,b and c
6) [a-z]  Any lower case alphabet symbol
7) [A-Z]  Any upper case alphabet symbol
8) [a-zA-Z]  Any alphabet symbol
9) [0-9]  Any digit from 0 to 9
10) [a-zA-Z0-9]  Any alphanumeric character
11) [!a-zA-Z0-9]  Except alpha numeric character (i.e special symbol)
12) [[:lower:]]  Any lower case alphabet symbol
13) [[:upper:]]  Any upper case alphabet symbol
14) [[:alpha:]]  Any alphabet symbol
15) [[:digit:]]  Any digit from 0 to 9
16) [[:alnum:]]  Any alpha numeric character
17) [![:digit:]]  Any character except digit
18) {}  List of files with comma separator

19) To list out all files present in current working directory  $ ls *

20) To list out all files with some extension  $ ls *.*

21) To list out all files starts with a  $ ls a*

22) To list out all files starts with a and ends with t  $ ls a*t

23) To list out all .java files  $ ls *.java

24) To list out all files where file name contains only 2 characters and first character
should be 'a'  $ ls a?

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7) To list out all files where file name contains only 3 characters  $ ls ???

8) To list out all files where file name contains atleast 3 characters  $ ls ???*

9) To list out all files where file name starts with a or b or c  $ ls [abc]*

10) To list out all files where file name should not starts with a, b and c  $ ls [!abc]*

11) To list out all files starts with lower case aphabet symbol
$ ls [a-z]* OR $ls [[:lower:]]*

12) To list out all files starts with upper case aphabet symbol
$ ls [A-Z]* OR $ls [[:upper:]]*

13) To list out all files starts with digit.

$ ls [0-9]* OR $ls [[:digit:]]*

14) To list out all files where first letter should be upper case alphabet symbol, second
letter should be digit and third letter should be lower case alphabet symbol.
$ ls [[:upper:]][[:digit:]][[:lower:]]

15) To list out all files starts with special symbol

$ls [![:alnum:]]*

16) To list out all files with .java and .py extension
$ ls {*.java, *.py}

Note: We can use these wildcard characters with the following commands also.
cp, mv, rm

17) To copy all files starts with digit to dir1 directory.

$cp [[:digit:]]* dir1
$cp [0-9]* dir1

18) To move all files starts with alphabet symbol and with .txt extension to dir2
directory?
$mv [[:alpha:]]*.txt dir2

19) Remove all files starts with a or b or c and ends with e or t.

$rm [abc]*[et]

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Q1) Which of the following Command will List all Files that has
exactly 3 Characters Present in Current Working Directory?
A) ls ***
B) ls ???
C) ls !!!
D) ls &&&
Ans: B

Q2) Which of the following Commands will Copy all Files that Ends
with .pdf to dir1?
E) cp ?.pdf dir1
F) cp .pdf* dir1
G) cp *.pdf dir1
Ans: C

Q3) Which of the following Command will move all the Files that
begins with Letter a and Ends with Letter n to dir1?
$mv a*n dir1

Q4) Which of the following Commands will display Contents of all

Files that begins with a Digit and Ends with Letter a OR e OR i
OR o OR u?
$cat [[:digit:]]*[aeiou]
$cat [0-9]*[aeiou]

Q5) Which of the following Commands will List all Files that begins
with a Lower Case Alphabet Symbol and has a Letter d in the
3rd Character Position, and Ends with an Upper Case Letter?
$ls [[:lower:]]?d*[[:upper:]]

Q6) Which of the following Command will List all .jpg Files Present
in Pictures Directory?
$ls /home/durgasoft/Pictures/*.jpg
$ls ~/Pictures/*.jpg

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Q7) Which of the following Regular Expressions will Match the File
named with demoA.txt ?
A) *
B) demo?.txt
C) demo*
D) *.txt
E) demo[A-Z].txt
F) All of these

Q8) Which of the following Regular Expressions can Match the

Files?
student_reportA.pdf
student_reportB.pdf

student_reportC.pdf

G) ??.pdf
H) report*.pdf
I) *[A-Z].pdf
J) student*.pdf

Ans: C, D

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Topic-17: Command
Aliasing
Alias means other alternative name or nickname.
We can give our own more convinient nicknames for unix commands. This concept is
called command aliasing.

Note: we can use type command, to check whether the command is already available or
not.

How to Create Alias Names?

$ alias nickname='original command'
$ alias nickname="original command"

After aliasname space is not allowed. Hence the following are invalid
alias nickname ='original command'
alias nickname= 'original command'
alias nickname = 'original command'

How to List all available

Aliases?
By using alias command without any
arguments
$alias

How to Remove Alias

Names?
By using unalias command.
$unalias alias_name

Where we can use

aliasing:
1. If any lengthy command repeatedly required, then we can create shortcut alias name
and we can use that short alias name every time.

alias d20f='mkdir dir1;touch dir1/file{1..20}.txt'

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Eg: To list out all files present in current working directory, save this data to output.txt
and display the number of lines to the terminal. Define alias name 'current' for this total
activity.

alias current='ls -l | tee output.txt | wc -l'

2. To use other operating system (like windows) commands directly in linux

alias cls='clear'
alias rename='mv'

3. To handle typing mistakes

alias grpe='grep'

4. To handle language
barriers:
In Germany datum means
date.

alias datum='date'

How to persist
aliases
permanently?
Whatever aliases we created, are bydefault available only in the current session. Once we
close the terminal, all aliases will be lost.

But we can make our created aliases permanently in our system by using the following 2
ways:

1st Way:
We have to define our aliases in .bashrc file present in our home directory.

gedit .bashrc

Add the following lines in that file.

# myown aliases
alias cls='clear'
alias ddd='date;date;date'

Note: To reflect these aliases,

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Instead of editing .bashrc file, we can create our own file to maintain our defined aliases.
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.bash_aliases
alias ccc='cal;cal;cal'
alias ct='cal;date'

Note: To reflect
these aliases,
compulsory we
have to close and
open terminal.

Q1) What is
the Purpose of
Alias
Comamnd?
To list out all
available
aliases and to
create new
alias.

Q2) How to
Use Unalias
Command?
unalias alias_name  To remove a particular alias
unalias –a  To remove all aliases

Q3) To Persist Aliases, in which File we

have to define Aliases?
.bashrc OR .bash_aliases

Q4) Which of the following is Valid Way of

creating Alias?
A) alias rename ="mv"
B) alias rename= "mv"
C) alias rename = "mv"
D) alias rename="mv"

Ans: D

While creating aliases, we should not give space.

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Topic-18: Locate and Find

Commands
locate Command:
We can use locate command to locate files and directories in our system.

Internally locate command will search in the database for the required files and
directories and returns the results.

As locate command is searching in the database instead of filesystem, performance will be

improved.

1. To locate all .jpg files

$ locate *.jpg

To ignore case:

By default locate command will consider case. If we want to ignore case, we have to use -i
option.

$locate -i *.jpg

Note: In ubuntu -i option is not working

We can limit the number of lines in the result by using --limit option.
$ locate --limit 5 *.conf

/etc/adduser.conf
/etc/apg.conf
/etc/appstream.conf
/etc/brltty.conf
/etc/ca-certificates.conf

It display only 5 lines.

Before display results, to check whether the file exists or not , we have to use -e option or
--existing option.

$locate --existing *jpg

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Reason:
locate command using database to find results. This database will be updated only once
per day bydefault. After updating database, some files may be deleted. Hence before
printing results, to check whether files are existing or not, we have to use -e or --existing
option.
Before displaying results, to check whether symbolic links pointing to original files or
not,
we have to use -L or --follow option. i.e if we use --follow option, broken symbolic links
won't be displayed in the output.

$locate --follow *.txt

Note: We can use all these options together

$locate --existing --follow -i --limit 5 *.conf | wc -l

observe the difference in results:

$locate *.conf | wc -l
$locate -i *.conf | wc -l
$locate --existing -i 5 *.conf | wc -l
$locate --existing --follow -i *.conf | wc -l
$locate --existing --follow -i --limit 10 *.conf | wc
-l

How to Update Database?

We can see the database by using locate
command with -S option.

$ locate -S
Database /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db:
39,527 directories
3,69,078 files
2,42,42,520 bytes in file names 93,40,974
bytes used to store database

This database will be updated only once per day. If we are creating or removing files and
directories, to reflect these changes we have to update database explicitly by using
updatedb command. But admin privileges must be required.

$ sudo updatedb
[sudo] password for durgasoft:

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Q1) Which of the following are Valid Options to locate

Command?
A) -i
B) --limit
C) -L
D) -e
E) --existing
F) --follow
G) All of these
And: G

Q2) Locate Command internally Uses Database to find Results?

True
False
Ans: True

Q3) We created a File called demo.txt. But it has been 2 Hours since locate
Database has been updated. Is locate Command able to find this
demo.txt?
H) Yes
I) No
Ans: No

Q4) How to Update Database which is used by locate Command?

A) update locatedb
B) updatedb
C) sudo updatedb
Ans: C

find Command:
We can use find command to find files and directories present in our system.
It provides more search options when compared with locate command like
1) Search only files
2) Search only directories
3) Search by name
4) Search by size
5) We can use search results automatically for some other
commands
6) We can restrict maxdepth
etc

1. $find
It will find all files and directories in current working directory and below in linux file
system. This is the default behaviour.
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2. We can find all files and directories in the specified directory and below.
$ find /dev
$ find /etc

3. maxdepth Option:
usually find command will search in all depth levels. But we can specify the required depth
level by using maxdepth option.

Desktop
|-file1.txt
| -l e v e l _ 1 _ d i r
|-file2.txt
|-levlel_2_dir
|-file3.txt
| -l e v e l _ 3 _ d i r
|-file4.txt
| -l e v e l _ 4 _ d i r
|-file5.txt

$mkdir -p level_1_dir/level_2_dir/level_3_dir/level_4_dir
$touch file1.txt level_1_dir/file2.txt level_1_dir/level_2_dir/file3.txt
level_1_dir/level_2_dir/level_3_dir/file4.txt
level_1_dir/level_2_dir/level_3_dir/level_4_dir/file5.txt

Observe the difference in results by executing the following

commands:

4. $ find . -maxdepth 1
5. $ find . -maxdepth 2
6. $ find . -maxdepth 3
7. $ find . -maxdepth 4
8. $ find . -maxdepth 100

Note:
9. For maxdepth option we should use singl - but not double --
-maxdepth  Valid
--maxdepth  Invalid
2. find command will find hidden files and directories also.

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Find by Type:
We can find only files or only directories by using type option.
-type f  means only files
-type d  means only directories

durgasoft@durgasoft-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ find -type f

./level_1_dir/file2.txt
./level_1_dir/level_2_dir/file3.txt
./level_1_dir/level_2_dir/level_3_dir/level_4_dir/file5.txt
./level_1_dir/level_2_dir/level_3_dir/file4.txt
./file1.txt
./.securefile1.txt

durgasoft@durgasoft-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ find -type d

.
./.db_info
./level_1_dir
./level_1_dir/level_2_dir
./level_1_dir/level_2_dir/level_3_dir
./level_1_dir/level_2_dir/level_3_dir/level_4_dir

Note: We can use these options simultaneously, but we should use first -maxdepth and
then -type.

$find -type f -maxdepth 2  Generates warning

$find -maxdepth 2 -type f  No warnings

Find by Name:
We can find files and directories by name by using -name option.
$ touch {A..D}.txt
$ touch {A,B}{A,B}.txt

$ find . -name 'A.txt'

$ find . -name '?.txt'
$ find . -name '??.txt'
$ find . -name '*.txt'
$ find . -maxdepth 2 -name '*.txt'

If we want to ignore case then we should use -iname option.

$ find -iname 'a.txt'

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Find Files by Size:

We should use -size option.
+ symbol means greater than (over)
- symbol means less than

1. To list out all file names where size is over 200kb

$ find / -type f -size +200k This command required root privileges
$ sudo find / -type f -size +200k | wc -l

2. To list out all file names where size is over 200kb but less than 4MB.
$ find / -type f -size +200k -size -4M | wc -l

3. To list out all file names where file size is less 200kb or more than 4MB.
$ find / -type f -size -200k -o -size +4M | wc -l
-o means or

Q1) What is the Output of the following Command?

$ find / -type f -size -200k -size +4M | wc -l
The answer should be: 0

Note:
+n for greater than n
-n for less than n
n for exactly n

-empty File is
empty and is
either a regular file
or a directory

Q2) How to
Use Search
Results of
Find
Command?
We can perform any operation (like cp, mv, rm etc) on the results of find command.
For this we have to use -exec option.
-exec means execution.

Q3) To Copy all Files Present in /etc Folder where File Size is
< 2KB to dir1 Directory Present in the Desktop?
nd

82$ find /etc -typef -size

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should use -ok option instead of -exec.
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< cp ... /etc/magic.mime > ? y
< cp ... /etc/fwupd/uefi.conf > ? y
< cp ... /etc/fwupd/daemon.conf > ? y

Magic Assignment:
$ mkdir magic
$ mkdir magic/dir{1..100}
$ touch magic/dir{1..100}/file{1..100}.txt

$ mkdir magic;mkdir magic/dir{1..100};touch magic/dir{1..100}/file{1..100}.txt

$ touch magic/dir$(shuf -i 1-100 -n 1)/sunny.txt

$ find magic -type f -name 'sunny.txt'

$ find magic -type f -name 'sunny.txt' -exec mv {} ~/Desktop \;
$ find magic -type f -name '*.txt' -exec rm {} \;

Q4) The Find Command Uses a Database to Search Files and Directories
A) True
B) False
Ans: B

Q5) To find Files and Directories inside /dev Folder and Limit its Search to
only 2 Levels of Deep?
C) find -start /dev -depth 2
D) find /dev -depth 2
E) find /dev -maxdepth 2
Ans: C

Q6) To find only Directories inside /dev Folder and Limit its Search to only 2
Levels of Deep?
F) find /dev -maxdepth 2 -type f
G) find /dev -maxdepth 2 -type d
H) find /dev -type d -maxdepth 2
Ans: B

Q7) To find only Files Starts from Root Directory (/) where File Name Ends
with .txt?
I) find / '*.txt'
J) find / -type d -name '*.txt'
K) find / -type f -name '*.txt'
Ans: C

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Q8) To find all Files and Directories inside /dev Directory upto Maximum of 3
Levels Deep and Size is Greater than 200 Kilo Bytes?
A) find / -maxdepth 3 -size 200k
B) find /dev -maxdepth 3 -size 200k
C) find /dev -maxdepth 3 -size -200k
D) find /dev -maxdepth 3 -size +200k
Ans: D

Q9) Which of the following Command will find all Files below our Home
Directory where File Size is Greater than 3 Mega Bytes and Remove all
those Files?
E) find ~ -type f -size +3M -exec rm {} \;
F) find ~ -type f -size -3M -exec rm {}
G) find ~ -type f -size -3M -exec rm {} \;
H) find ~ -type f -size +3M rm {} \;

Ans: A

Difference between find and locate Commands

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Topic-19: Compression and Uncompression
of Files (tar, gzip, gunzip, bzip2, bunzip2)
As the part of admin activity, it is very common requirement to pack and compress a
group of files. The main advanatages are:

1) It improves memory utilization

2) Transportation will become very easy
3) It reduces download times
etc

This process involves the following 2

activities:
4) Creation of Archive file
5) Apply compression
algorithms on that archive
file

6)Creation of Archive
File
We can group multiple files and directories into a single archive file by using tar
command.

tar  tape archive

A) To create tar file

tar -cvf demo.tar file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt
tar -cvf demo.tar *

B) To display table of contents of tar file

tar -tvf demo.tar

C) To Extract contents of tar file

tar -xvf demo.tar

2)Apply
Compression
Algorithms on that
Archive File:
There are multiple compression
and
85 decompression
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Compression and Decompression by using gzip:

1) To Compress tar file
$ gzip demo.tar
demo.tar.gz  This file got created

2) To uncompress gz file:
$ gzip -d demo.tar.gz OR $ gunzip demo.tar.gz
 This command will provide our original tar file

Compression and Decompression by using bzip2:

1. To compress tar file:
$ bzip2 demo.tar
demo.tar.bz2 this file will be created.

2. To uncompress bz2 file:

$ bunzip2 demo.tar.bz2

How to create
tar File and
compress in a
Single
Command:
3. By using gzip
compression algorithm

To create tar and then

compress
$ tar -cvzf demo.tar *.txt
z option will do
compression
demo.tar will be
created and it is
already compressed

To uncompress and
extract tar file
$ tar -xvzf demo.tar

2.By using bzip2 compression algorithm

Instead of 'z', we have to use 'j'

To create tar and then compress

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Use Case: Backup of Total User Home Directory

$ pwd
/home/durgasoft
$ tar -cvzf backup.tar *

$mkdir newhome
$mv backup.tar newhome
$cd newhome
$ tar -xvzf backup.tar

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Topic-20: grep
Command
grep stands for
globally search a regular expression and print it
global regular expression print.
global regular expression parser.

We can use grep command to search the given pattern in a single or multiple files.

grep <pattern> filename

It prints all matched lines.

durgasoft@durgasoft-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ cat subjects.txt

Sno Subjectname Faculty Fee

1. Python Nagoor 1000
2. Java Sriman 2000
3. Unix Durga 250
4. DevOps Sriman 3500
5. UNIX Durga 400
6. Java Durga 1000

1) To Search Data in a Single

File:
$ grep 'durga' subjects.txt
$ grep "durga" subjects.txt
$ grep durga subjects.txt

it prints all matched lines.

3. Unix durga 250
5. UNIX durga 400
6. Java durga 1000

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2) To Search in Multiple Files:

subjects.txt:3. unix durga 250
$ grep durga subjects.txt career.txt
subjects.txt:5. UNIX durga 400
subjects.txt:6. Java durga 1000
career.txt:durga
career.txt:durga ksdjfdlakjklfjad

$ grep durga *.txt

career.txt:durga
career.txt:durga ksdjfdlakjklfjad
subjects.txt:3. unix durga 250
subjects.txt:5. UNIX durga 400
subjects.txt:6. Java durga 1000

$ grep durga *
career.txt:durga
career.txt:durga
subjects.txt:3. unix
ksdjfdlakjklfjad durga 250
subjects.txt:5. UNIX durga 400
subjects.txt:6. Java durga 1000

3) To Search Data by ignoring Case:

Bydefault grep command will consider case. If we want to ignore case then we should use
use -i option.

durgasoft@durgasoft-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ grep unix *.txt

career.txt:unix jksadjfklasjdkflajs
subjects.txt:3. unix durga 250
durgasoft@durgasoft-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ grep -i unix *.txt
career.txt:unix jksadjfklasjdkflajs
subjects.txt:3. durga 250
unix subjects.txt:5. durga 400
UNIX
4) To Display the Number of Occurrences:
We have to use -c option.
c means count

$ grep -c unix *.txt

career.txt:1
subjects.txt:1

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5) To Display Line Numbers before Results:

We have to use -n option.

durgasoft@durgasoft-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ grep -n is *.txt

career.txt:1:Java  It is ocean but ever green!!!!
durgasoft@durgasoft-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ grep -n durga *.txt
career.txt:4:durga
career.txt:7:durga ksdjfdlakjklfjad
subjects.txt:4:3. unix durga 250
subjects.txt:6:5. UNIX durga 400
subjects.txt:7:6. Java durga 1000

6) To Display only File Names in which Pattern exists:

We have to use -l option.

durgasoft@durgasoft-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ grep -l durga *.txt

career.txt
subjects.txt

7) To Print except matched Lines remaining

Lines:
We have to use -v option. It means inverted.

3. unix durga 250

durgasoft@durgasoft-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ grep
5 . UNIX
durga subjects.txt durga 400
6. Java durga 1000
durgasoft@durgasoft-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ grep - v durga subjects.txt
sno subjectname faculty fee
1. Python Nagoor 1000
2. java Sriman 2000
4. devops sriman 3500

8) To Search for exact word in the File:

For this we have to use -w option.

Eg 1:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ grep -i unix demo.txt
UnixDemo session
unix material
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ grep -iw unix demo.txt
unix material

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Eg 2:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ grep -in unix demo.txt
5:UnixDemo session
6:unix material
9:UNIX classes and videos
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ grep -win unix demo.txt
6:unix material
9:UNIX classes and videos

9) Display before, after and surrounding lines

including Search Results:
We have to use -A,-B,-C options

-A means after
-B means before
-C means before and after

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ grep friends demo.txt

Hello friends how are you
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ grep -A 2 friends demo.txt
Hello friends how are you
DataScienceDemo
UnixDemo session
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ grep -B 2 friends demo.txt
This is java demo
this is python demo
Hello friends how are you
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ grep -C 2 friends demo.txt
This is java demo
this is python demo
Hello friends how are you
DataScienceDemo
UnixDemo session

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ grep -2 friends demo.txt

This is java demo
this is python demo
Hello friends how are you
DataScienceDemo
UnixDemo session

Note: C is optional.

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Search Multiple Content in a File:

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ grep -i -e "java" -e "unix" demo.txt
This is java demo
UnixDemo session
unix material
UNIX classes and videos
java is slowly going down

Instead of using -e
option, we can use egrep
command directly.
It is extended grep. It
interprets patterns as an
extended reqular
expression.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ egrep -i "(java|unix)" demo.txt

This is java demo
UnixDemo session
unix material
UNIX classes and videos
java is slowly going down

grep with -F
Option OR
fgrep:
fgrep  "Fixed String
Global Regular
Expression Print"
It will take a group of fixed strings and search for those in the given file. Strings should be
separated by new line.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ grep -F "java

>unix" demo.txt
This is java demo
unix material
java is slowly
going down

Instead of using , -F option, we can use directly fgrep.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ fgrep "java
> unix
> friends
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Normal grep command cannot understand some regular expression patterns like |
symbol. But egrep command can understand any regular expression pattern. Hence egrep
is the more powerful than normal grep command.

Eg:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat demo.txt
This is java demo
UnixDemo session
unix material
UNIX classes and videos
java is slowly going down
(java|unix) this is extra line added
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ grep -i "(java|unix)" demo.txt
(java|unix) this is extra line added
In this case (java|unix) is considered as a string and cannot be processed as regular
expression.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ egrep -i "(java|unix)" demo.txt

This is java demo
UnixDemo session
unix material
UNIX classes and videos
java is slowly going down
(java|unix) this is extra
line added

In this case, (java|unix) is treated as regular expression. It will search for either java or
unix.

egrep and fgrep are deprecated and hence it is recommend to use grep -E and grep -F
commands.

If strings are available in the file, then we can use -f option to specify file name.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ fgrep -f file1.txt demo.txt

This is java demo
this is python demo
Hello friends how
are you
unix material
java is slowly going
down

This is java demo

this is python demo
Hello friends how are you
DataScienceDemo
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unix material
dsfjalkjfdlsda
sadkfjklsadjfkld
UNIX classes and videos
java is slowly going down
demounix
unixforall
grtgrgtujmik, fgtunix
dghjhrunix
fghubunixdfgghj

file1.txt
java
unix
python
demo
-i,-n,-c,-
v,-l,-A,-
B,-C,-e,-
E, -F,-f, -
o, -R

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call center
cell point
college for
unix
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ fgrep c[aeiou]ll demo.txt
c[aeiou]ll point for fgrep
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ egrep c[aeiou]ll demo.txt
call center
cell point
college for unix

To Search in the Files recursively inside a

Directory:
If we want to use grep command for all files present in the specified directory and sub
directory recursively then we should use R option.

resumes
java
students.txt
python
students.txt
testing
students.t
xt
$ mkdir
resumes

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ egrep "[6-9][0-9]{9}"

resumes/ grep: resumes/: Is a directory
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ egrep -R "[6-9][0-9]{9}"
resumes/ resumes/python/students.txt:Durga 9898989898
resumes/python/students.txt:Ravi 8096969696
resumes/python/students.txt:Shiva 9797975656
resumes/java/students.txt:Durga 9898989898
resumes/java/students.txt:Ravi 8096969696
resumes/java/students.txt:Shiva 9797975656
resumes/testing/students.txt:Durga 9898989898
resumes/testing/students.txt:Ravi 8096969696
resumes/testing/students.txt:Shiva 9797975656

Note: If we want to use grep command for directory, compulsory we should use -
R option, which means recursive.

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Assignment:
1. Save all running processes information inside a file.
$ ps -ef > results.txt

2. Display all lines which contains 'lib'

$ grep 'lib' results.txt

3. Display all lines which does not contain 'lib'

$ grep -v 'lib' results.txt

4. Count all lines where we are getting 'lib'

$ grep -c 'lib' results.txt

5. Display all lines which contain 'lib' and preceding with line numbers?
$ grep -n 'lib' results.txt

6. Display lines which do not contain 'lib', but only top 2 lines.
$ grep -v 'lib' results.txt | head -2

Assignment-2:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat emp.dat
eno|ename|esal|eaddr|dept|gender 100|
sunny|1000|mumbai|admin|female 200|
bunny|2000|chennai|sales|male 300|
chinny|3000|delhi|accounting|female 400|
vinny|4000|hyderabad|admin|male 500|
pinny|5000|mumbai|sales|female

7. Display all employees belongs to admin

department
$ grep 'admin' emp.dat

2. Display all employees in admin and sales

department
$ egrep '(admin|sales)' emp.dat

3. Display all male employees in admin and

sales department
$ egrep '(admin|sales)' emp.dat | grep -w
'male'

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Types of Regular Expressions/Patterns:

All Regular expression patterns are divided into 3 types.

1) Character Patterns
2) Word Patterns
3) Line Patterns

4) Character Patterns:
1) $ grep 'd*' demo.txt
 It display all lines which contains d followed by any number of characters.
 ubuntu not providing support for this.

2) $ grep 'c[aeiou]ll' demo.txt

It will search for call, cell, cill, coll, cull

3) $ grep 'b..l' demo.txt

. means any character. It will search for all 4 letter words where first letter should
b and last letter should be l.

2) Word Patterns:
\<word\>  It will always searches for the given word
It is exactly same as
grep -w word demo.txt

\<xyz  It will search for the word starts with xyz

xyz\>  It will search for the word ends with xyz

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat > demo.txt

durga
durgasoft
techdurga
softwared
urgasoluti
ons

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ grep 'durga' demo.txt

durga
durgasoft
techdurga
softwared
urgasoluti
ons
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ grep '\<durga\>' demo.txt
durga
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ grep '\<durga' demo.txt
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durga
techdurga

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat demo.txt

1234
123456
6789
67543
12
1
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ grep '\<[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\>' demo.txt
1234
6789

It will always search for 4 digit words.

3) Line Patterns (Anchors):

^  Line starts with
$  Line ends with

1) $ grep '^d' demo.txt

It will display all lines starts with d

2) $ grep '^the' demo.txt

It will display all lines starts with the

3) $ grep '^\<the\>' demo.txt

It will display all lines starts with the word 'the'

4) $ grep '^[aeiou]' demo.txt

It will display all lines starts with vowel.

5) $ grep '^[^aeiou]' demo.txt

It will display all lines not starts with vowel.

6) $ grep 't$' demo.txt

It will display all lines ends with t

7) $ grep '[aeiou]$' demo.txt

It will display all lines ends with vowel

8) $ grep '[0-9]$' demo.txt

It will display all lines ends with digit.

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9) $ grep '^unix$' demo.txt

It will display all lines where total line content should be unix

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat > demo.txt

unix
unix software
unix material
material unix
unix unix
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ grep '^unix$' demo.txt
unix

10) $ grep '^....$' demo.txt

It will display all lines where line contains exactly 4
characters.

11) $ grep '^\.' demo.txt

It will display all lines starts with .

12) $ grep '\$$' demo.txt

It will display all lines ends with $

13) $ grep '^$' demo.txt

It will display all blank lines

14) $ grep -v '^$' demo.txt

It will display all lines except blank lines

Q2) How to Delete Blank Lines Present in

the given File?
$ grep -v '^$' demo.txt > temp.txt
$ mv temp.txt demo.txt

Note: $ grep -v '^$' demo.txt > demo.txt

The above command won't work
grep: input file ‘demo.txt’ is also the
output

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Additional Patterns supported by only egrep but not

grep:
1. (|) It matches any of the string in the given list
$ egrep '(unix|java|oracle)' demo.txt

2. {m}  It matches exact number of preceding character.

$ egrep '[6-9][0-9]{9}' demo.txt
It will search for 10 digit mobile numbers

3.{m,n} The preceding character should match minimum m times and maximum n
times.

$ egrep '[0-9]{1,5}' demo.txt

It will search for lines which contains minimum 1 digit and maximum 5 digit
numbers.

4. {m,}  minimum m number of times but no restriction on maximum number

$ egrep '[0-9]{3,}' demo.txt

minimum 3 digits but no restriction on maximum number.

Q3) Write grep Command to retrieve Date Values Present in the

given Input File where Date Values are in the Form
dd-mm-yyyy OR dd/mm/yyyy ?
input.txt
Durga 28-05-1947
Ravi 23/07/1957
shiva 23-09-2015
kljdslgklfjd
dsklfjakdlsfjkl
sdlkfskfjdklsjfdkl

$ egrep -o '\
<[0123][0-9][-/]
[01][0-9][-/][0-9]
{4}\>' input.txt

Q4) Write Commands to Count the Number of Directories Present

in the Current Working Directory?
$ ls -l | grep '^d' | wc -l
$ ls -F | grep '/$' | wc -l

Q5) Write Commands to Count the Number of Files Present in the

nd

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Q6) Write Commands to Count the Number of Link Files Present in

the /etc Directory?
$ ls -F /etc | grep '@$' | wc -l

Q7) Write Command to Display all executable Files Present in /bin

Directory?
$ ls -F /bin | grep '*$'
$ ls -F /bin | grep '*$' | wc –l

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Topic-21: Cut, Paste and tr

Commands
We can use cut command to extract data from the file.
The file should contain column formatted data, ie tabular data.

emp.dat eno|ename|esal|eaddr|dept|
gender 100|sunny|1000|mumbai|admin|
female 200|bunny|2000|chennai|sales|
male 300|chinny|3000|delhi|accounting|
female 400|vinny|4000|hyderabad|
admin|male 500|pinny|5000|mumbai|
sales|female

1) Display Character on
specific Position in every
Record:
$ cut -c 9 emp.dat
-c meant for specific character
e

2) D
i
s
p
l
a
y
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
3) $Display
cut -d '|' -fSpecific
3 emp.dat Column Data:
-d means delimiter (separator). The default delimiter is tab.
-f means field
 It will display 3rd Field (OR Column ) data.

4) Display Range of Columns:

 $ cut -d '|' -f 2-3 emp.dat
It will display 2nd and 3rd Columns data.

 $ cut -d '|' -f 2- emp.dat

It will display from 2nd column to last column data.

 $ cut -d '|' -f -3 emp.dat

It will display from 1st column to 3rd column data.

 $ cut -d '|' -f 1,3,5 emp.dat

It will display 1st, 3rd and 5th column data.

5) Skip specific Column:

 Display all columns except specific column

 $ cut -d '|' --complement -f3 emp.dat

It will display all columns data except 3rd column.

 $ cut -d '|' --complement -f3,5 emp.dat

 $ cut -d '|' --complement -f3-5 emp.dat
 $ cut -d '|' --complement -f3- emp.dat
 $ cut -d '|' --complement -f-5 emp.dat

paste Command:
We can use paste command to join two or more files horizontally by using some delimiter.
Default delimiter is tab.

Syntax: $ paste file1 file2 ...

Eg:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat > subjects.txt
Core Java
Adv Java
Python
Django

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durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat > fee.txt
1000
2000
2500
1500
250
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ paste
subjects.txt
Core Java fee.txt
1000
Adv Java 2000
Python 2500
Django1500
UNIX 250

We can specify delimiter explicitly by using -d option.

$ paste -d '-' subjects.txt fee.txt

Core Java-1000
Adv Java-2000
Python -2500
Django-1500
UNIX-250

Note: Delimiter should be only one character. If we are providing more than one
character, then it will consider only first character.

tr Command:
tr means translate.
This command translates character by character.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat > demo.txt

While learning unix not required to eat.

1) $ tr 'aeiou' 'AEIOU' < demo.txt

 It will replace lower case vowels with upper
case vowels in demo.txt
 WhIlE lEArnIng UnIx nOt rEqUIrEd tO EAt.

2) $ tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]' < demo.txt

 Every lower case alphabet symbol will be
replaced with upper case alphabet symbol.
 WHILE LEARNING UNIX NOT REQUIRED TO
EAT.

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3) $ tr '[a-zA-Z]' '[A-Za-z]' < demo.txt
 Every lower case character will be replaced with upper case character and every upper
case character will be replaced with lower case character.
 tr '[a-zA-Z]' '[A-Za-z]' < demo.txt > temp.txt

4) $ tr 'aeiou' '7' < demo.txt

To replace every lower case vowel with digit 7.

5) $ tr '|' '\t' < emp.dat

 Replace | symbol with tab in emp.dat
 $ tr '|' ':' < emp.dat

6) $ tr -d 'a' < demo.txt

 -d means delete
 It will delete all occurrence of 'a' in demo.txt
 $ tr -d 'aeiou' < demo.txt
 It will delete all lower case vowels in demo.txt

7) $ tr -s 'a' < demo.txt

 It replaces sequence of a's with a single a.
 -s means squeeze-repeats.

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Topic-22: File
Permissions
File Permissions describe the allowed operations by various users.
With respect to file permissions, all users are categorized into the following 4 types.

User Categories:
user/owner  Represented by 'u'
group  Represented by 'g'
others  Represented by 'o'
all  Represented by 'a'

Use Case to
understand Types of
Users:
Project: DURGASOFT COLLEGE
AUTOMATION SYSTEM
This project divided into multiple modules. In each module multiple deverlopers are
working.

1) STUDENTS MODULE
A, B, C, D ARE WORKING

2) EMPLOYEES MODULE
X, Y, Z ARE WORKING

3) COURSES MODULE
M, N ARE WORKING

4) INFRASTRUCTURE MODULE
G, H ARE WORKING

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DEVELOPER 'A' CREATED ONE FILE demo.txt

For demo.txt
user/owner: A (The person who created the file)
group: B,C,D (The persons who are working in the same module)
others: X,Y,Z,M,N,G,H (The persons who are working on other modules)

Permission Types:
For files and directories, there are 4 types of permissions.

1) r  Read
2) w  Write
3) x  Execute
4) -  No Permission

Table_FilePermissions

Operations related to permissions:

We can perform the following 3 operations.

+  Add a particular permission to user|group|other|all

-  Remove a particular permission to user|group|other|all
=  Assignment a particular permission to user|group|other|all

chmod Command:
chmod means change mode.
We can use chmod command to change file or directory permissions.

Syntax: $ chmod <user_category><operation><permission> file_name/directory_name

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Eg: For user add execute permission,for group add write permission,for others remove
read permission
$ chmod u+x,g+w,o-r demo.txt

Note: Only owner and super user (root) can change file permissions.

How to check Permissions of existing File:

By using ls -l command:

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 durgasoft durgasoft 0 Nov
27 21:19 demo.txt

The file permissions are

Total 9 permissions. First 3 are user permissions, next 3 are group permissions and next 3
are others permissions.

user permissions: rw-

user can perform both read and write operations but not execute operation

group permissions: r--

group members can perform only read operation and cannot perform write and
execute operations

others permissions: r--

other members can perform only read operation and cannot perform write and execute
operations.

User Permissions + Group Permissions + Others Permissions

order is important

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Read permission + Write Permission + Execute Permission
order is important

Eg 1: $ chmod u+x demo.txt

adding execute permission to the user

Eg 2: $ chmod u+w,g+rw,o+r demo.txt

adding write permission to the user
adding read and write permissions to the group
adding read permission to the others

Eg 3: $chmod u+x,g-w,o+w demo.txt

adding execute permission to the user
removing write permission from the group
adding write permission to the others

Eg 4: $ chmod u=rw,g=rw,o=r demo.txt

Now user permissions: rw-
group permission: rw-
others permission: r--

Eg 5: $ chmod a=- demo.txt

Now user permissions: ---
group permission: ---
others permission: ---

Eg 6: $ chmod a=rwx demo.txt

Now user permissions: rwx
group permission: rwx
others permission: rwx

Read
Permission to
the File:
If the file not having read permission then we are not allowed to view content of the file.
Hence cat, head, tail, more, less commands won't work.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 durgasoft durgasoft 34 Nov 28 20:56 demo.txt
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat demo.txt
This is file content at beginning
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ chmod u-r demo.txt

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--w-r--r-- 1 durgasoft durgasoft 34 Nov 28 20:56 demo.txt
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat demo.txt
cat: demo.txt: Permission denied

Write Permission to the File:

If the file not having write permission, then we cannot
modify the content of the file.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ chmod u-w demo.txt

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l
total 4
-r--r--r-- 1 durgasoft durgasoft 66 Nov 28 21:04 demo.txt
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat >> demo.txt

bash: demo.txt: Permission denied
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ chmod u+w demo.txt
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat >> demo.txt

Execute Permission to the File:

If the user not has executed permission on any file, then he cannot execute that file as a
program.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat > first.sh

echo "Hello Friends..."
echo "File Permissions is very very important
than Sunny"

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l first.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 durgasoft durgasoft 82 Nov 28 21:10 first.sh
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ./first.sh
bash: ./first.sh: Permission denied
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ chmod u+x first.sh
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l first.sh
-rwxr--r-- 1 durgasoft durgasoft 82 Nov 28 21:10 first.sh
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ./first.sh
Hello Friends...
File Permissions is very very important than Sunny

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Read Permission to the Directory:

If the user has read permission on any directory, then he can list out the contents of that
directory. i.e he can use ls command.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 durgasoft durgasoft 4096 Nov 28 21:18 dir1
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls dir1
demo.txt first.sh
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ chmod u-r dir1
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l
total 4
d-wxr-xr-x 2 durgasoft durgasoft 4096 Nov 28 21:18 dir1
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls dir1
ls: cannot open directory 'dir1': Permission denied
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$

Write Permission on the

Directory:
If the user has write permission on any directory, then he is allowed to modify the content
of that directory. i.e he can add new files and remove existing files.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l
total 4
dr-xr-xr-x 2 durgasoft durgasoft 4096
Nov 28 21:18 dir1
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ touch dir1/newfile.txt
touch: cannot touch 'dir1/newfile.txt': Permission denied
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ rm -f dir1/demo.txt
rm: cannot remove 'dir1/demo.txt': Permission denied
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ chmod u+w dir1
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 durgasoft durgasoft 4096 Nov 28 21:18 dir1
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ touch dir1/newfile.txt
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ rm -f dir1/demo.txt
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls dir1
first.sh newfile.txt

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Execute Permission to the Directory:

If the user not has executed permission on any directory, then he is not allowed to enter
into that directory. i.e he cannot use cd command.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l
drwxr-xr-x 2 durgasoft durgasoft 4096 Nov 28 21:26 dir1
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ chmod u-x dir1
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l
total 4
drw-r-xr-x 2 durgasoft durgasoft 4096 Nov 28 21:26 dir1
\durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cd dir1
bash: cd: dir1: Permission denied
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ chmod u+x dir1
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cd dir1

***Note: If the user not having execute permission on any directory, then he cannot
perform read and write operations also, because to perform these operations he should
enter into that directory which is not possible.

Note: If the user not having read permission on any file, then he cannot execute that file
even though he has executed permission.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ chmod u-x dir1

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l
total 4
drw-r-xr-x 2 durgasoft durgasoft 4096 Nov 28 21:26 dir1
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls dir1
ls: cannot access 'dir1/first.sh': Permission denied
ls: cannot access 'dir1/newfile.txt': Permission denied
first.sh newfile.txt
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ touch dir1/demo.txt
touch: cannot touch 'dir1/demo.txt': Permission denied
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ rm dir1/first.sh
rm: cannot remove 'dir1/first.sh': Permission denied

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Linux vs Security:
The virus files usually created by others.
others are not having execute permission on our directories. Hence others are not allowed
to add virus files to our directories.

Hackers are not having executed permission on our directories. Hence they cannot read
our file data.

Because of this, Linux is considered as more secured operating system.

Linux follows 2 levels of security.
1st level: login with credentials
2nd level: File and Directory permissions

Note: We are using permission types as r,w,x and these are considered as symbolic
permissions. But we can also specify permissions by using octal number, such type of
permissions are called numeric permissions.

Numeric Permissions:
We can specify permissions by using octal number.
Octal means base-8 and allowed digits are 0 to 7.
1 000  No Permission
2 001  Execute Permission
3 010  Write Permission
4 011  Write and execute Permissions 4
 100  Read Permission
5  101  Read and execute Permissions 6
 110  Read and write Permission
7  111  Read, Write and execute
Permissions

Note:
4  Read Permission
2  Write Permission
1  Execute
Permission

It is more easy to remember

5  4+1  r-x
3  2+1  -wx
6  4+2  rw-
etc

1. Write command for the following permissions

For user  Read and write (6)
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For others  Write (2)

$ chmod 632 demo.txt

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l demo.txt
-rw--wx-w- 1 durgasoft durgasoft 0 Nov 29
20:57 demo.txt

$ chmod 135 demo.txt

---x-wxr-x 1 durgasoft durgasoft 0 Nov 29 20:57
demo.txt

$ chmod 777 demo.txt

-rwxrwxrwx 1 durgasoft durgasoft 0 Nov 29
20:57 demo.txt

$ chmod 77 demo.txt
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l demo.txt
----rwxrwx 1 durgasoft durgasoft 0 Nov 29
20:57 demo.txt

77 means 077

$ chmod 7 demo.txt
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l demo.txt
-------rwx 1 durgasoft durgasoft 0 Nov 29 20:57
demo.txt
7 means 007

$ chmod demo.txt
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ chmod demo.txt
chmod: missing operand after ‘demo.txt’
Try 'chmod --help' for more information.

$ chmod 0 demo.txt
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l demo.txt
---------- 1 durgasoft durgasoft 0 Nov 29 20:57
demo.txt

umask Command:
umask means user mask. Hiding permissions.
Based on umask value,default permissions will
be there for files and directories.
The default umask value:022

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ umask
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0022
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First 0 is sticky bit mostly used in admin related activities. We have to consider only last 3
digits as umask value.
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Default permissions to the file: 666 - umask value
= 666 - 022
= 644 (user  r&w, group  read, others  read)

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l file1.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 durgasoft durgasoft 0 Nov 29 21:18 file1.txt

Default permissions to the directory= 777 - umask value

=777-022
=755 (user  r&w&x, group  r&x, others  r&x)

$ mkdir dir1
$ ls -l
drwxr-xr-x 2 durgasoft durgasoft 4096 Nov 29 21:21 dir1

Based on our requirement we can set our own umask values.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ umask 002
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ touch file2.txt
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l file2.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 durgasoft durgasoft 0 Nov 29 21:24 file2.txt
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ mkdir dir2
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l
drwxrwxr-x 2 durgasoft durgasoft 4096 Nov 29 21:24
dir2

Q1) For Newly created Files Default

Permissions should be 444.
Then what should be umask Value?
Ans: 222
Everyone has only read access.

Note: The most commonly used umask values

are: 022
002
077
007
Eg:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ umask 077
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ umask
0077
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ touch file3.txt
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ls -l file3.txt
-rw------- 1 durgasoft durgasoft 0 Nov 29 21:30 file3.txt
Negative values won't be considered in linux.
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chown Command:
chown means change owner.
Only root user can perform this activity.

# chown root demo.txt

Now the owner of demo.txt is root.

chgrp Command:
chgrp means change group.
Only root user can perform this activity.

# chgrp root demo.txt

Now the demo.txt belongs to root group.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for durgasoft:
root@durgasoft:~#
root@durgasoft:~# whoami
root
root@durgasoft:~# cd /home/durgasoft/Desktop
root@durgasoft:/home/durgasoft/Desktop# ls
demo.txt
root@durgasoft:/home/durgasoft/Desktop# ls -l
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 durgasoft durgasoft 0 Nov 29 21:33 demo.txt
root@durgasoft:/home/durgasoft/Desktop# chown root demo.txt
root@durgasoft:/home/durgasoft/Desktop# ls -l
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root durgasoft 0 Nov 29 21:33 demo.txt
root@durgasoft:/home/durgasoft/Desktop#

Case Study:
-rwxrw-r-- 1 root durgasoft 42 Nov 30 19:47 demo.txtowner: root
group: durgasoft
Group members can perform both read and write operations.

Eg 2:
-rwxrwxr-- 1 root root 90 Nov 30 19:55 demo.txt
owner: root
group: root
others can perform only read operation.
duragsoft user can perform only read operation
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat demo.txt

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echo "Hello Friends"
echo "Hello
Friends"
echo "Durgasoft group member can perform write"
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat >> demo.txt
bash: demo.txt: Permission denied
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ./demo.txt
bash: ./demo.txt: Permission denied

Group Permissions:
durgasoft durgasoft

-rwxr--r-- 1 root durgasoft 46 Nov 30 20:11

demo.txt

r-- group members can perform only read operation

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat demo.txt
echo "easy but listen"
echo "easy but
listen"
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat >> demo.txt
bash: demo.txt: Permission denied
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ ./demo.txt
bash: ./demo.txt: Permission denied
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$

-rwxrw-r-- 1 root durgasoft 46 Nov 30 20:11 demo.txt

rw-

Others Permissions:
-rwxrwxr-- 1 root root 114 Nov 30 20:22 demo.txt

durgasoft will become others

r-- only read permission

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Topic-23: Working
with Editors
We can use editors to edit file content.
There are multiple editors are available.

1) geditor
2) vi editor
3) nano editor
etc

1)working with
geditor:
It is graphical editor. It
is simply same as
window's notepad.

$ gedit file1.txt
$ gedit first.sh

echo "This is my first shell script"

mkdir dir{1..6}
echo "six directories got created"
date
cal

$ chmod u+x first.sh

$ ./first.sh

Note: gedit can work only in the desktop version and cannot work in server version.
By using putty if we are connecting remote server, then we cannot use gedit and
compulsory we should go for vi editor.

vi editor is unix based where as gedit and nano are linux based.
vi can work anywhere.

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2)Working with vi Editor:

vi means visual editor.
We can use vi to create new files and to edit content of the existing files.

$ vi file1.txt

If file1.txt is not available, then a new file will be created and opened that file for
editing purpose.

To save this empty file we should use :wq (w means save and q means exit)
If the file already contains some data then editor will be opened that file and ready for
edit.

How to edit the File:

There are 3 types of modes in file editing

1) Command Mode:
 It is the default mode.
 Here we can use any vi command.
 From command mode, we can enter into insert mode by using multiple ways, but
mostly by using i.

2) Insert Mode OR Input Mode:

 In this mode, we can modify file data. We can insert/append new data.
 From insert mode, we can enter into command mode by using <Esc> key.

3) Exit Mode:
 To quit from the editor.
 From the command mode we have to press: then we can enter into exit mode.

How to Insert and Append Data:

A  To Append data at the end of the line
I  To Insert data at the beginning of the line
a  To append data to the right side of the cursor position (Just after the cursor position) i
 To insert data to the left side of the cursor position (Just before the cursor position)

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How to Delete Data:

We can delete data either by character wise or by word wise or by line wise.

deletion character wise:

x  To delete a single character (del key)

3x  To delete 3 characters. Instead of 3, we can pass any number.
X  To delete previous character (backspace key)
3X  To delete last 3 previous characters

Deletion Words wise:

dw  To delete current word.
3dw  To delete 3 words

Deletion Line
wise:
dd  To delete current line
3dd  To delete 3 lines
d$  Deletes from current
position to end of line.
d^  Deletes from current
position to beginning of the
line.
dgg  Deletes from beginning of the file to current cursor position.
Dg  Deletes from current position to end of file.

How to Replace Data:

r  Replace current character.
R  To replace multiple characters from the current position.
S OR cc  To replace a single line

Opening New Lines to Insert Data:

O To open a line above the cursor position.(i.e before current line)
o  To open a line below the cursor position (i.e after current line)

Copy and Paste Data:

yy  To Copy a Line (yanking)
3yy  To copy 3 lines
yw  To copy a word
3yw  To copy 3 words
y$  To copy from
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p  Paste above the cursor position
P  Paste below the cursor position
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Cursor Navigation Commands:

k  Top Arrow
j  Bottom Arrow
l  Right Arrow
h  Left Arrow
3k  3 Times Top
Arrow
3j  3 Times Bottom Arrow
3l  3 Times Right Arrow
3h  3 Times Left Arrow
$  End of the Current Line
(End Key)
^  Beginning of the Current Line (Home Key)
H  Beginning of the Current Page
M  Middle of the Current Page
L  End of the Current Page

We are not required to use these because keyboard arrow keys aleady working.
b(nb)  Back to beginning of the Word
3b  Back to beginning of the 3rd (ie 3rd previous Word)
e(ne)  End of the Current Word
w(nw)  Forward to beginning of next Word.

G  Move to last line (ie end of the file)

at exit mode
:1  To go to 1st line
:7  To go to 7th line

ctrl+f  One Page Forward (Page Down)

ctrl+b  One Page Backward( Page Up)

Note: If we want to perform undo previous operation then we should use 'u'
u  Means undo previous operation

Exit Mode Commands:

:w  Save File Data
:wq  Save and Quit from the Editor
:q  Quit Editor
:q!  Force Quit. If we perform any changes those will be discarded.

:set nu  To set line numbers in the editor

:set nonu  To remove line numbers
:n  Place the cursor to the nth line
:$  Place the cursor to the#last
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:!<unix_command>  To execute any command

Eg:
:!date  To check system date
:!cal  To check calander

Note: vi +7 demo.txt
open demo.txt and enter into 7th line

3)Working with nano Editor:

 It is command line editor.
 It can be used to create new files and edit content of existing files.
 It is almost like notepad.

Various Options:
ctrl+g (F1) Display this help text
ctrl+x (F2) Close the current file buffer / Exit from nano
ctrl+o (F3) Write the current file to disk
ctrl+r (F5) Insert another file into the current one

ctrl+w (F6) Search forward for a string or a regular expression

ctrl+\ (M-R) Replace a string or a regular expression
ctrl+k (F9) Cut the current line and store it in the cutbuffer
ctrl+u (F10) Uncut from the cutbuffer into the current line

But main important options:

ctrl+o  To save content
ctrl+x  To quit from the
editor

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Part-2
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Agenda
Topic-24: Shell Scripting / Shell Programming:

Topic-25: What is shell script, Sha-Bang and First Script

Topic-26: Shell Variables

Topic-27: Variable Substitution and Command

Substitution

Topic-28: Command Line Arguments

Topic-29: How to read dynamic data from the user

Topic-30: Operators

Topic-31: Control Statements

Topic-32: Arrays

Topic-33: Shell Script

Functions

Topic-34: Project on Shell Programming

Topic-35: Stream Editor(SED)

Topic-36: AWK Programming

Topic-37: Project on awk programming

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Topic-24: What is Shell and

Types of Shells
What is Shell?

1) Shell is responsible to read commands/applications provided by user.

2) Shell will check whether command is valid or not and whether it is properly used or
not. If everything is proper then shell interpretes (converts) that command into kernel
understandable form. That interpreted command will be handover to kernel.
3) Kernel is responsible to execute that command with the help of hardware.

Shell acts as interface between user and kernel.

shell+kernel is nothing but operating system.

Types of Shells:
There are multiple types of shells are available.

1) Bourne Shell:
 It is developed by Stephen Bourne.
 This is the first shell which is developed for
UNIX.
 By using sh command we can access this
shell.

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2) BASH Shell:
 BASH  Bourne Again SHell.
 It is advanced version of Bourne Shell.
 This is the default shell for most of the linux flavours.
 By using bsh command we can access this shell.

3) Korn Shell:
 It is developed by David Korn.
 Mostly this shell used in IBM AIX operating system.
 By using ksh command, we can access this shell.

4) CShell:
 Developed by Bill Joy.
 C meant for California University.
 It is also by default available with UNIX.
 By using csh command, we can access this shell.

5) TShell:
 T means Terminal.
 It is the advanced version of CShell.
 This is the most commonly used shell in HP UNIX.
 By using tcsh command, we can access this shell.

6) Z Shell:
 Developed by Paul.
 By using zsh command we can access this shell.

Note: The most commonly used shell in linux environment is BASH. It is more powerful
than remaining shells.

How to Check Default Shell in our System?

$ echo $0
bash
$ echo
$SHELL
/bin/
bash

We can
also
check the
default
shell
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How to check all available Shells in our System?

/etc/shells file contains all available shells information.

$ cat /etc/shells
# /etc/shells: valid login shells
/bin/sh
/bin/bash
/bin/rbash
/bin/dash

How to Switch to other Shells?

Based on our requirement we can switch from one shell to another shell.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ sh
$ echo $0
sh
$ exit
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ echo $0
bash
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ rbash
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ echo $0
rbash
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ exit
exit
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$
dash
$ echo $0
dash
$ exit

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Topic-25: What is Shell Script, Sha-Bang
and First Script
What is Shell Script:
A sequence of commands saved to a file and this file is nothing but shell script.

Inside shell script, we can also use programming features like conditional statements,
loops, functions etc. Hence we can write scripts very easily for complex requirements also.

Best suitable for automated tasks.

How to write and run Shell Script:

Step - 1: Write script

demo.sh:
echo "Welcome to shell script"
date
cal

Step - 2: Provide execute

permissions to the script:
$ chmod a+x demo.sh

Step - 3: Run the script

We can run the script in
multiple ways

$ /bin/bash ./demo.sh
$ bash ./demo.sh
$ /bin/bash
/home/durgasoft/scripts/dem
o.sh
$ ./demo.sh # default shell
is bash

Note: The default shell is bash. Hence bash is responsible to execute our script.
Instead of bash, if we want to use Bourne shell then we have to use the following
command

$ /bin/sh ./demo.sh
$ sh ./demo.sh
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Importance of Sha-Bang:
By using sha-bang, we can specify the interpreter which is responsible to execute the
script.

#  Sharp
!  Bang
#!  Sharp Bang or Shabang or Shebang

#! /bin/bash  It means the script should be executed by bash

#! /bin/sh  It means the script should be executed by Bourne Shell
#! /usr/bin/python3  It means the script should be executed by Python3 interpreter

If we write shabang in our script at the time of execution, we are not required to provide
command to execute and we can execute script directly.

Q1) Write a Python Script and execute without shabang and

with shabang?
test.py
#! /usr/bin/python3
import random
name = input("Enter Your
Name:")
l =["Sunny","Katrina","Kareena","Mallika","Malaika"]
print("Hello:",name)
print("Congratulations..You are going to
marry:",random.choice(l))

Without Shabang:
$ python3 ./test.py
$ python3 /home/durgasoft/scripts/test.py

With Shabang:
$ ./test.py
$ /home/durgasoft/scripts/test.py

Q2) Consider the folloiwng Script:

demo.sh
#! /bin/rm
echo "It is beautiful script"

If we execute this script what will happend?

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It is equivalent to
$ rm ./demo.sh
demo.sh will be removed as this script executed by rm command.

Q3) Write and Run Shell Script that Prints Current System
Date and Time
date.sh
#! /bin/bash
echo "The current System Date and Time:" date

Provide execute permissions for this script

$ chmod a+x date.sh
$./date.sh

Q4) How to Run Our Script from

any where in our System?
 For any command or script, by default shell will check locations specified by PATH
variable.

 If we add our script location to PATH Variable value, then we can run our script
from anywhere in our system. We can do this in the following two ways:

1)Session Level:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/
games:
/snap/bin

$ export PATH=$PATH:/home/durgasoft/scripts

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo $PATH

/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/
bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:
/snap/bin:/home/durgasoft/scripts

Now we can run our script from anywhere. We are not required to provide either absolute
path or relative path.

$date.sh
The current System Date and Time:
Wed Dec 4 21:01:49 IST 2019

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Note: This way of setting PATH variable is applicable only for current session. Once we
close terminal then automatically these changes will be lost.

2) Setting PATH permanently at User Level:

 In our user home directory there is a file named with .bashrc. This file will be executed
every time automatically whenever we open the terminal. If we define PATH variable
in this file then that PATH value will become permanent and we are not required to set
every time.

 Add the following line at bottom of this file

 export PATH=$PATH:/home/durgasoft/scripts

Q5) What is the meaning of Startup File?

 .bashrc is the startup file and will be executed automatically at the time of
terminal starting.
 Hence if we want to perform any activity while starting the terminal we have to
define that activity in this file.
 eg: creating aliases and updating PATH variable value etc

Q6) What is meant by logout File?

 .bash_logout is logout file and will be executed automatically at the time of
terminal exit.
 Hence if we want to perform any activity at terminal exit, then we have to define
that activity inside this file.

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Topic-26: Shell
Variables
Variables are place holders to hold values.
Variables are key-value pairs.
In Shell programming, there are no data types. Every value is treated as text type/ String
type.

All variables are divided into 2 types

1) Environment variables / predefined variables
2) User defined variables

1)Environment Variables:
These are predefined variables and mostly used internally by the system. Hence these
variables also known as System variables.
But based on our requirement, we can use these variables in our scripts.

We can get all environment variables information by using either env command or set
command.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ env
LANG=en_IN
USERNAME=durgasoft
USER=durgasoft
PWD=/home/durgasoft
HOME=/home/durgasoft
SHELL=/bin/bash
LOGNAME=durgasoft
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/
games:/snap/bin:/home/durgasoft/scripts
...

durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ set
BASH=/bin/bash

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LANG=en_IN
LOGNAME=durgasoft
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/
games:/snap/bin:/home/durgasoft/scripts
PS1='\[\e]0;\u@\h:
\w\a\]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[0
1;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
PWD=/home/durgasoft
SHELL=/bin/bash

How to Change Prompt:

Internally PS1 Environment variable is responsible to display terminal prompt. By
reassigning the value we can change prompt.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~$
durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ PS1=DURGA$
DURGA$ls
abc.txt Documents d.txt Pictures scripts Videos y
Desktop Downloads Music Public Templates x
DURGA$cat > abc.txt
asdfjkasjfdsa
asfdkasklfdjlads
DURGA$PS1=Sunny#
Sunny#ls -l
total 52
-rw-r--r-- 1
durgasoft
durgasoft
31 Dec 5
20:58
abc.txt
Demo Script to Use some Environment Variables:
drwxr-xr-x
2
env.sh
durgasoft
#! /bin/bash
durgasoft
echo
4096 "User
Dec 5 Name: $USER"
echo
18:04"User Home Directory: $HOME"
echo "Default Shell Name: $SHELL"
Desktop
echo "PATH: $PATH"
drwxr-xr-x
2
$chmod
durgasoft755 env.sh
$./env.sh
durgasoft
User
4096 Name:
Nov durgasoft
21 17:06
User Home Directory:
Document
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Default Shell Name: /bin/bash
PATH:
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:
/snap/bin:/home/durgasoft/scripts

2)User defined Variables:

Based on our programming requirement, we can define our own variables also.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ GUEST=Dhoni
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo "Hello $GUEST You are my Hero"
Hello Dhoni You are my Hero

Rules to define Variables:

1) It is recommended to use only UPPER CASE characters.
2) If variable contains multiple words, then these words should be separated with _
symbol.
3) Variable names should not starts with digit.
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ 123A=40
123A=40: command not found
4) We should not use special symbols like
-,@,# etc

How to define Readonly

Variables:
We can define read only variables by using
readonly keyword.
$A=100
$readonly A
$A=300
bash: A: readonly variable

If the variable is readonly then we cannot perform reassignment for that variable.It will
become constant.

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Variable Scopes:
There are 3 scopes available for variables.

1) Session Scope
2) User Scope
3) System Scope

4) Session Scope:
The variables which are declared in the terminal are said to be in session scope.
Once we close the terminal (ie exit session) automatically all variables will be gone.

$ X=10
$ Y=10

2) User Scope:
 The variables which are declared inside .bashrc file, are said to be in user scope.
 These variables are available for all sessions related to current user. These variables
cannot be accessed by other users.

.bashrac
....
export GUEST=Dhoni
export FRIEND=Sunny

3) System Scope:
If the variable available for all users and for all sessions, such type of variables are said
to be in system scope.

We have to declare these variables inside /etc/profile file.

But to edit this file compulsory root permissions must be required.

$ sudo gedit /etc/profile

...
export NAME=DURGA
export COURSE=PYTHON

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Topic-27: Variable Substitution and
Command Substitution
Variable Substitution:
Accessing the value of a variable by using $ symbol is called variable substitution.

Syntax:
$variablename
${variablename}

Recommended to use ${variablename}.

test.sh
#! /bin/bash
a=10
b=20
COURSE="linux"
ACTION="SLEEP"
echo "Values of a and b are: $a and $b"
echo "My Course is: ${COURSE}"
echo "My Favourite Action:
$ACTIONING"
echo "My Favourite Action: $
{ACTION}ING"

Output:
Values of a and b are: 10 and 20
My Course is: linux
My Favourite Action:
My Favourite Action: SLEEPING

Q1) Consider the following variable declaration NAME="durga"

Which of the following is valid way to print value of NAME?
A) echo NAME
B) echo $NAME
C) echo '$NAME'
D) echo "$NAME"

Ans: B, D

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Note: If we use single quotes then variable substitution won't be happend. But we can
use double quotes.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ NAME='durga'
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo NAME
NAME
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo $NAME
durga
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo
'$NAME'
$NAME
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo "$NAME"
durga
Command Substitution:
We can execute command and we can substitute its result based on our requirement by
using command substitution.

Syntax:
Old style: `command ` These are backquotes butnot single quotes
New Style: $(command)

Eg 1:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo "Today Date is: `date +%D` "
Today Date is: 12/06/19
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo "Today Date is: $(date +%D) "
Today Date is: 12/06/19

Eg 2:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo "Number of files in Current Working Directory: `ls |
wc -l` "
Number of files in Current Working Directory: 5
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo "Number of files in Current Working Directory: $(ls |
wc -l) "
Number of files in Current Working Directory: 5

Eg 3:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo "The No of Lines in test.sh: `cat test.sh | wc -l` "
The No of Lines in test.sh: 9
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo "The No of Lines in test.sh: $(wc -l test.sh) "
The No of Lines in test.sh: 9 test.sh

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Eg 4:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo "My Current Working Directory: `pwd` "
My Current Working Directory: /home/durgasoft/scripts
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo "My Current Working Directory: $(pwd) "
My Current Working Directory: /home/durgasoft/scripts

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Topic-28: Command
Line Arguments
The arguments which are passing from the command prompt at the time of executing our
script, are called command line arguments.

$ ./test.sh learning linux is very easy

The command line arguments are learning, linux, is, very, easy.

Inside scritp we can access command line arguments as follows:

$#  Number of Arguments (5)

$0  Script Name (./test.sh)
$1  1st Argument (learning)
$2  2nd Argument (linux)
$3  3rd Argument (is)
$4  4th Argument (very)
$5  5th Argument (easy)
$*  All Arguments (learning Linux is very easy)
$@ All Arguments (learning Linux is very easy)
$?  Represents exit code of previously executed command or
script.

Eg:/bin/bash
#! test.sh
echo "Number of arguments: $#"
echo "Script Name: $0"
echo "First argument: $1"
echo "Second argument: $2"
echo "Third argument: $3"
echo "Fourth argument: $4"
echo "Fifth argument: $5"
echo "Total arguments: $*"

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ ./test.sh learning linux is very easy

Number of arguments: 5
Script Name: ./test.sh
First argument: learning
Second argument: linux
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Third argument: is
Fourth argument: very
Fifth argument: easy
Total arguments:
learning linux is very
easy
Difference between $@ and $*:
$@  All command line arguments with space separator
"$1" "$2" "$3" ...
$*  All command line arguments as single string
"$1c$2c$3c.."
Where c is the first character of the Internal Field Separator (IFS). The
default first character is space.

How to Check Default IFS:

$ set | grep "IFS"
IFS=$' \t\n'

How to Change IFS:

#! /bin/bash

IFS="-"

echo "Number of arguments: $#"

echo "Script Name: $0"
echo "First argument: $1"
echo "Second argument: $2"
echo "Third argument: $3"
echo "Fourth argument: $4"
echo "Fifth argument: $5"
echo "Total arguments: $@"
echo "Total arguments: $*"

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh learning unix is very easy

Number of arguments: 5
Script Name: /home/durgasoft/scripts/test.sh
First argument: learning
Second argument: unix
Third argument: is
Fourth argument: very
Fifth argument: easy
Total arguments: learning unix is very easy
Total arguments: learning-unix-is-very-easy

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Note: The main purpose of command line arguments is to customize behaviour of the
script.

test.sh
#! /bin/bash
l=$(echo -n "DURGA"| wc -c)
echo "The Length of given String: $l"

This script will work only for string: DURGA

test.sh
#! /bin/bash
len=$(echo -n "$1"| wc -c)
echo "The Length of given string $1 : $len"

This script will work for any string provided from command prompt.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
The Length of given string : 0
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh durgasoft
The Length of given durgasoft : 9
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh adsfkjshfdjkhsfkjhkjsfhk
The Length of given string adsfkjshfdjkhsfkjhkjsfhk : 24

Q1) Write Script to Create Log File with Timestamp

test.sh
#! /bin/bash
timestamp=$(date +%d_%m_%Y_%H_%M_%S)
echo "This is data to log file" >> ${timestamp}.log
echo "This is extra data to log file" >> ${timestamp}.log
date >> ${timestamp}.log
echo >> ${timestamp}.log
echo "Data Written to log file successfully"

If we execute this script, every time a new file will be created.

If we take
timestamp=$(date +%d_%m_%Y_%H_%M)
Then log file will be created for every new minute.

For every hour if want a new log file: timestamp=$(date +%d_%m_%Y_%H)

For every day if want a new log file: timestamp=$(date +%d_%m_%Y)

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Topic-29: How to Read Dynamic Data
from the User
By using read keyword we can read dynamic data from the end user.

Without Prompt Message:

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ read a b
100 200
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo "The values of a and b are:$a and $b"
The values of a and b are:100 and 200

With Prompt Message:

Approach-1

test.sh
#! /bin/bash
echo "Enter A Value:"
read A

echo "Enter B Value:"

read B

echo "A Value: $A"

echo "B Value: $B"

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter A Value:
100
Enter B Value:
200
A Value: 100
B Value: 200

test.sh
#! /bin/bash
echo -n "Enter A Value:"
read A

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echo -n "Enter B Value:"
read B
echo "A Value: $A"
echo "B Value: $B"
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter A Value:100
Enter B Value:200
A Value: 100
B Value: 200

Approach-2
#! /bin/bash
read -p "Enter A Value:" A
read -p "Enter B Value:" B

echo "A Value: $A"

echo "B Value: $B"

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter A Value:100
Enter B Value:200
A Value: 100
B Value: 200

#! /bin/bash
read -p "Enter User Name:" user
read -p "Enter Password:" password

echo "$user thanks for your

information"

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter User Name:durga
Enter Password:anushka123
durga thanks for your information

Note:
read -p : Just to display prompt
message
read -s : It hides input on screen
which is provided by end user.

#! /bin/bash
read -p "Enter User Name:" user
read -s -p "Enter Password:" password
echo
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durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter User Name:Durga
Enter Password:
Hello Durga , thanks for your
information

Q2) Write a Script to Read Student Data and display to the

Console for Confirmation?
#! /bin/bash
read -p "Enter Student Name:" name read -
p "Enter Student RollNo:" rollno
read -p "Enter Student Age:" age read -p
"Enter Student Marks:" marks echo
"Please confirm your details"
echo "------------------------------------------------"
echo "Student Name: $name" echo
"Student Rollno: $rollno"
echo "Student Age: $age"
echo "Student Marks: $marks"

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh Enter

Student Name:Durga
Enter Student RollNo:101 Enter
Student Age:40 Enter
Student Marks:89 Please
confirm your details
---------------------------------------------
---
Student Name: Durga
Student Rollno: 101
Student Age: 40
Student Marks: 89

Q3) Write a Script to Read Employee Details and Save to

emp.txt File?
#! /bin/bash
read -p "Enter Employee Number:" eno read -p
"Enter Employee Name:" ename read -p
"Enter Employee Salary:" esal read -p
"Enter Employee Address:" eaddr

echo "Below details are saved to the file" echo

"$eno:$ename:$esal:$eaddr"
echo "$eno:$ename:$esal:$eaddr" >> emp.txt
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durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter Employee Number:100
Enter Employee Name:Sunny
Enter Employee Salary:1000
Enter Employee Address:Mumbai
Below details are saved to the file
100:Sunny:1000:Mumbai
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter Employee Number:200
Enter Employee Name:Bunny
Enter Employee Salary:2000
Enter Employee Address:Hyderabad
Below details are saved to the file
200:Bunny:2000:Hyderabad
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter Employee Number:300
Enter Employee Name:Chinny
Enter Employee Salary:3000
Enter Employee Address:Chennai
Below details are saved to the file
300:Chinny:3000:Chennai
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ cat emp.txt
100:Sunny:1000:Mumbai
200:Bunny:2000:Hyderabad
300:Chinny:3000:Chennai

emp.txt
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ cat emp.txt
100:Sunny:1000:Mumbai
200:Bunny:2000:Hyderabad
300:Chinny:3000:Chennai

Q4) Write a Script that takes a String from the End User and
Print its Length?
#! /bin/bash
read -p "Enter any string to find length:" str len=$
(echo -n $str | wc -c)
echo "Length of $str : $len"

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh Enter

any string to find length:apple Length
of apple : 5
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh

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Enter any string to find length:durgasoftwaresolutions
Length of durgasoftwaresolutions : 22

Q5) Write a Script to Read File Name from the End User and
display its Content?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter any File name to display its content:" fname echo
"-----------------------------------------------"
cat $fname
echo "-----------------------------------------------"
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter any File name to display its content:emp.txt
-----------------------------------------------
100:Sunny:1000:Mumbai
200:Bunny:2000:Hyderabad
300:Chinny:3000:Chennai
----------------------------------------------
-

Q6) Write a Script to Read File Name from the End User and
Remove Blank Lines Present in that File?
#! /bin/bash
read -p "Enter any File name to remove blank lines:" fname grep -
v "^$" $fname > temp.txt
mv temp.txt $fname
echo "In $fname all blank lines deleted"

Q7) Write a Script to Read File Name from the End User and
Remove Duplicate Lines Present in that File?
#! /bin/bash
read -p "Enter any File name to remove duplicate lines:" fname

sort -u $fname > temp.txt mv

temp.txt $fname
echo "In $fname all duplicate
lines deleted"

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Topic-30: Operators
1)Arithmetic Operators
+  Addition
-  Substraction
*  Multiplication (we should use \* as it is wild card character)
/  Division
%  Modulo Operator

Relational Operators: (Numeric Comparison Operators)

-gt Greater than
-ge Greater than or equal to
-lt Less than
-le Less than or equal to
-eq  Is equal to
-ne Not equal to

These operators return boolean value (true/false)

Logical Operators:
-a  Logical AND
-o Logical OR
! Logical Not

Assignment operator =
Note: Except assignment operator, for all operators we have to provide space before and
after operator.

How to perform Mathematical Operations:

There are multiple ways

1) By using expr keyword

2) By using let keyword
3) By using (())
4) By using []

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1) By using expr Keyword:

expr means expression and it is a keyword.

#! /bin/bash
read -p "Enter First Number:" a
read -p "Enter First Number:" b

sum=`expr $a + $b`
echo "The Sum: $sum"

sum=$(expr $a + $b)
echo "The Sum: $sum"

Note: While using expr keyword, $ symbol is mandatory.

Space must be required before and after + symbol.

2) By using let Keyword:

let sum=a+b
echo "The Sum: $sum"

let sum=$a+$b
echo "The Sum: $sum"
Here $ symbol is optional. But we should not provide
space before and after +.

3) By using (()):
sum=$((a+b))
echo "The Sum: $sum"

sum=$(($a+$b))
echo "The Sum: $sum"
Here space and $ symbol, both are optional.

4) By using []:
sum=$[a+b]
echo "The Sum: $sum"

sum=$[$a+$b]
echo "The Sum: $sum"

Here also space and $ symbol, both are optional.

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Note: All the above 4 approaches will work only for integral arithmetic
(only for integer numbers).
If we want to perform floating point arithmetic then we should use bc
command.

bc Command:
bc means binary calculator.
We can start binary calculator by using bc command.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ bc
bc 1.07.1
Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998,
2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012-2017
Free Software
Foundation, Inc.
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details type `warranty'.
10.5+30.6
41.1
10.2^2
104.0
10.5*3.6
37.8
ctrl+d  To exit bc

Note: bc can perform both integral and floating point

arithmetic.

Script for floating Point

Arithmetic:
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter First Number:" a

read -p "Enter Second Number:" b

sum=$( echo $a+$b | bc)

echo "The Sum:$sum"

echo "The Difference: $( echo $a-$b | bc)"

echo "The Product: $( echo $a*$b | bc)"

Output:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter First Number:10.5
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Q1) Write a Script to Read 2 Integer Numbers and Print

Sum?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter First Number:" a read -p

"Enter Second Number:" b sum=$
[a+b]
echo "The Sum:$sum"

Q2) Write a Script to Read 4 Digit Integer Number and Print

the Sum of Digits Present in that Number?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter Any 4-digit Integer Number:" n a=$

( echo $n | cut -c 1)
b=$( echo $n | cut -c 2) c=$
( echo $n | cut -c 3)
d=$( echo $n | cut -c 4)

echo "The Sum of 4 digits : $

[a+b+c+d]"

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh Enter

Any 4-digit Integer Number:1234 The
Sum of 4 digits : 10
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter Any 4-digit Integer Number:3456
The Sum of 4 digits : 18

Q3) Write a Script to Read

Employee Monthly Salary and
Print his Bonus. The Bonus should
be 25% of Annual Salary
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter Employee Monthly Salary:"

salary

annual_salary=$[salary*12] bonus=$
[annual_salary*25/100] echo
"The Bonus:$bonus"
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Topic-31: Control Statements

1) if statement
2) case statement
3) while loop
4) for loop
5) until loop
6) break
7) continue
8) exit

9)if Statement:
There are 4 types of if statements

1) simple if
2) if-else
3) nested if
4) ladder if

1) simple if:
if [ condition ]
then
action
fi

If condition is
true then
only action
will be
executed.

Q1) WAS to Read Name from the End User and if Name is
Sunny then Display some Special Message?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter Your Name:" name if

[ $name = "sunny" ]
then
echo "Hello Sunny Very Good Evening" fi
echo "How
Enterare you"
Your Name:durga

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How are you
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter Your Name:sunny
Hello Sunny Very Good Evening
How are you

Note:
x=10  Assignment x
= 10  Comparison

2) if -else:
if [ condition]
then
action if
cond
ition
is
true
else
action if
cond
ition
is
false
fi

3) Nested if:
if [ condition ]
then
.........
.........
if [ condition ]
then
.........
.........
else
........
fi
.....
else
......
fi

4) ladder -if:
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else
default action
fi

Q2) Write a Script to find Greater of 2 Numbers?

#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter First Number:" a

read -p "Enter Second Number:" b

if [ $a -gt $b ]
then
echo
"Greater
Number
is:$a"
else
echo
"Greater
Number
is:$b"
fi

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter First Number:10
Enter Second Number:20
Greater Number is:20
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter First Number:20
Enter Second Number:10
Greater Number is:20
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter First Number:-10
Enter Second Number:-20
Greater Number is:-10

Q3) Write a Script to Check

whether Numbers OR Equal
OR Not.
If the Numbers are not
Equal then Print
Greater Number?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter First Number:" a

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Q4) Write a Script to find Greater of 3 Numbers?

1st Way:
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter First Number:" a

read -p "Enter Second Number:" b
read -p "Enter Third Number:" c

if [ $a -gt $b ]
then
if [ $a -gt $c ]
then
echo "The Greater Number:$a"
else
echo "The Greater Number:
$c"
fi
elif [ $b -gt
$c ] then
echo "The Greater Number:$b"
else
echo "The Greater Number:
$c"
fi

2nd Way:
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter First Number:" a

read -p "Enter Second Number:" b
read -p "Enter Third Number:" c

if [ $a -gt $b -a $a -gt
$c ] then
echo "The Greater Number: $a"
elif [ $b -gt $c ]
then
echo "The Greater Number: $b"
else
echo "The Greater Number:
$c"
fi

WAS to check whether student is pass or fail based on given 3 subjects

marks. In any subject if marks less
2ndthan
Floor,35 then status is fail.
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1st Way:
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter First Subject Marks:" a

read -p "Enter Second Subject Marks:" b
read -p "Enter Third Subject Marks:" c

if [ $a -lt 35 ]
then
echo "Student Failed"
elif [ $b -lt 35 ]
then
echo "Student Failed"
elif [ $c -lt 35 ]
then
echo "Student Failed"
else
echo "Result is
Pass"
fi

2nd Way:
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter First Subject Marks:" a

read -p "Enter Second Subject Marks:" b
read -p "Enter Third Subject Marks:" c

if [ $a -ge 35 -a $b -ge 35 -a $c -ge

35 ] then
echo "Result is Pass"
else
echo "Result is
Fail"
fi

The Funniest
Example with if-
else
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter Your Favourite Brand:"

brand if [ $brand = "KF" ]

then
echo "It is Childrens Brand"
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then
echo "It is not that much Kick"

elif [ $brand = "RC" ]

then
echo "It is too
light"

elif [ $brand = "FO" ]

then
echo "Buy One Get One FREE"
else
echo "Other Brands are not
recommended"
fi

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$
./test.sh Enter Your Favourite Brand:KF
It is Childrens Brand
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ ./test.sh
Enter Your Favourite Brand:KO
It is not that much Kick
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ ./test.sh
Enter Your Favourite
Brand:RC It is too light
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$
./test.sh Enter Your Favourite Brand:FO
Buy One Get One FREE
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ ./test.sh
Enter Your Favourite Brand:KALYANI
Other Brands are not recommended

Exit Codes/ Status

Codes:
Every command and script return some value after execution, which indicates that
whether it is successfully executed or not. This return value is called exit code or status
code.
zero means command/script executed successfully.
non- means command/scrit not executed successfully.
We can find exit code by using "$?".
zer o
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo "Hello Friends"
Hello Friends
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo "$?"
0

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durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ rm sdfjkslajfdksajfjdsakjfdksajfkd rm:
cannot remove 'sdfj ksl aj fdksaj f j dsakj f dksaj fkd': No such f i l e or
directory
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo "$?"
1

exit Command:
In the script to stop execution in the middle, we
can use exit command.

Syntax:
exit status_code
The allowed values for status_code are 0 to 255.
256  0
257  1
258  2
259  3
....

Q5) Write a Script that takes 2 Integer Numbers as Command Line Arguments
and Prints Sum
If Number of Arguments is not 2, then we have to get Message saying
"You should provide only 2 Arguments"
If the Arguments are not Integer Numbers then we have to get Message
saying "You should provide Integer Numbers only"

test.sh
#! /bin/bash

if [ $# -ne 2 ]
then
echo "You Should provide exactly two arguments"
exit 1
fi
x=$1

y=$2
sum=`expr $x + $y `
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
echo "You should provide integer numbers only"
exit 2
else
echo "The Sum:$sum"
fi
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Output:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh 10 20
The Sum:30
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
You Should provide exactly two arguments
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh 10
You Should provide exactly two arguments
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh 10 20 30
You Should provide exactly two arguments
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh 10 durga
expr: non-integer argument
You should provide integer numbers only

Q6) Write a Script that Reads an Integer Number and Check

whether the given Number is +ve Number OR -ve Number?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter integer number to check:" n if

[ $n -gt 0 ]; then
echo "$n is +ve number"
else
echo "$n is -ve
number"
fi

Output:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$
test.sh Enter integer number to
check:10
10 is +ve number
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter integer number to check:-10
-10 is -ve number

Note: If we want to take then in the same line then we should

use ; if [ $n -gt 0 ]; then
The advantage is we can reduce the number of lines.

Q7) Write a Script that Reads an Integer Number and Checks

whether it is Even Number OR not?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter integer number to check:" n if [ $

[n%2] -eq 0 ]; then
echo "$n is even number"
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else
echo "$n is odd number"
fi

Output:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter integer number to check:10
10 is even number
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter integer number to check:15
15 is odd number

Q8) Write a Script that Reads an Integer Number and Checks

whether it is 3 Digit Number OR not?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter integer number to check:" n if

[ $n -ge 100 -a $n -le 999 ]; then

echo "$n is 3-dgit number"
else
echo "$n is not 3-digit
number"
fi

Output:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter integer number to check:123
123 is 3-dgit number
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter integer number to check:45
45 is not 3-digit number
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter integer number to check:1234
1234 is not 3-digit number

File Test Options:

-e  Returns true if file/directory
exists
-s  Returns true if the file is non-
empty
-f  Returns true if the file is a
regular file
-d  Returns true if the file is a
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special file
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-r  Returns true if current user has read permission on the file
-w  Returns true if current user has write permission on the file
-x  Returns true if current user has execute permission on the file
-o  Returns true if current user is owner of the file.
file1 -ot file2  Returns true if file1 is older than file2 (last modified time)
file1 -nt file2  Returns true if file1 is newer than file2(last modified time)

Eg 1: Script to Test whether the given File Exists OR not?

#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter File Name to test:" fname

if [ -e $fname ]
then
echo "$fname exists"
else
echo "$fname not
exists"
fi

Eg 2: Script to Test whether the given File is Regular File

OR Directory?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter File Name to test:"

fname if [ -e $fname ]; then

if [ -f $fname ]; then
echo "It is regular file"
elif [ -d $fname ]; then
echo "It is Directory file"
else
echo "It is special
file"
fi
else
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c
h
o
"
$
f
n
a
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durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter File Name to test:dddddd
dddddd does not exist
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter File Name to test:/bin
It is Directory file
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter File Name to test:/dev/vcsa3
It is special file

Write a Script that Reads a File Name and Display its

Content to the Terminal?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter File Name to test:" fname

if [ -e $fname ]; then
if [ -f $fname ]; then
if [ -r $fname ]; then
cat $fname
else
echo "User not
having Read
permission"
fi
else
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c
h
o
"
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t
i
s
n
o
t
a
r
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l
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else
echo "It is not a regular file"
fi
else
echo "$fname does not exist"
fi

Q10) Write a Script that Accepts 2 File Names and Check

whether both Files having same Content OR not?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter First File Name: " fname1 read -p

"Enter Second File Name: " fname2

result=$(cmp $fname1 $fname2) if [ -z

"$result" ]; then
echo "The given 2 files having same
content"
else
echo "The given 2 files having
different content"
fi

Note:
-z is string comparison option.
returns True if the string is empty.

Q11) Write a Script that Accepts a File Name and Display

User Permissions?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter First File Name: " fname

READ=NO
WRITE=NO
EXECUTE=NO

if [ -r $fname ]; then
READ=YES
fi

if [ -w $fname ]; then
WRITE=YES
fi
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if [ -x $fname ]; then
EXECUTE=YES
fi

echo "User Permissions Summary"

echo "-------------------------"
echo "Read Permission: $READ" echo
"Write Permission: $WRITE"
echo "Execute Permission: $EXECUTE"

Output:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter First File Name: a.txt

User Permissions
Summary
Read Permission: YES
Write Permission: YES
Execute Permission: NO

Q12) Write a Scirpt that Reads File Name and Remove the
specified File?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter file/directory name to delete:" fname if [ -e

$fname ]; then
rm -r $fname
echo "$fname removed successfully"
else
echo "$fname does not exist"
fi

Mini Application:
Copy all files and directories present in the first directory to the second directory. We
should create compressed tar file and have to move that tar file.
After moving tar file to the second directory, extract all files and directories and remove
that tar file.
copy /home/durgasoft/x /home/durgasoft/y

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Tests to Perform:
1) The number of command line arguments should be 2
2) The source and destination directories should be available already
3) The source and destination arguments should be directories
4) The user should has read and execute permissions on source directory
5) The user should has write and execute permissions on destination directory
6) All error messages should be send to error file and the file name should contain
timestamp.
7) All intermediate steps should be displayed to the terminal.

String Test Options:

8) str1 = str2  Returns true if both strings are same
9) str1 != str2  Returns true if both strings are different
10)-z str  Returns true if the string is empty
11)-n str  Returns true if the string is not empty
12)str1 > str2  Returns true if the str1 is alphabetically greater than str2
5) str1 < str2  Returns true if the str1 is alphabetically less than str2

Demo Program For String Comparison:

#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter First String:" str1

read -p "Enter Second String:" str2

if [ $str1 = $str2 ]; then

echo "Both strings are equal"

elif [ $str1 \< $str2 ]; then

echo "$str1 is less than $str2"
else
echo "$str1 is greater than
$str2"
fi

Note:
elif [ $str1 \< $str2 ]; then
If we are not using \ symbol then < acts as input redirection operator. To consider <
as symbol only we should use \.

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test.sh Enter First String:Durga
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Enter First String:Apple
Enter Second String:Banana
Apple is less than Banana
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter First String:Banana
Enter Second String:Apple
Banana is greater than Apple

Q13) Write a Script that Checks whether Login User is Root OR not. If Login
User is Root then Display 1st 5 Current Running Processes Information
#! /bin/bash

user=$(whoami)

if [ $user != "root" ]; then

echo "Current user not root user and hence exiting" exit 1
fi

echo "The Five Current Running Processes information"

echo
"============================================
=="
ps -ef | head -5

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh Current

user not root user and hence exiting
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for durgasoft:
root@durgasoft:~# whoami
root
root@durgasoft:~# test.sh test.sh:
command not found
root@durgasoft:~# pwd
/root
root@durgasoft:~#
/home/durgasoft/scripts/te
The 5 Current Running Processes Information
st.sh
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
root 1 0 0 19:32 ? 00:00:03 /sbin/init splash
root 2 0 0 19:32 ? 00:00:00 [kthreadd]
root 3 2 0 19:32 ? 00:00:00 [rcu_gp]
root 4 2 0 19:32 ? 00:00:00 [rcu_par_gp]

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Q14) Write a Script to Test whether the given String is Empty OR

not? If it is not Empty then Print its Length
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter Any String to test:" str if [ -z

$str ]; then
echo "Provided input string is empty string"
else
echo "Provided input string is not empty
string" echo "Its length is : $( echo -n $str | wc
-c)"
fi

2)case Statement:
 If multiple options are available then it is not recommended to use nested if-else
statements. It increases length of the code and reduces readability.

 To handle such type of requirements we should go for case statement.

Syntax:
case $variable in

option1 )
action-1
;;
option2 )
action-2
;;
option3 )
action-3
;;
*)
default action
;;
esac

Note:
1) space is optional while defining options.
2) ;; can be used to come out of case statement.
3) ;; is mandatory for all options except for default option.
4) If we take default option at the beginning, then for any input the same default option
will be executed.

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Eg 1: Write a script to read a number from 0 to 9 and print equivalent English word?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter Any digit from 0 to 9:" n

case $n in
1) echo "ZERO"
;;
2) echo "ONE"
;;
2) echo "TWO"
;;
3) echo "THREE"
;;
4) echo "FOUR"
;;
5) echo "FIVE"
;;
6) echo "SIX"
;;
7) echo "SEVEN"
;;
8) echo "EIGHT"
;;
9) echo "NINE"
;;
*) echo "Please enter a digit from 0 to 9 only"
esac

Q15) Write a Script that Reads Favourite Brand and Prints

corresponding Meaningful Message?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter Your Favourite Brand: " brand case

$brand in
"KF")
echo "It is childrens brand"
;;
"KO")
echo "It is not that much kick"
;;

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"RC")
echo "It is too light"
;;
"FO")
echo "Buy one get one FREE"
;;
*)
echo "Other brands are not recommended"
esac

Q16) Write a Script that Accepts a Single Character and Check whether the
given Character is Alphabet OR Digit OR Special Character?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter Any Character to check: " ch case

$ch in
[a-zA-Z])
echo "It is an Alphabet symbol"
;;
[0-
9])
e
c
h
o
"
I
t
i
s
a
D
i
g
it
"
;
;
[
^a-
zA-
Z0-9])
e
c
h
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Q17) Write a Script that Accepts a Single Character and Checks whether it is
Digit OR Special Character OR Vowel OR Consonent?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter Any Character to check: " ch

case $ch in
[^a-zA-Z0-9])
echo "It is a Special Character"
;;
[0-9])
e
ch
o
"It
is
a
Di
git
"
;
;
[a
eiou
AEIO
U])
e
ch
o
"It
is
a
Vo
w
el"
;
;
[^
aeiou
AEIO
U])
e
ch
o
"It
is
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The file name is abc.txt

#! /bin/bash
echo "A  Display Content"
echo "B  Append Content"
echo "C  Overwrite Content"
echo "D  Delete Content"
read -p "Choose Your Option
A|B|C|D: " option

case $option in
A)
if [ ! -s "abc.txt" ]; then
echo "It is an empty file"
else

echo "The content of the file is:"

echo "---------------------------"
cat abc.txt
fi
;;
B)
read -p "Provide your data to append:" data
echo $data >> abc.txt
echo "Data Appended"
;;
C)
read -p "Provide your data to overwrite:" data
echo $data > abc.txt
echo "Old data Overwritten with new data "
;;
D)
cat /dev/null > abc.txt
echo "Deleted the content of the file"
;;
*)
echo "Choose only A|B|C|D. Execute Again"
esac

Q19) Write a Script that Reads 2 Integer Numbers and perform

required Mathematical Operation based on provided Option?
1 Addition Operation
2 Subtraction Operation
3 Multiplication Operation 4
 Division Operation
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#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter First Number: " n1

read -p "Enter Second Number: " n2
echo ""
echo "1 --> Addition Operation"
echo "2 --> Subtraction Operation"
echo "3 --> Multiplication
Operation"
echo "4 --> Division Operation"
read -p "Choose Your Option 1|2|
3|4: " option

case $option in
1)
echo "$n1 +
$n2 = $
((n1+n2))
"
;;
2)
echo "$n1 -
$n2 = $
((n1-
n2))"
;;
3)
echo "$n1 *
$n2 = $
((n1*n2))
"
;;
4)
echo "$n1 /
$n2 = $
((n1/n2))
"
;;
*)
echo
"Choose
only 1|
2|3|4.
Execute
Again"
esac
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1) while Loop:
If we don't know the number of iterations in advance, then we should go for while
loop.

Syntax:
while [ condition ]
do
body
done

As long as condition is true, then body will be executed. Once condition fails then
only loop will be terminated.

Q1) Write a Script to Print Numbers from 1 to 10

#! /bin/bash

i=1

while [ $i -le
10 ] do
echo $i
let i++
done

Q2) Write a Script to generate Numbers until Limit which is

provided by End User?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter Limit:" n i=1

while [ $i -le $n ] do
echo $i
sleep
2 let
i++
done

Note: If we don't want to perform any operation for a particular amount of time (i.e just
pausing is required) then we should go for sleep command. The argument to the sleep
command is seconds.

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Eg:
sleep 2
sleep 3
sleep 0.5

Q3) Write a Script to find the Sum of First n Integers, where n is

provided by End User?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter n value:" n

i=1
sum=0
while [ $i -le $n ]
do
let sum=sum+i
let i++
done

echo "The Sum

of first $n
numbers:
$sum"

Output:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter n value:3
The Sum of first 3 numbers: 6
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter n value:10
The Sum of first 10 numbers: 55
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter n value:12345
The Sum of first 12345 numbers:
76205685

Q4) Write a Script to Display

Timer (Digital Timer)?
#! /bin/bash

while [ true ]
do
clear
printf "\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t$(date +%H:%M:%S)"
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Note: To use escape characters like \n and \t, we should not use echo and we should use
printf command.

Note: true and false are keywords which represents boolean values.

break Statement:
Based on some condition, if we want to break loop execution (i.e to come out of loop)
then we should go for break statement.

Eg 1:
#! /bin/bash

i=1

while [ $i -le 10 ]
do
if [ $i -eq 5 ]; then
break
fi
echo $i
let i++
done

Output
:
1
2
3
4

Eg 2:
#!
/bin/bas
h

while [ true ]
do
clear
printf "\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t$(date +%H:%M:%S)"
sleep 1
h=$(date +%H)
m=$(date +%M)
if [ $h -eq 20 -a $m -eq 35 ]; then
break
fi
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continue Statement:
We can use continue statement to skip current iteration and continue for the next
iteration.

Eg:
#! /bin/bash

i=0

while [ $i -lt 10 ]
do
let i++
if [ $[i%2] -eq 0 ]; then
continue
fi
echo $i
done

Outp
ut:
1
3
5
7
9

Writ
ea
Script
to
Read
File
Nam
e and
Displ
ay its
Conte
nt?
#!
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while
[ true ] do
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continue
;; [nN]|
[nN][oO])
brea
k
;;
esac
done
ech
o
"Thank
s for
using
applica
tion"

Out
put:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter File Name to Display content: abc.txt

The content of abc.txt:

Java

Python
Do you want to display content of another file [Yes|
No]:y Enter File Name to Display content: a.txt

The content of a.txt:

Tue Dec 10 17:00:48 IST 2019
Do you want to display content of another file [Yes|
No]:YES Enter File Name to Display content: b.txt

The content of b.txt:

December 2019
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
123456 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

Do you want to display content of another file [Yes|No]:Y

Enter File Name to Display content: durga.txt
durga.txt does not exist
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Do176
you want to DURGASOFT,
display content of another file [Yes|No]:N
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Write a Script that Reads a String as Input and find its Reverse?
Write a Script that performs Reverse of given String?
#! /bin/bash

read -p "Enter any string to find reverse: " str

len=$( echo -n $str | wc -c )

output=""

while [ $len -gt 0 ]

do
ch=$( echo -n $str | cut -c $len)
output=$output$ch
let len--
done
echo
"The
Original
String:
$str"
echo
"The
Reversed
String:
$output"

Output:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter any string to find reverse: durga
The Original String: durga
The Reversed String: agrud
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter any string to find reverse:
abc The Original String: abc
The Reversed String: cba
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter any string to find reverse: durgasoft
The Original String: durgasoft
The Reversed String:
tfosagrud
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$

Eg:
#! /bin/bash

while
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[ true ] do
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clear
tput cup
7 25
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echo "UNIX/LINUX CLASSES"
sleep 2
done

Note:
tput cup
7 25
It
moves
the
cursor
position
to 7th
row and
25th
column.

Q5) Write a Script to Read Employee Data and Insert

into emp.txt File?
#! /bin/bash

while
[ true ] do
read -p "Employee Number: "
eno read -p "Employee Name: "
ename
read -p "Employee Salary: " esal
read -p "Employee Address: " eaddr
echo "$eno:$ename:$esal:$eaddr" >>
emp.txt echo "Employee Record Inserted
Successfully"
read -p "Do you want to insert one more record [Yes|No]: "
option case $option in
[yY]|[Yy][eE][sS])
continue
;; [nN]|
[nN][oO])
brea
k
;;
esac
done
ech
o
"Open
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see all
emplo
yees
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Do you want to insert one more record [Yes|No]: Yes
Employee Number: 300
Employee Name: Chinny
Employee Salary: 3000
Employee Address: Hyderabad
Employee Record Inserted
Successfully
Do you want to insert one more record [Yes|No]: YES
Employee Number: 400
Employee Name: Vinny
Employee Salary: 4000
Employee Address: Chennai
Employee Record Inserted
Successfully
Do you want to insert one more record [Yes|No]: N
Open emp.txt to see all employees information

Q6) Write a Script to implement cat

Command with -n Option?
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ cat -n emp.txt
1 100:Sunny:1000:Hyderabad
2 200:Bunny:2000:Mumbai
3 300:Chinny:3000:Hyderabad
4 400:Vinny:4000:Chennai

Syntax -1: To read data from the file by using while loop
cat emp.txt |
while read line
do
do something with that line
done

Syntax -2: To read data from the file by using while

loop while read line
do
do something with that line
done < emp.txt

test.sh
#! /bin/bash

fname=$1
if [ ! -f $fname ]; then
echo "Please provide already existing regular file
only" exit 1
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fi
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count=1
while read line
do
echo " $count
$line" let count++
done < $fname

Output
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh emp.txt
1 100:Sunny:1000:Hyderabad
2 200:Bunny:2000:Mumbai
3 300:Chinny:3000:Hyderabad
4400:Vinny:4000:Chennai
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh abcd.txt
Please provide already existing regular file only

2) until Loop:
It is opposite to while loop.

Syntax:
until [ condition ]
do
body
done

The body will be executed as long as condition returns false. Once condition returns
true, then loop will be terminated.

Q7) Write a Script to Print 1 to 5 by using until Loop?

#!
/bin/bash
i=1
until [ $i -gt
5 ] do
echo
$i let
i++
done

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$
test.sh 1
2
3
4
5 nd

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3) for Loop:
If we want to perform some action for every item in the given list, then we should go for
for loop. It is similar to Java's for-each loop.

Syntax:
for variable in item1 item2 item3... itemN
do
action
done

Eg 1: To print numbers from 1 to

5. #! /bin/bash

for i in 1 2 3 4
5 do
echo "Current Number: $i"
done

Output:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Current Number: 1
Current Number: 2
Current Number: 3
Current Number: 4
Current Number: 5

Eg 2:
#! /bin/bash

for course in java unix python testing

datascience do
echo "Course Name: $course"
done

Output:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Course Name: java
Course Name: unix
Course Name: python
Course Name: testing
Course Name:
datascience

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Q8) Write a Script that Display Numbers from 1 to 100, which are
divisible by 10.
#! /bin/bash

count=0
for num in {1..100}
do
if [ $[ num%10 ] -eq 0 ]; then
echo "$num"
let count++
fi
done
ech
o
"The
num
ber
of
valu
es:
$cou
nt"

Ou
tput
:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$
test.sh 10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
The number of values: 10

Q9) Write a Script to Display all File Names Present in

Current Working Directory?
#! /bin/bash

for name in DURGASOFT, # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,
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if [ -f $name ]; then
echo $name
fi
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Q10) Write a Script to append Current Date and Time, Current

Month Calander in every .txt File Present in Current Working
Directory?
#! /bin/bash

for fname in *.txt

do
date >> $fname
cal >> $fname
done
echo "Task
Completed"

Q11) Write
a Script
that Print
all
Command
Line
Arguments
?
#! /bin/bash

if [ $# -ne 0 ];
then

count=1
for arg in $@
do
echo
"Comman
d Line
Argument
- $count:
$arg"
let count++
done
else
echo
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arguments are
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Output:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
 UNIX/
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Case Study:

emp.txt:
100:sunny:1000:Hyderabad
200:bunny:2000:Chennai
300:chinny:3000:Hyderabad
400:vinny:4000:Delhi
500:pinny:5000:Hyderabad

1) Write a Script to Display all Employees Information where Salary

is Greater than 2500
#! /bin/bash
for record in $(cat emp.txt)
do
sal=$(echo $record | cut -d ":" -f 3)
if [ $sal -gt 2500 ]; then
echo $record
fi

done

2) Write a Script to Save all Employees Information where Salary is

Greater than 2500 and City is Hyderabad to hyd.txt
#! /bin/bash

for record in $(cat emp.txt)

do
sal=$(echo $record | cut -d ":" -f 3)
city=$(echo $record | cut -d ":" -f 4)
if [ $sal -gt 2500 -a $city = "Hyderabad" ]; then
echo $record >> hyd.txt
fi
done
ech
o
"Tas
k
Com
plete
d"

3) W
r
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if [ $sal -gt $max ]; then
max=$sal
max_record=$record
fi
if [ $sal -lt $min ]; then
min=$sal
min_record=$record
fi
done
ech
o
"The
Maxi
mum
Salar
y:
$ma
x"
echo "The Maximum Salaried Employeed Information:"
echo "Employee No:$(echo $max_record | cut -d ":" -f 1)"
echo "Employee Name:$(echo $max_record | cut -d ":" -
f 2)"
echo "Employee Salary:$(echo $max_record | cut -d ":" -f 3)"
echo "Employee Address:$(echo $max_record | cut -d ":" -f 4)"
echo
echo "The Minimum Salary:$min"
echo "The Minimum Salaried Employeed Information:"
echo "Employee No:$(echo $min_record | cut -d ":" -f 1)"
echo "Employee Name:$(echo $min_record | cut -d ":" -f
2)" echo "Employee Salary:$(echo $min_record | cut -d ":" -f
3)"
echo "Employee Address:$(echo $min_record | cut -d ":" -f
4)"

Q12) Write a Script to Display Multiple Files Content to the

Terminal and all File Names passed as Command Line Arguments?
#! /bin/bash

if [ $# -ne 0 ]; then
for fname in
$@ do
if [ -f $fname
]; then
echo
"$fname
content:" # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,
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==========
="
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Q13) Write a Script to append Multiple Files Content to a Single File

result.txt. File Names are passed as Command Line Arguments?
#! /bin/bash

if [ $# -ne 0 ]; then
for fname in $@
do
if [ -f
$fname ]; then
cat $fname >> result.txt
else
echo "$fname does
not exist or it is not a
regular file"
fi
done
else
echo
"Please
pass
atleast
one file
name"
fi

Altern
ative
Syntax
of for
Loop
(Advanc
ed for
Loop):
Old
Style of
for Loop:
for variable in item1 item2 ...
itemN do
body
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ance
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Output:
0
1
2
3
4

Q15) Write a Script to Print Numbers for Count Down from

provided Number to 1 by using advanced for Loop?
#! /bin/bash
read -p "Enter n value:" n
for((i=n,i>=1;i--)
do
echo $i
sleep 1.5
done

Q16)
Write
a
Script
to
Displa
y nth
Table?
#!
/bin/bash
read -p "Enter n value:"
n for ((i=1; i<=10; i++))
do
echo "$n * $i = $[n*i]"
done

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$
test.sh Enter n value:9
9*1=9
9 * 2 = 18
9 * 3 = 27
9 * 4 = 36
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* 5 = 45
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9 * 7 = 63
9 * 8 = 72
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Q17) Write a Script to generate Hotel Bill based on Customer

selected Items. The Items and Price Information is as follows
A  Vadapov (Each Plate Rs 30 /-)
B  Dosa (Each Plate Rs 50 /-)
C  Poori (Each Plate Rs 40 /-)
D  Idli (Each Plate Rs 25 /-)

#! /bin/bash
echo "Welcome to DURGA HOTEL"
echo
amount=0
while [ true ]
do
echo "Menu Items:"
echo "......................"
echo "A --->Vadapov
(Each Plate Rs 30 /-)"
echo "B --->Dosa (Each Plate Rs 50 /-)"
echo "C --->Poori (Each Plate Rs 40 /-)"
echo "D --->Idli (Each Plate Rs 25 /-)"
read -p "Choose Your Required Item A|B|C|D:" item
case $item in
A)
read -p "Enter the number of plates of Vadapov, you required:" quantity
amount=$[amount+quantity*30]
;;

B)
read -p "Enter the number of plates of Dosa, you required:"
quantity amount=$[amount+quantity*50]
;;

C)
read -p "Enter the number of plates of Poori, you required:"
quantity amount=$[amount+quantity*40]
;;

D)
r
e
a
d
-
p
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[Yy]|[Yy][Ee][Ss])
continue
;;
[Nn]|[Nn][Oo])
b
reak
;
;
esac
done
echo
echo "Your Total Bill Amount: Rs
$amount/-" echo "Thanks for visiting
DURGA HOTEL"

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$
test.sh Welcome to DURGA HOTEL

Menu Items:
……….…………
A  Vadapov (Each Plate Rs
30 /-) B  Dosa (Each Plate Rs
50 /-)
C  Poori (Each Plate Rs
40 /-) D  Idli (Each Plate Rs
25 /-)
Choose Your Required Item
A|B|C|D:D
Enter the number of plates of Idli, you
required:4 Do you want to order any other
item[Yes|No]:yes

Menu Items:
……….…………
A  Vadapov (Each Plate Rs
30 /-) B  Dosa (Each Plate Rs
50 /-)
C  Poori (Each Plate Rs
40 /-) D  Idli (Each Plate Rs
25 /-)
Choose Your Required Item
A|B|C|D:C
Enter the number of plates of Poori, you
required:3 Do you want to order any other
item[Yes|No]:Yes

Menu
189 Items: DURGASOFT, # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,
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A  Vadapov (Each Plate Rs
30 /-) B  Dosa (Each Plate Rs
50 /-)
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Menu Items:
……….…………
A  Vadapov (Each Plate Rs 30 /-)
B  Dosa (Each Plate Rs 50 /-)
C  Poori (Each Plate Rs 40 /-)
D  Idli (Each Plate Rs 25 /-)
Choose Your Required Item A|
B|C|D:A
Enter the number of plates of Vadapov, you required:1
Do you want to order any other item[Yes|No]:No

Your Total Bill Amount: Rs 350/-

Thanks for visiting DURGA HOTEL

Q18) Write a Script to Test whether the given Number is Prime

Number OR not?
If any number has two factors (1 and itself), such type of number is said to be prime
number.

2  1, 2
3  1, 3
5  1, 5

#! /bin/bash
read -p "Enter Any Number to test whether it is prime or not:" n

if [ $n -le 1 ]; then
echo "$n is not a PRIME number"
exit 1
fi

for ((i=2;i<=n/2;i++))
do
if [ $[n%i] -eq 0 ];
then
echo "$n is not PRIME number"
exit 1
fi
done
ech
o
"$n
is a
PRI
ME
num
ber"

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ga@ DURGASOFT, # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,
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Topic-32: Arrays
If we want to represent a group of values with a single name then we should go for arrays
concept.

How to Create Arrays:

1. If we know elements at the beginning:
courses=(Java Python Linux Django)

2. If we don't know elements at the biginning:

courses[0]=Java
courses[1]=Python
courses[2]=Linux
courses[3]=Django

The index values need not be consecutive.We can take randomly.

courses[10]=DataScience
courses[20]=Devops

How to Access Elements:

We can access array elements by using index which is zero based.i.e the index of first
element is zero.

${courses[0]}  First element

${courses[1]}  Second element
${courses[@]} All elements present inside array.
${courses[*]}  All elements present inside array into a single string separated by first
character in IFS(Internal Field Separator)
${!courses[@]} It returns all indexes where elements are available.
${#courses[@]} It returns the number of elements present inside array.
${#courses[0]}  It returns the length of first element.

Demo Script:
#! /bin/bash
courses[0]=Java
courses[1]=Python
courses[2]=Linux
courses[3]=Django
courses[10]=DataScience

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courses[20]=Devops
echo "First Element : ${courses[0]}"
echo "Second Element : ${courses[1]}"
echo "All Elements with @ : ${courses[@]}"
echo "All elements with * : ${courses[*]}"
echo "The indices where elements are available : ${!courses[@]}"
echo "The total number of elements : ${#courses[@]}"
echo "The length of first element : ${#courses[0]}"

Output:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
First Element : Java
Second Element : Python
All Elements with @ : Java Python Linux Django DataScience Devops
All elements with * : Java Python Linux Django DataScience Devops
The indices where elements are available : 0 1 2 3 10 20
The total number of elements : 6
The length of first element : 4

Q1) Write a Script to Create an Array with some Elements and Print all
Elements by using while Loop, for Loop and advanced for Loop?

#! /bin/bash

declare -a fruits
fruits=("Apple" "Orange" "Banana" "Mango")
size=${#fruits[@]}
i=0

echo "All elements by using while loop:"

while [ $i -lt $size ]
do
echo ${fruits[$i]}
let i++
done

echo "All elements by using for loop:"

for fruit in ${fruits[@]}
do
echo $fruit
done

echo "All elements by using advanced for

loop:" for (( i=0; i < ${#fruits[@]}; i++ ))

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do
echo ${fruits[$i]}
done

Output:
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$
test.sh All elements by using while loop:
Apple

Orange

Banana
Mango
All
elemen
ts by
using
for
loop:
Apple

Orange

Banana
Mango
All
elemen
ts by
using
advanc
ed for
loop:
Apple

Orange

Banana
Mango

Note
:
1) If we create an array with elements directly
fruits=("Apple" "Orange" "Banana" "Mango")
then the indices will be 0,1,2,3 etc

2) After creating array we can addnd extra elements also

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Q2) Write a Script for accessing Array Elements by using for Loop if
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echo $fruit
done
echo
echo "Accessing based on
Index:" for index in ${!fruits[@]}
do
echo ${fruits[$index]}
done

Output:
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$
test.sh Accessing based on Values:
Apple
Banana

Orange
Mango

Acces
sing
based
on
Index:
Apple
Banana

Orange
Mango

Q3)
Is it
Possi
ble
to
Rem
ove
Arra
y
Elem
ents
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s
p
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Q4) Write a Script to Store given n Numbers in to an

Array?
#! /bin/bash
read -p "Enter The Number Of values:" n

for ((i=0,j=1;i<n;i++))
do
read -p "Enter The Number-$[j++]:" NUM[${i}]
done

Output:
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$
test.sh Enter The Number Of values:3
Enter The Number-
1:10 Enter The
Number-2:20
Enter The Number-
3:30

Q5) Write a Script to Read n Numbers and Store inside Array. Print
the Sum of Even Numbers and Odd Numbers separately?
#! /bin/bash
read -p "Enter Number of Values:" n

for((i=0,j=1;i<n;i++))
do
read -p "Enter The Number-$[j++]:" NUM[$i]
done

esum=
0
osum=0
for val in $
{NUM[@]} do
if [ $[val%2] -eq 0 ]; then
let esum=esum+val
else
let osum=osum+val
fi
done
echo "The Sum of Even Numbers:
$esum" echo "The Sum of Odd Numbers:
$osum"
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Output:
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter Number of Values:5
Enter The Number-1:10
Enter The Number-
2:12 Enter The
Number-3:13 Enter
The Number-4:15
Enter The Number-5:20
The Sum of Even Numbers: 42
The Sum of Odd Numbers: 28

Q6) Write a Script to Store all .txt File Names Present in Current Working
Directory in to an Array and Print Permissions of every File

#! /bin/bash
files=($(ls *.txt))
for fname in ${files[@]}
do
echo -ne "$fname:\t"
if [ -r $fname ]; then
echo -ne "READ(Y)\t"
else
echo -ne "READ(N)\
t"
fi
if [ -w $fname ]; then
echo -ne "WRITE(Y)\t"
else
echo -ne "WRITE(N)\t"
fi
if [ -x $fname ]; then
echo "EXECUTE(Y)"
else
echo "EXECUTE(N)"
fi
done

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Output:
abcd.txt: READ(Y) WRITE(Y) EXECUTE(N)
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
abc.txt: READ(Y) WRITE(Y) EXECUTE(N)
a.txt: READ(Y) WRITE(Y) EXECUTE(N)
b.txt: READ(Y) WRITE(Y) EXECUTE(N)
c.txt: READ(Y) WRITE(Y) EXECUTE(N)
emp.txt: READ(Y) WRITE(Y) EXECUTE(N)
hyd.txt: READ(Y) WRITE(Y) EXECUTE(N)
output.txt: READ(Y) WRITE(Y) EXECUTE(N)
result.txt: READ(Y) WRITE(Y) EXECUTE(N)
z.txt: READ(N) WRITE(N) EXECUTE(N)

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Topic-33: Shell Script

Functions
If any group of commands are repeatedly required, then it is not recommended to write
these commands separately everytime. It increases length of the code and reduces
readability.

Such type of repeated code we have to define inside a block and we can call that block
where ever required. This block of commands is nothing but function.

Hence function is nothing but a block of repeatable commands.

Advantages of Functions:
1) It reduces length of the code.
2) It improves readability.
3) It improves maintainability.
4) It promotes DRY principle.
DRY  Don't Repeat Yourself.

How to define a Function?

1st Way:
function function_name()
{
commands
}

2nd Way:
function_name()
{
commands
}

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How to call a Function:

function_name param1 param2 param3 ...

Q1) Write a Function to Display wish Message?

#! /bin/bash

#defining a function
wish()
{
echo "Hello
Friends... Good
Evening"
}

wish # calling a function

wish
wish

Output:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Hello Friends... Good Evening
Hello Friends... Good Evening
Hello Friends... Good
Evening

Note: Before calling a

function, it should be
defined.

Eg 2:
#! /bin/bash

f1()
{
echo "I am in f1 function"
}
f2()
{
echo "I am in f2 function"
f1
}
f1

f2
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Output:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
I am in f1 function
I am in f2 function
I am in f1
function

Function
with
Parameter
s:
Function can accept parameters also. With in the function we can access parameters as
follows:
$1  First Parameter
$2  Second Parameter
$@  All Paramters
$*  All parameters
$#  Total number of parameters
$0  It is script name but not function name

Q2) Write a Function to demonstrate how to access

Function Parameters?
#! /bin/bash
function demo()
{
echo "First
Parameter:
$1"
echo "Second Parameter: $2"
echo "Third Parameter: $3"
echo "Total Number of Paramerters: $#"
echo "All Parameters with @: $@"
echo "All Parameters with *: $*"
echo "Script Name:$0"
}

demo 10 20 30 40 50

Output:
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40 50
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Eg:
#! /bin/bash

wish()
{
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Hello Guest Good Evening"
else
echo "Hello $1 Good Evening"
fi
}
wish
wish
Durga
wish Sunny

Output:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
Hello Guest Good Evening
Hello Durga Good
Evening Hello Sunny
Good Evening
Q3) Write a Function that takes 2 Integer Numbers as
Parameters and perform Arithmetic Operations
#! /bin/bash
calc()
{
if [ $# -ne
2 ]; then
echo "You should pass exactly 2 arguments"
else
a=$1

b=$2
echo
"$a+
$b =
$
((a+
b))"
echo "$a-$b = $((a-b))"
echo "$a*$b = $((a*b))"
echo "$a/$b = $((a/b))"
echo
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calc 20 10
calc 200 100
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Output:
You should pass exactly 2 arguments
20+10 = 30
20-10 = 10
20*10 = 200
20/10 = 2

200+100 = 300
200-100 = 100
200*100 = 20000
200/100 = 2

2000+1000 = 3000
2000-1000 = 1000
2000*1000 = 2000000
2000/1000 = 2

Q4) Write a Function to

Print all Parameters?
#! /bin/bash
parameter_printing()
{
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
echo "No parameters passed to this function"
else
echo "All Passed Parameters
are:" echo ".........................."
for p in
$@ do
echo $p
done
fi
}
parameter_printing
parameter_printing A B C D E

Output: No parameters
passed to this function

All Passed Parameters

are:
A

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D
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Q5) Write a Function to find Maximum of 2 given Integer

Numbers?
#! /bin/bash
max()
{
if [ $1 -gt
$2 ]; then
echo "The Maximum of $1 and $2 :$1"
else
echo "The Maximum of $1 and $2:
$2"
fi
}
max 10 20
max 200 100

Output:
The Maximum of 10 and 20: 20
The Maximum of 200 and 100 :200
Q6) Write a Function to find Maximum of 3 given Integer
Numbers?
#! /bin/bash
max()
{
a=$1

b=$2

c=$3
if [ $a -gt $b -a $a -gt $c ]; then
echo "Biggest Number:$a"
elif [ $b -gt $c ]; then
echo "Biggest Number:$b"
else
echo "Biggest Number:
$c"
fi
}
read -p "Enter First Number:" n1
read -p "Enter Second Number:" n2
read -p "Enter Third Number:" n3
max $n1 $n2 $n3
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Q7) Write a Function to compare the given 2 Integers?

#! /bin/bash
compare()
{
if [ $1 -eq
$2 ]; then
echo "Both Numbers are equal"
elif [ $1 -gt $2 ]; then
echo "$1 is greater than $2"
else
echo "$1 is less than $2"
fi
}
compare 10 10
compare 10 20
compare 200 100

Output:
Both Numbers are
equal 10 is less than 20
200 is greater than 100
Q8) Write a Function to find Factorial of a given Integer
Number?
#! /bin/bash
factorial()
{
original=$n
fact=1
while [ $n -gt 1 ]
do
let fact=fact*n
let n--
done
echo "The
Factorial of
$original is:
$fact"
}
read -p "Enter a number to find factorial:" n
factorial $n
}

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{
original=$1
x=$1
fact=1
while [ $x -gt 1 ]
do
let fact=fact*x
let x--
done
echo "The
Factorial of
$original is:
$fact"
}
read -p "Enter a number to find factorial:" n
factorial $n
}

Q9) Write a Function to find Factorial of 1st 10 Natural

Numbers?
#! /bin/bash
factorial()
{
original=$1
n=$1
fact=1
while [ $n -gt 1 ]
do
let fact=fact*n let
n--
done
echo "The
Factorial of
$original:
$fact"
}
for i in {1..10}
do
factorial $i
done

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$
test.sh The Factorial
The Factorial of 7: 5040of 1: 1
The Factorial of 2: 2
The
205Factorial ofDURGASOFT,
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The Factorial of 5: 120
The Factorial of 6: 720
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The Factorial of 8: 40320
The Factorial of 9: 362880
The Factorial of 10: 3628800

Q10) Write a Function to Check whether the given Number is Even

Number OR not?
#! /bin/bash
even_odd()
{
n=$1
if [ $[n%2] -
eq 0 ]; then
echo "$n is an Even Number"
else
echo "$n is an Odd
Number"
fi
}

read -p "Enter Any Number to test whether it is Even or Odd:"

n even_odd $n

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter Any Number to test whether it is Even or
Odd:10 10 is an Even Number
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter Any Number to test whether it is Even or
Odd:13 13 is an Odd Number

Q11) Write a Function to Test whether the given Number is Positive

OR Negative Number?
#! /bin/bash
positive_negative()
{
n=$1
if [ $n -gt 0 ]; then
echo "$n is a Positive Number"
elif [ $n -lt 0 ]; then
echo "$n is a Negative Number"
else
echo "It is just Zero"
fi
}
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n
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positive_negative $n

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter Any number to test whether it is positive or negative:10
10 is a Positive Number
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter Any number to test whether it is positive or negative:-
20
-20 is a Negative Number
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter Any number to test whether it is positive or negative:0
It is just Zero
Prime Numbers:
Any positive number greater than 1, which has no other factors except 1 and the number
itself, is called prime number.
Eg: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 etc

Any Positive Number which has more than 2 factors, such type of numbers are called
Composite Numbers.

Eg: 4, 6, 8, 12 etc

1 is neither prime nor composite. It is a unique number.

Q12) Write a Function to Check whether the given Number is Prime

Number OR not?
#! /bin/bash
prime_check()
{
n=$1
if [ $n -le 1 ];
then
echo "$n is not a PRIME number"
else
is_prime="yes"
for ((i=2;i<n;i+
+)) do
if [ $[n%i] -eq
0 ]; then
echo "$n is not a PRIME Number"
is_prime="no"
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done
if [ $is_prime = "yes" ]; then
echo "$n is a PRIME Number"
fi
fi
}
read -p "Enter Any Number to test whether it is PRIME or not:"
n prime_check $n

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter Any Number to test whether it is PRIME or
not:129 129 is not a PRIME Number
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter Any Number to test whether it is PRIME or
not:127 127 is a PRIME Number
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter Any Number to test whether it is PRIME or
not:19 19 is a PRIME Number
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/script

Q13) Write a Function to generate Prime Numbers which are Less

than OR Equal to given Number?
#! /bin/bash
prime_numbers_generator()
{
n=$1
for((n1=2;n1<=n;n1++)) //Repeat from 2 to n every number to test
do
is_prime="yes"
for((i=2;i<n1;i++)) //To test current number n1 is prime or not
do
if [ $[n1%i] -eq 0 ]; then
is_prime="no"
break
fi
done
if [ $is_prime = yes ]; then
echo $n1
fi
done
}
read -p "Enter N value:" n
prime_numbers_generator $n

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durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter N value:20
2
3
5
7
11
13
17
19

Q14) Write a Function to

generate 1st n Prime
Numbers?
#! /bin/bash
prime_numbers_generator()
{
n=$1
count=0
for((n1=
2;n1>=2
;n1++))
#
n1=2,3,
4,5,6,7,
8,....
do
is_prime=yes
for((i=2;i<n1;i++))
do
if [ $[n1%i] -eq 0 ]; then
is_prime=no
break
fi
done
if [ $is_prime = yes ]; then
echo $n1
let count++
fi
if [ $count -eq $n ]; then
break
fi
done
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durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$
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Enter n value:2
2
3
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
Enter n value:5
2
3
5
7
11

Variable Scope:
Bydefault every variable in shell script is global. i.e we can access anywhere in our script.
But before using a variable, it should be declared already.

Eg 1:
#! /bin/bash
f1()
{
echo "x
value : $x"
}
x=10
f1

Out
put:
x
valu
e:
10

Eg
2:
#! /bin/bash
f1()
{
x=20
echo "x
value : $x"
}
x=10
f1
echo
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exec
utio
nx
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Eg 3:
#! /bin/bash
f1()
{
echo "x
value :
$x"
}
f1
x=10
f1

Out
put:
x
valu
e:
x
valu
e:
10

The variables which are declared inside a function, can be accessed outside of that
function, because every variable has global scope by default.

Eg 4:
#! /bin/bash
f1()
{
x=10
}
f1
echo "x
value : $x"

Output: x
value : 10

If we want a variable only within the function and should not be available outside of that
function, then we have to use local keyword for the variable.
local variables can be accessed only inside function and cannot be accessed outside of that
function.

Eg:
#! /bin/bash
f1()
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{
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local x=10
echo
"Inside
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Ouput:
Inside function x value: 10
outside function x value :

Return
Statement in
Functions:
Every function in shell scripting returns some value. The default returned value is the exit
code of the last command inside function.
But based on our requirement we can return values explicitly by using return statement.

return <exitcode>
The allowed values for exitcode are 0 to 255.
0 means successful
non-zero means unsuccessful.

We can get return value of function by using $?.

Eg:
#! /bin/bash
sum()
{
if [ $# != 2
]; then
echo "You should pass exactly two numbers"
return 1
else
echo "The SUM:$(($1+$2))"
fi
}
sum 10 20
echo "The Return value of this function:$?"
echo
sum 10
echo "The Return value of this function:$?"

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ test.sh
The SUM:30
The Return value of this function:0

You should pass exactly two numbers

The Return value of this function:1

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Use Case:
backup()
{
commands to take backup
}
backup
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
something goes wrong backup failed
else
backup successful
fi
break vs exit vs return:
1) break:
We can use break only inside loops to break loop exeuction.we will come out of the
loop and remaining statements after loop will be executed.

2) exit:
We can use anywhere exit statement to terminate script execution.The script will be
terminated. No chance of executing any other statement.

3) return:
We can use return statement only inside function to stop function execution. After
return statement, the remaining statements inside function won't be exeuction. But
after function call the remaining statements will be executed.

How to Call Functions Present in another Script:

util.sh
#! /bin/bash
x=888
y=999
add()
{
echo "$1 +
$2 = $[$1+
$2]"
}
multiply()
{
echo "$1 *
$2 = $
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subtract()
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{
echo "$1 - $2 = $[$1-$2]"
}
divide()
{
echo "$1 / $2 = $[$1/$2]"
}

test.sh
#! /bin/bash
. ./util.sh #This is just inclusion and we are not executing util.sh
add 10 20
subtract 20 10
multiply 10 20
divide 20 10
echo "The value of x:$x"
echo "The value of y:
$y"

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
10 + 20 = 30
20 - 10 = 10
10 * 20 = 200
20 / 10 = 2
The value of x:888
The value of
y:999

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Topic-34
Shell Script
Projects
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Project 1: Secret Agent Application

Rules:
1) The first character of the Name should be 'd'
2) The Last character of Favourite Actor should be 'r'
3) The Lucky Number should be 7
4) The number of characters in his favourite dish should be >=6.

If the above conditions are satified then user is valid secret agent and share information
about our next operation, otherwise just send thanks message.

Version-1 (Performance wise not upto the Mark)

1) #! /bin/bash
2) echo "Welcome to Secret Agent Application"
3) echo "####################################"
4)
5) read -p "Enter Your Name:" name
6) read -p "Enter Your Favourite Actor:" actor
7) read -p "Enter Your Lucky Number:" lucky
8) read -p "Enter Your Favourite Dish:" dish
9)
10) first_char_name=$(echo -n $name | cut -c 1)
11) len=$(echo -n $actor | wc -c)
12) last_char_actor=$(echo -n $actor | cut -c $len)
13) no_of_characters_dish=$(echo -n $dish | wc -c)
14) if [ $first_char_name = "d" -a $last_char_actor = "r" -a $lucky -eq 7 -a
$no_of_characters_dish -ge 6 ]; then
15) echo "Hello Secret Agent...Our Next Operation is"
16) echo "We have to kill atleast 10 sleeping students of the class room because they
are burden to country"
17) else
18) echo "Hello $name, thanks for your information"
19) fi

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Version-2 (Improved Performance wise)

1) #! /bin/bash
2) echo "Welcome to Secret Agent Application"
3) echo "####################################"
4)
5) read -p "Enter Your Name:" name
6) first_char_name=$(echo -n $name | cut -c 1)
7) if [ $first_char_name != "d" ]; then
8) echo "Hello $name, thanks for your information"
9) exit 1
10) fi
11)
12) r
e
a
d
-
p
"
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n
t
e
r
Y
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r
13) l
e
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Output:
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
Welcome to Secret Agent Application
####################################
Enter Your Name:durga
Enter Your Favourite Actor:Ameer
Enter Your Lucky Number:7
Enter Your Favourite Dish:Fish
Hello durga, thanks for your information
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
Welcome to Secret Agent Application
####################################
Enter Your Name:durga
Enter Your Favourite Actor:Ameer
Enter Your Lucky Number:7
Enter Your Favourite Dish:Mutton
Hello Secret Agent...Our Next
Operation is
We have to kill atleast 10 sleeping students of the class room because they are burden to
country

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Project 2: Book Rental Application

The DURGASOFT Book Company needs a way to determine the cost that a student has to
pay for renting a Book.

The cost is dependent on the time of the Book is returned.

However there are also special rates on Saturday and Sundays.
The Fee Structure is shown in the following list:

The cost is Rs 30 /- Per Day.

If the Book is returned after 9 PM,the student will be charged
an extra day.
If the Book is rented on a Sunday, the student will get 50% off for as long as they keep the
book.
If the Book is rented on a Saturday, the student will get 30% off as long as they keep the
book.

We need to write the code to meet this requiement?

Version-1 ( We are not considering System Time)

1) echo
2) #! /bin/bash
"Welcome to DURGASOFT BOOK RENTAL APPLICATION"
3) echo "############################################"
4)
5) cost_per_day=30
6)
7) read -p "Was
Book
8) readreturned
-p "How many days was Book Rented:" days_rented
before
9) read9-pPM [Yes|day the Book rented:" day_rented
"What
No]:"
10) ontime
11) if [ $ontime = "No" ]; then
12) days_rented=$[days_rented+1]
13) fi
14)
15)
if
16) cost=$(echo "$days_rented * $cost_per_day * 0.5" | bc )
[17)
$daelif [ $day_rented = "Saturday" ]; then
y_re cost=$(echo "$days_rented * $cost_per_day * 0.7" | bc )
18)
nted
19) else
=
20) cost=$(echo "$days_rented * $cost_per_day " | bc )
"Sun
21) fi
day"
22)
];
23)
then
echo
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24) original_cost=$[days_rented * cost_per_day]
25) discountF=$(echo "$original_cost - $cost" | bc)
26) discountI=$(echo "$discountF" | cut -d "." -f1)
27) if [ $discountI -gt 0 ]; then
28) echo "Hello, You got Rs $discountF Discount, Enjoy.."
29) fi
30) echo "Visit Again..."

Version -2 ( Ontime will be generated automatically

based on System Time)
1) #! /bin/bash
2) echo "Welcome to DURGASOFT BOOK RENTAL APPLICATION" 3)
echo "############################################" 4)
5) cost_per_day=30
6)
7) read -p "How
many days was
Book Rented:"
days_rented
8) read -p "What day the Book rented:" day_rented 9)
10) h=$(date +%H)
11) if [ $h -ge 21 ]; then
12) days_rented=$[days_rented+1]
13) fi
14)
15) if
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Output:
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
Welcome to DURGASOFT BOOK RENTAL APPLICATION
############################################
Was Book returned before 9 PM [Yes|No]:Yes
How many days was Book Rented:4
What day the Book rented:Sunday
The Cost Of Book Rental: Rs 60.0
Hello, You got Rs 60.0 Discount, Enjoy..
Visit Again...

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$
test.sh
Welcome to DURGASOFT BOOK RENTAL APPLICATION
############################################
Was Book returned before 9 PM [Yes|No]:Yes
How many days was Book Rented:6
What day the Book rented:Saturday
The Cost Of Book Rental: Rs 126.0
Hello, You got Rs 54.0 Discount, Enjoy..
Visit Again...

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$
test.sh
Welcome to DURGASOFT BOOK RENTAL APPLICATION
############################################
Was Book returned before 9 PM [Yes|No]:No
How many days was Book Rented:6
What day the Book rented:Monday
The Cost Of Book Rental: Rs 210
Visit Again...

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Project-3: Book Management Application

1) #! /bin/bash
2) add_book()
3) {
4) read -p "Enter Name of the Book to Add:" newBook
5) books[$i]=$newBook
6) let i++
7) echo "$newBook Book Added Successfully"
8) echo
9) }
10) delete_book()
11) {
12) read -p "Enter Name of the Book to delete:" book_to_delete
13) available="no"
14) for index in ${!books[@]}
15) do
16) if [ ${books[$index]} = $book_to_delete ]; then
17) available="yes"
18) unset books[$index]
19) echo "$book_to_delete Book Deleted Successfully"
20) echo
21) break
22) fi
23) done
24) if [ $available = "no" ]; then
25) echo "$book_to_delete Book is not available, cannot be deleted"
26) echo
27) fi
28)
29) }
30) list_books()
31) {
32) if [ ${#books[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
33) echo "No Books are Available"
34) echo
35) return 1
36) fi
37) echo "List Of All Available Books:"
38) echo "----------------------------"
39) for book in ${books[@]}
40) do
41) echo $book
42) done
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43) echo
44) }
45) echo "Welcome to DURGASOFT Book Management Application"
46) echo "################################################"
47) declare -a books
48) i=0
49) while [ true ]
50) do
51) read -p "Which Operation you want to perform [add|delete|list|exit]:" option
52) case $option in
53) add)
54)add_book 55)
;;
56) delete)
57) delete_book
58) ;;
59) list)
60)list_books 61)
;;
62) exit)
63) echo "Thanks for using Our Application"
64) exit 0
65)
;;
66) *)
67) echo "Wrong Option, Try Again"
68) esac
69) done

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Project-4: User Management Application

1) #! /bin/bash
2) add_user()
3) {
4) if [ ! -e users.dat ]; then
5) touch users.dat
6) fi
7)
8) echo "Please Provide details to add user:"
9) read -p "First Name:" fname
10) read -p "Last Name:" lname
11) read -p "User Id:" uid
12) count=$(cat users.dat | cut -d ":" -f 1 | grep -w $uid | wc -l)
13) if [ $count -ne 0 ]; then
14) echo "User Id:$uid already exists, We cannot add user"
15) echo
16) return 1
17) fi
18) read -s -p "Password:" pwd
19) echo
20) read -p "Retype Password:" cpwd
21) if [ $pwd != $cpwd ]; then
22) echo "Passwords are not matching, We cannot add user"
23) echo
24) return 2
25) fi
26) read -p "ZipCode:" zipcode
27) echo "$uid:$pwd:$fname:$lname:$zipcode" >> users.dat
28) echo "User Added Successfully"
29) echo
30) echo
31) }
32) search_user()
33) {
34) read -p "Enter User Id: " uid
35) count=$(cat users.dat | cut -d ":" -f1 | grep -w $uid | wc -l)
36) if [ $count -eq 0 ]; then
37) echo "User Id: $uid does not exist, Cannot Search for this user"
38) echo
39) return 3
40) fi
41) read -p "Enter Password: " pwd
42) count=$(cat users.dat | grep -w $uid | cut -d ":" -f 2 | grep -w $pwd |wc -l)
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43) if [ $count -eq 0 ]; then
44) echo "Invalid Password,, Cannot Search for this user"
45) echo
46) return 4
47)fi
48)
49) w
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88) record=$line
89) break
90) fi
91) done < users.dat
92) mv temp.dat users.dat
93) read -p "Enter New Password:" npwd
94) uid=$(echo $record | cut -d ":" -f 1)
95) fname=$(echo $record | cut -d ":" -f 3)
96) lname=$(echo $record | cut -d ":" -f 4)
97) zipcode=$(echo $record | cut -d ":" -f 5)
98) echo "$uid:$npwd:$fname:$lname:$zipcode" >> users.dat
99) echo "Password updated successfully"
100) echo
101) echo
102) }
103) delete_user()
104) {
105) read -p "Enter User Id: " uid
106) count=$(cat users.dat | cut -d ":" -f1 | grep -w $uid | wc -l)
107) if [ $count -eq 0 ]; then
108) echo "User Id: $uid does not exist, Cannot Delete User"
109) echo
110) return 3
111) fi
112) read -p "Enter Password: " pwd
113) count=$(cat users.dat | grep -w $uid | cut -d ":" -f 2 | grep -w $pwd |wc -l)
114) if [ $count -eq 0 ]; then
115) echo "Invalid Password, Cannot Delete User"
116) echo
117) return 4
118) fi
119) while read line
120) do
121) fuid=$(echo $line | cut -d ":" -f1)
122) fpwd=$(echo $line | cut -d ":" -f2)
123) if [ $uid = $fuid -a $pwd = $fpwd ]; then
124) grep -v $line users.dat > temp.dat
125) break
126) fi
127) done < users.dat
128) mv temp.dat users.dat
129) echo "User Deleted Successfully"
130) echo
131) echo
132) }
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133) show_all_users()
134) {
135) echo "All Users Information:"
136) echo "----------------------"
137) cat users.dat
138) echo
139) echo
140) }
141) users_count()
142) {
143) count=$(cat users.dat | wc -l)
144) echo "The Total Number of users:$count"
145) echo
146) echo
147) }
148) echo "Welcome to User Management Application"
149) echo "######################################"
150) while [ true ]
151) do
152) echo "1. Add User"
153) echo "2. Search For User"
154) echo "3. Change Password"
155) echo "4. Delete User"
156) echo "5. Show All Users"
157) echo "6. Users Count"
158) echo "7. Exit"
159) read -p "Enter Your Choice [1|2|3|4|5|6|7]:" choice
160) case $choice in
161) 1)
162) add_user
163) ;;
164) 2)
165) search_user
166) ;;
167) 3)
168) change_password
169) ;;
170) 4)
171) delete_user
172) ;;
173) 5)
174) show_all_users
175) ;;
176) 6)
177) users_count
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178) ;;
179) 7)
180) echo "Thanks for using application"
181) exit 0
182) ;;
183) *)
184) echo "Wrong choice...Try again"
185) esac
186) done

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Topic-35: Stream Editor (SED)

We can use sed command to retrieve and edit data present in the given file.
We can perform operations based on line like delete 2nd line etc.
We can also perform operations based on context like delete lines where python present
etc

emp.dat eno|ename|esal|eaddr|dept|
gender 100|sunny|1000|mumbai|admin|
female 200|bunny|2000|chennai|sales|
male 300|chinny|3000|delhi|accounting|
female 400|vinny|4000|hyderabad|
admin|male 500|pinny|5000|mumbai|
sales|female

1) Display Specific Line Multiple

Times:
$ sed '2p' emp.dat
p means print
It will display total
file content but
2nd line will be
displayed 2
times.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ sed '2p' emp.dat

eno|ename|esal|eaddr|dept|gender 100|sunny|
1000|mumbai|admin|female 100|sunny|1000|
mumbai|admin|female 200|bunny|2000|
chennai|sales|male 300|chinny|3000|delhi|
accounting|female 400|vinny|4000|hyderabad|
admin|male 500|pinny|5000|mumbai|sales|
female

2) Display only specific Line:

$ sed -n '3p' emp.dat
It will display only 3rd line

3) Display Last Line:

$ sed -n '$p' emp.dat
$ means last line
nd

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4) Display
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4A) Display only specific Independent Lines:

sed -n '2p
> 4p' emp.dat

After 2p we have to enter new line.

It will delete only 2nd and 4th lines.
Alternatively we can use the
following commands also.

sed -n -e '2p' -e '4p' emp.dat

or
sed -n -e '2p;4p' emp.dat

5) Display all Lines

except specific
Line:
$ sed -n '2p' emp.dat
It will display only 2nd
line

$sed -n '2!p' emp.dat

It will display all lines
except 2nd line

6) Display all Lines

except Range of
Lines:
$sed -n '2,4p' emp.dat
It will display all lines from
2nd to 4th.

$sed -n '2,4!p' emp.dat

It will display all lines
except 2 to 4.

Note: We can use cut command to read data column wise, where as we can use sed
command to read row wise data.

7) Display all Lines having specific Word:

$ sed -n '/admin/p' emp.dat
It will display all lines which contains admin.

8) Deleting Data Present in the File:

nd

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$ sed '3d' emp.dat
d means deletion
 UNIX/
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$ sed '$d' emp.dat
While displaying records, it will delete last record. But this line won't be deleted in the
file.

$ sed '1d' emp.dat

While displaying records, it will delete first record. But this line won't be deleted in the
file.

B) To Delete a Permanently in the File:

$ sed -i '5d' emp.dat
-i meant for deleting record permanently in the file.
This command won't display anything to the console but 5th record in the file will be
deleted.

C) To Delete Range of Lines:

$ sed -i '1,$d' emp.dat
It will delete all records from 1st to last in the file. Now file will become empty. (To
delete range of records)

D) To Delete specified Lines:

$ sed -i '1d
> $d' emp.dat

After 1d we are using enter key. It will delete first and last records.

9) Replacing Data Present in the File:

We have to use s option. s means substitute.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ cat > demo.txt

durga soft durga solutions
durga tech durga soft
durga jobs training

1. $sed
's/durga/linux/g'
demo.txt
It will replace all occurrences of durga with linux while displaying the content. It won't
modify file content.

2. $sed 's/durga/linux/' demo.txt

It will replace only first occurrence in every line of durga with linux while displaying the
content. It won't modify file content.

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g option  g means global means every occurrence
without g  only first occurrence in every line.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ sed 's/durga/linux/g' demo.txt

linux soft linux solutions
linux tech linux soft
linux jobs training
durgasoft@durgasof
t:~/Desktop$ cat
demo.txt
durga soft durga solutions
durga tech durga soft durga
jobs training
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Desktop$ sed 's/durga/linux/' demo.txt
linux soft durga solutions
linux tech durga soft
linux jobs training

4. $ sed
's/DURGA/linux/g
i' demo.txt
While performing
replacement to
ignore case.

5. $ sed -i
's/DURGA/linux/gi
' demo.txt
To replace
permanently in the
file. This command
won't display
anything to the
console.

6. $ sed -i 's/^$/I Like

Sunny/g' demo.txt
It replaces every
blank line with 'I Like
Sunny'

7. $ sed -i 's/\
<sunny\>//gi'
demo.txt
It deletes every
occurrence of sunny
in the file. HereDURGASOFT,
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8. $ sed -i 's/\<[0-9][0-9][0-9]\>//g' demo.txt

It will delete all 3-digit words.
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Topic-36: AWK Programming

We can use awk commands to search in the files and print results in our required format.
AWK provides more convinient way for file processing than our regular linux commands.
Most commonly used in shell scripting if we want to handle very large files.

Structure of awk Command:

awk {BEGIN BLOCK}{ACTION BLOCK}{END BLOCK} filenames

BEGIN block will be executed only once before processing the file.
ACTION block will be executed for every line/record present in the file.
END block will be executed only once after completing all lines/records
processing.

Eg: input.txt
Any subject will provide huge benefit.
The useless waste activities we should not do.
Atleast one new activity we should do per day.
Don't Play games with Money.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk 'BEGIN{print "BEGIN"}{print "Action"}END{print

"END"}' input.txt
BEGIN
Action

Action

Action

Action
END

Eg:
awk
comm
and to
print
file
data
and
the
numb
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lines
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awk
'BEGI
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Note:
1. Normal Bash commands like echo won't work in AWK.
2. $0 represents total line/record.

Processing multiple files data at a time:

We can use awk to process multiple files also

awk 'BEGIN{print "Beginning of the file";print ".................................";c=0;}{print

$0;c++;}END{print ".................................";print "The Number of Lines:" c}' file1.txt
file2.txt

Beginning of the file

File1 content
File1
content
File1 content
File2
content
File2 content
File2
content
File2 content
....................
.............
The Number
of Lines:7

Q) Can we
restrict on
no of times
action
block
should be
executed?
Yes. We
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100define
Sunny 1000 Mumbai
some
200 Bunny 2000 Hyderabad
300constrain
Chinny 3000 Hyderabad
ts. will
400 Vinny be 4000 Chennai
500discussed
Pinny 5000 Mumbai
in next
level
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Note: In awk, default separator tab.

Instead of tab, if we use any other separator then we can handle by using FS variable or -F
option. Will be discussed in next level

1)To Print only 1st Column Data:

$ awk '{print $1}' emp.txt

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk '{print $1}' emp.txt

eno
100
200
300
400
500

2)To Print 1st and 3rd Columns Data:

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk '{print $1 $3}' emp.txt
enoesal
1001000
2002000
3003000
4004000
5005000
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk '{print $1" " $3}' emp.txt
eno esal
100 1000
200 2000
300 3000
400 4000
500 5000
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk '{print $1 "--->" $3}' emp.txt
eno--->esal
100--->1000
200--->2000
300--->3000
400--->4000
500--->5000

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3)To Print all Columns Data:

eno ename esal eaddr
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk '{print $0}' emp.txt
100 Sunny 1000 Mumbai
200 Bunny 2000 Hyderabad
300 Chinny 3000 Hyderabad
400 Vinny 4000 Chennai
500 Pinny 5000 Mumbai

Processing CSV File Data:

If , is the separator between the values, then such type of file is called csv file.
csv  Comma Separated Values

Bydefault tab is separator in awk. Instead of tab if we are using any separator then we
should use either -F option or FS variable. FS is predefined variable in awk.

emp.csv
eno,ename,esal,eaddr
100,Sunny,1000,Mumbai
200,Bunny,2000,Hyderabad
300,Chinny,3000,Hyderabad
400,Vinny,4000,Chennai
500,Pinny,5000,Mumbai

To Print 2nd and 4th

Columns Data:
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/
scripts$ awk '{print $2"
"$4}' emp.csv

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk '{print $1}' emp.csv

eno,ename,esal,eaddr
100,Sunny,1000,Mumbai
200,Bunny,2000,Hyderabad
300,Chinny,3000,Hyderabad
400,Vinny,4000,Chennai
500,Pinny,5000,Mumbai

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk -F "," '{print $2" "$4}' emp.csv

ename eaddr
Sunny Mumbai
Bunny Hyderabad
Chinny Hyderabad
Vinny Chennai nd

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Pinny
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Note:
$ awk -F "," '{print $2" "$4}' emp.csv  Valid
$ awk '{print $2" "$4}' FS="," emp.csv  Valid
$ awk FS="," '{print $2" "$4}' emp.csv  Invalid

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk '{print $2"---->"$4}' FS="," emp.csv

ename  eaddr
Sunny  Mumbai
Bunny  Hyderabad
Chinny  Hyderabad
Vinny  Chennai
Pinny  Mumbai

Display
Table
Content
without
Header:
We can use AWK
prededined variable
NR, which means
Row Number.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk '{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv

eno,ename,esal,eaddr
100,Sunny,1000,Mumbai
200,Bunny,2000,Hyderabad
300,Chinny,3000,Hyderabad
400,Vinny,4000,Chennai
500,Pinny,5000,Mumbai
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk 'NR!=1{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv
100,Sunny,1000,Mumbai
200,Bunny,2000,Hyderabad
300,Chinny,3000,Hyderabad
400,Vinny,4000,Chennai
500,Pinny,5000,Mumbai

If Row Number is not equal

to 1 then only print row.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk 'NR==1{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv

eno,ename,esal,eaddr
DURGASOFT, # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,
238
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$
 88 85awk
25 26'NR>=2{print $0}'
27, 72 07 21 24 FS=","
27/28 emp.csv
| www.durgasoftonline.com
100,Sunny,1000,Mumbai Maii: [email protected]
200,Bunny,2000,Hyderabad
300,Chinny,3000,Hyderabad
 UNIX/LINUX

Note: With NR variable we can use all relational operators.

NR!=1, NR==1, NR<1, NR<=1, NR>1,NR>=1

awk 'NR>2{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv

awk 'NR>2{print $1}' FS=","
emp.csv
awk 'NR==2 || NR==4 {print $0}' FS="," emp.csv
It will display only 2nd and 4th records
awk 'NR==2 || NR==4 {print $1}' FS="," emp.csv
It will display only 2nd and 4th records first field value.
awk 'NR>2 && NR<5 {print $0}' FS="," emp.csv
It will display only 3rd and 4th records
awk 'NR>1 && NR<5 {print $0}' FS="," emp.csv
It will display from 2nd record to 4th record.
awk 'NR==2,NR==4{print $0}' FS=',' emp.csv
It will display from 2nd record to 4th
record.
Q) Consider the File
xy.txt
1.abc
2.def
3.ghi
4.jkl5.
mno

What
is the
outpu
t of
the
follow
ing
comm
ands:
1. awk
'{pri
nt
$0;}
'
xy.t
xt
2. awk
'{pri
nt
$1;}
DURGASOFT, # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,
'239
 88 85 25 26 27, 72 07 21 24 27/28 | www.durgasoftonline.com
xy.t Maii: [email protected]
xt
3. awk
 UNIX/LINUX

AWK Code into a separate File:

We can separate awk code into a file and we can provide that file data by using -f option
with awk command.

$ awk -f <programfile> <datafile>

x.txt
BEGIN {print "BEGIN"}
{print $0}
END { print "End"}

$ awk -f x.txt FS="," emp.csv

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ awk -f x.txt FS="," emp.csv
BEGIN
eno,ename,esal,eaddr
100,Sunny,1000,Mumbai
200,Bunny,1000,Hyderabad
300,Chinny,3000,Hyderabad
400,Vinny,4000,Chennai
500,Pinny,5000,Mumbai
End

Note: We can configure

FS="," in awk code itself.

x.txt
BEGIN {FS=",";print
"BEGIN"}
{print $0}
END { print "End"}

$ awk -f x.txt emp.csv

DURGASOFT, # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,

240  88 85 25 26 27, 72 07 21 24 27/28 | www.durgasoftonline.com
Maii: [email protected]
 UNIX/LINUX

Filter Data based on given Condition:

1. List out all Employees where eaddr is Hyderabad:
awk '$4=="Hyderabad"{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk '$4=="Hyderabad"{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv

200,Bunny,2000,Hyderabad
300,Chinny,3000,Hyderabad

2.List out all employees where salary is greater than 2500.

awk '$3>2500{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk '$3>2500{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv

eno,ename,esal,eaddr
300,Chinny,3000,Hyderabad
400,Vinny,4000,Chennai
500,Pinny,5000,Mumbai

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ awk 'NR!=1 && $3>2500{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv

300,Chinny,3000,Hyderabad
400,Vinny,4000,Chennai
500,Pinny,5000,Mumbai

Display
Records based
on given
Search String:
We have to specify the
search string as follows
/searchstring/

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk '/20/{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv

200,Bunny,2000,Hyderabad
20,Durga,5000,Hyderabad

If Search String needs to be Present in specific

Column:
awk '/20/{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv
In total record inside any field if 20 is there, then display that
record

awk '$3~/20/{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv

DURGASOFT, # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,
241
If 3rd field contains 20 then only
88 85 display
25 26 27, 72 that
07 21record.
24 27/28 | www.durgasoftonline.com
Maii: [email protected]
awk '$3!~/20/{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv
If 3rd field(column) does not contain 20, then only display that
 UNIX/
LINUX
20,Durga,5000,Hyderabad
50,Shiva,2020,Hyderabad
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk '$3~/20/{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv
200,Bunny,2000,Hyderabad
50,Shiva,2020,Hyderabad
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk '$3!~/20/{print $0}' FS=","
emp.csveno,ename,esal,eaddr
100,Sunny,1000,Mumbai
300,Chinny,3000,Hyderabad
400,Vinny,4000,Chennai
500,Pinny,5000,Mumbai
20,Durga,5000,Hyderabad

If Total Field
Value needs to
be matched:
awk '/2000/{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv
awk '$3~/2000/{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv
awk '$3==2000{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv
If third field value exactly 2000, then only record will be printed.
awk '$4=="Hyderabad"{print $0}' FS="," emp.csv
If 4th field value exactly Hyderabad, then only record will be
printed.

Increment Salary by 500 where Salary is

Less than 3000:
awk -F "," '{if($3<3000) print $0}' emp.csv
awk -F "," '{if($3<3000) {$3=$3+500;print $0}}' emp.csv

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk -F "," '{if($3<3000) print $0}'

emp.csv 100,Sunny,1000,Mumbai
200,Bunny,2000,Hyderab
ad
50,Shiva,2020,Hyderabad
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk -F "," '{if($3<3000) {$3=$3+500;print $0}}'
emp.csv 100 Sunny 1500 Mumbai
200 Bunny 2500 Hyderabad
50 Shiva 2520 Hyderabad

Q) Find the Number of Employees whose Salary is Greater

than 3000 by using awk?
awk -F "," 'BEGIN{c=0}NR!=1{if($3>3000){c=c+1;print $0;}}END{print "The Total
Number of Employees where salary > 3000
2nd Floor, :" c}' emp.csv Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,
242 DURGASOFT,

# 202, HUDA Maitrivanam,
88 85 25 26 27, 72 07 21 24 27/28 | www.durgasoftonline.com
Maii:-F
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk [email protected]
"," 'BEGIN{c=0}NR!=1{if($3>3000){c=c+1;print
$0;}}END{print "The Total Number of Employees where salary > 3000 :" c}'
emp.csv 400,Vinny,4000,Chennai
 UNIX/
LINUX
20,Durga,5000,Hyderabad
2000,Pavan,20000,Hyderabad
The Total Number of
Employees where salary >
3000 :4

2nd Way

x.txt
BEGIN{
FS=",";
c=0;
} NR!
=1{
if($3>
3000)
{
c=c+1;
print $0;
}
}
END{
prin
t
"Th
e
Tot
al
Nu
mb
er
of
Em
plo
yee
s
wh
ere
sala
ry >
300
0 :"
eno
c ename esal eaddr
100
} Sunny 1000 Mumbai
200 Bunny 2000 Hyderabad
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ awk -f x.txt emp.csv
DURGASOFT, # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,
243
400,Vinny,4000,Chennai
 88 85 25 26 27, 72 07 21 24 27/28 | www.durgasoftonline.com
500,Pinny,5000,Mumbai Maii: [email protected]
20,Durga,5000,Hyderabad
2000,Pavan,20000,Hyderabad
 UNIX/
LINUX
300 Chinny Hyderabad
3000 Chennai
400 Vinny 4000 Mumbai
500 Pinny 5000
durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk 'NR!=1{if($3>3000){print $2" is very costly
employee"}else{print $2" is not costly employee"}}' emp.txt
Sunny is not costly employee
Bunny is not costly employee
Chinny is not costly employee
Vinny is very costly employee
Pinny is very costly employee

2nd Way with File:

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ cat emp.csv
eno,ename,esal,eaddr
100,Sunny,1000,Mumbai
200,Bunny,2000,Hyderabad
300,Chinny,3000,Hyderabad
400,Vinny,4000,Chennai
500,Pinny,5000,Mumbai
20,Durga,7000,Hyderabad

x.txt
BEGIN{
FS=",";
} NR!
=1{
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f
(
$
3
>
3
0
0
0
)
{
p
r
i
n
t

$
DURGASOFT, # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,
244 2  88 85 25 26 27, 72 07 21 24 27/28 | www.durgasoftonline.com
" Maii: [email protected]

i
 UNIX/LINUX

for Loop Syntax in AWK:

for(initialization section;conditional check;increment/decrement)
{
commands
}

awk 'BEGIN{for(i=1;i<=5;i++){print "The Iteration Number:" i}}'

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ awk 'BEGIN{for(i=1;i<=5;i++){print "The Iteration

Number:" i}}'
The Iteration Number:1
The Iteration
Number:2 The
Iteration Number:3
The Iteration Number:4
The Iteration
Number:5

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo "CAT DOG RAT TIGER" | awk

'{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){print "Field:" i":" $i}}'
Field:1:CAT
Field:2:DOG
Field:3:RAT
Field:4:TIGER

echo "CAT RAT DOG TIGER" | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){print "Field:" i":" $i}}'
cat emp.txt | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){print "Field:" i":" $i;}print "";}'

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ cat emp.txt | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){print "Field:"

i":" $i;}print "";}'
Field:1:eno
Field:2:ename
Field:3:esal
Field:4:eaddr

Field:1:100
Field:2:Sunny
Field:3:1000
Field:4:Mumbai

Field:1:200
Field:2:Bunny
Field:3:1000
Field:4:Hyderabad

DURGASOFT, # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,

245  88 85 25 26 27, 72 07 21 24 27/28 | www.durgasoftonline.com
Maii: [email protected]
 UNIX/
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Field:1:300
Field:2:Chinny
Field:3:3000
Field:4:Hyderabad

Field:1:400
Field:2:Vinny
Field:3:4000
Field:4:Chennai

Field:1:500
Field:2:Pinny
Field:3:5000
Field:4:Mumbai

Predefin
ed
Variables
of awk:
FS Field
Separator
NR  Row Number / Number of Rows
NF  Number of Fields
RS  Record Separator

echo "Apple Banana Carrot" | awk 'END{print "The Number of Records:" NR;print "The
Number of Fields:" NF}'

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/scripts$ echo "Apple Banana Carrot" | awk 'END{print "The

Number of Records:" NR;print "The Number of Fields:" NF}'
The Number of Records:1
The Number of Fields:3

cat emp.txt | awk 'END{print "The Number of Records:" NR;print "The Number of Fields:"
NF}'

awk 'END{print "The Number of Records:" NR;print "The Number of Fields:" NF}' emp.txt

Note: In BEGIN Block, NR and NF representing zero. Hence we cannot use these inside
BEGIN Block.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ awk 'BEGIN{print "The Number of Records:"

NR;print "The Number of Fields:" NF;}' emp.txt
The Number of DURGASOFT,
Records:0 # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,
246
The Number of Fields:0 88 85 25 26 27, 72 07 21 24 27/28 | www.durgasoftonline.com
Maii: [email protected]
 UNIX/LINUX

Record Separator (RS):

The default Record Separator is new line (\n). If we want to use any other then we can
specify by using RS variable.

demo.txt
APPLE,BANANA:CAT,DOG:JAVA,PYTHON

Assume : is Record Separator and , is Field Separator

awk 'BEGIN{FS=",";RS=":"}{print "Record Number:" NR;print $1"...>"$2;print ""} END{print

"The Number of Records:" NR;print "The Number of Fields:" NF;}' demo.txt

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ awk 'BEGIN{FS=",";RS=":"}{print "Record Number:"

NR;print $1"--->"$2;print ""} END{print "The Number of Records:" NR;print "The Number
of Fields:" NF;}' demo.txt
Record Number:1
APPLE--->BANANA

Record Number:2
CAT--->DOG

Record Number:3
JAVA--->PYTHON

The Number of Records:3

The Number of Fields:2

Note: We can change order of BEGIN,ACTION and END blocks but not recommended.
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/Desktop$ awk '{print "ACTION"}BEGIN{print
"BEGIN"}END{print "END"}' demo.txt
o/p:
BEGIN
ACTION
END
----------
----------
----------
----------
----------
----------
-

DURGASOFT, # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,

247  88 85 25 26 27, 72 07 21 24 27/28 | www.durgasoftonline.com
Maii: [email protected]
 UNIX/
LINUX
Topic-37: Project on awk Programming
Five Most Beautiful Scripts by using awk:
shift Comamnd:
We can use shift command to move the command line arguments to one position left.
The value of $2 moves to $1, and the value of $3 moves to $2 etc

Q1) Write a Script to iterate Command Line Arguments, where

Order is not Important and the Number of Arguments is not
Important?
$ test.sh
-l location | --location location
-e extension | --extension extension
-s | --stats
-h | --help

test.sh -l /etc
test.sh --location /etc -e conf
test.sh --location /etc -e conf -s
test.sh --location /etc -e conf --stats
test.sh -e txt

test.sh
#! /bin/bash

while [ $# != 0 ]
do
case $1 in
-l|--location)
echo "-l |
--location
option
provided
"
LOCATI
ON=$
2
echo "$LOCATION provided as argument"
shift
shift
;; DURGASOFT, # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,
248
-e|--extension)  88 85 25 26 27, 72 07 21 24 27/28 | www.durgasoftonline.com
Maii: [email protected]
echo "-e | --extension option provided"
EXTENSION=$2
echo "$EXTENSION provided as
 UNIX/
LINUX
shift

shift
;;
-s|--stats)
echo "-s|--stats option provided"
shift
;;
-h|--help)
echo "-h|--help option provided"
shift
;;
*)
echo "Invalid Option"
shift
esac

done

Out
put
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l /etc
-l | --location option provided
/etc provided as argument
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l
/etc --extension txt
-l | --location option provided
/etc provided as argument
-e | --extension option
provided txt provided as
argument
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/
scripts$ test.sh -e txt -l /etc
-e | --extension option
provided txt provided as
argument
-l | --location option provided
/etc provided as argument

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/
scripts$ test.sh -e txt -l /etc --
stats
-e | --extension option
provided txt provided as
argument
DURGASOFT, # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,
-l 249
| --location option provided
 88 85 25 26 27, 72 07 21 24 27/28 | www.durgasoftonline.com
/etc provided as argument Maii: [email protected]
-s|--stats option provided
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/
 UNIX/
LINUX
-s|--stats option provided
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh durga
Invalid Option
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh durga -l /etc
Invalid Option
-l | --location option provided
/etc provided as argument

Q2) Write a Script to find the Number of Files Present in the given
Location?
test.sh -l /etc
test.sh -l
/bin

test.sh
#! /bin/bash

LOCATION=$
2

if [ ! -d
$LOCATION ];
then
echo "You should provide valid directory as Location"
exit 1
fi

ls -l $LOCATION | awk '/^-/' | awk 'END{print "The

Number of Files:" NR}'

Output
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l /etc
The Number of Files:93
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l /bin
The Number of Files:140
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l ~/scripts
The Number of Files:19
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l ~/scripts/dir99
The Number of Files:0
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l ~/scripts/dir9999
You should provide valid directory as Location

DURGASOFT, # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,

250  88 85 25 26 27, 72 07 21 24 27/28 | www.durgasoftonline.com
Maii: [email protected]
 UNIX/LINUX

Q3) Write a Script to find Total Number of Files based on given

Location and Extension? Assume the following is Sample Script
Invocation
test.sh -l /etc -e conf
We have to find the number of files with .conf extension in /etc directory.

test.sh
#! /bin/bash

LOCATION=$2
EXTENSION=$4

if [ ! -d
$LOCATION ];
then
echo "You should provide valid directory as Location"
exit 1
fi

ls -l $LOCATION | awk '/^-/' | awk "/.$EXTENSION$/" | awk 'END{print "The Number of

Files:" NR}'

Output
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l ~/scripts -e txt
The Number of Files:10
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l /etc -e conf
The Number of Files:31
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l ~/scripts/dir99 -e txt
The Number of Files:0
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l ~/scripts -e conf
The Number of Files:0
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l ~/scripts -e sh
The Number of Files:7

DURGASOFT, # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,

251  88 85 25 26 27, 72 07 21 24 27/28 | www.durgasoftonline.com
Maii: [email protected]
 UNIX/LINUX

Q4) Write a Script to find Total Size of all Files based on given
Location and Extension?

test.sh
#! /bin/bash

LOCATION=$2
EXTENSION=$4

if [ ! -d
$LOCATION ];
then
echo "You should provide valid directory as Location"
exit 1
fi

ls -l $LOCATION | awk '/^-/' | awk "/.$EXTENSION$/" | awk 'BEGIN{sum=0}{sum=sum+

$5}END{print "The Number of Files:" NR;if(NR > 0){print "The Total Size of all files:" sum
" Bytes";print "The Total Size of all files:" sum/1024/1024 " MB";}}'

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l /etc -e txt

The Number of Files:0
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l /etc -e conf
The Number of Files:31
The Total Size of all files:98086 Bytes
The Total Size of all files:0.0935421 MB

Q5) Write a Script to find Largest File and Smallest File based on
given Location and Extension?

test.sh
#! /bin/bash

LOCATION=$2
EXTENSION=$4

if [ ! -d
$LOCATION ];
then
echo "You should provide valid directory as Location"
exit 1
fi

ls -l $LOCATION | awk '/^-/' | grep ".$EXTENSION$" &> /dev/null

if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,
252 "No FilesDURGASOFT,
echo FoundIn $LOCATION location
88 85 25 26 27, with
72 07 21 $EXTENSION
24 27/28 | www.durgasoftonline.com
extension" Maii: [email protected]
 UNIX/
LINUX
exit 2
fi

ls -l $LOCATION | awk '/^-/' | awk "/.$EXTENSION$/" | awk '{if(NR==1)

{min=$5;min_file=$9;max=$5;max_file=$9;}if($5<min){min=$5;min_file=$9}if($ 5>max)
{max=$5;max_file=$9;}}END{print "The Smallest File:" min_file;print "The Smallest File
Size:" min " Bytes";print "The Largest File:" max_file;print "The Largest File Size:" max "
Bytes";}'

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l ~/scripts -e conf

No Files Found In /home/durga/scripts location with conf extension
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l ~/scripts -e txt
The Smallest File:abc.txt
The Smallest File Size:16 Bytes
The Largest File:output.txt
The Largest File Size:838 Bytes

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l /etc -e conf

The Smallest File:libao.conf
The Smallest File Size:27 Bytes
The Largest File:brltty.conf
The Largest File Size:25341
Bytes
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l /etc -e txt
No Files Found In /etc location with txt extension

Project on AWK Programming:

1) #! /bin/bash
2) help_function()
3) {
4) echo "$0 can provide information based on location,extension including memory
info"
5) echo
6) echo "$0 [-l location][--location location][-e extension][--extension extension][-
s|--stats][-h|--help]"
7) echo
8) echo "Examples:"
9) echo "$0 -l /etc"
10) echo "$0 -l /etc -e conf"
11) echo "$0 -l /etc -e conf --stats"
12) exit 2
13)
}
14)
15)
LOC
253 DURGASOFT, # 202, 2nd Floor, HUDA Maitrivanam, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500038,
 88 85 25 26 27, 72 07 21 24 27/28 | www.durgasoftonline.com
ATI
Maii: [email protected]
ON=
$
(pw
 UNIX/
LINUX
16) EXTENSION=""
17) STATS=0
18)
19) while [ $# != 0 ]
20) do
21) case $1 in
22) -l|--location)
23) LOCATION=$2
24) if [ ! -d $LOCATION ]; then
25) echo "Your provided location either not a valid directory or does not exit"
26) exit 1
27) fi
28) shift
29) shift
30) ;;
31) -e|--extension)
32) EXTENSION=$2
33) shift
34) shift
35) ;;
36) -s|--stats)
37) STATS=1
38) shift
39) ;;
40) -h|--help)
41) help_function
42) ;;
43) *)
44) echo "You are providing invalid option, please check help doc below"
45) help_function
46)
47) esac
48) done
49)
50) echo -n "This script finding all files with "
51) if [ "$EXTENSION" = "" ]; then
52) echo -n "all extensions in "
53) else
54) echo -n ".$EXTENSION extension in "
55) fi
56) echo "$LOCATION location"
57) echo
58)
59) ls -l $LOCATION | awk '/^-/' | grep ".$EXTENSION$" &> /dev/null
60) if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
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83) print "The Number of Files:" NR;
84) print "The Total Size of all files: " sum " Bytes";
85) print "The Total Size of all files: " sum/1024 " KB";
86) print "The Total Size of all files: " sum/1024/1024 " MB";
87) print ""
88) }
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91) -----------
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93) if(NR==1){
94) min_file_size=$5;
95) min_file_name=$9;
96) max_file_size=$5;
97) max_file_name=$9;
98) }
99) else{
100) if($5<min_file_size){
101) min_file_size=$5;
102) min_file_name=$9;
103) }
104) if($5>max_file_size){
105) max_file_size=$5;
106) max_file_name=$9;
107) }
108) }
109) }
110) END{
111) print "The Smallest File Name: " min_file_name;
112) print "The Smallest File Size: " min_file_size;
113) print "The Largest File Name: " max_file_name;
114) print "The Largest File Size: " max_file_size;
115) }

Output
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh -l /etc -e conf -s
This script finding all files with .conf extension in /etc location

The Number of Files:31

The Total Size of all files: 98086 Bytes
The Total Size of all files: 95.7871 KB
The Total Size of all files: 0.0935421 MB

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The Statistics Are:
The Smallest File Name: libao.conf
The Smallest File Size: 27
The Largest File Name: brltty.conf
The Largest File Size: 25341

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/
scripts$ ls -l *.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 durga newgrp 217 Apr
2 19:17 abcd.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 durga newgrp 16 Apr 9
13:10 abc.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 durga newgrp 243 Apr
2 19:17 a.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 durga newgrp 243 Apr
2 19:17 b.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 durga newgrp 254 Apr
2 19:17 c.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 durga newgrp 216 Apr
2 20:04 emp.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 durga newgrp 51 Apr 2
19:41 hyd.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 durga newgrp 838 Apr
5 20:16 output.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 durga newgrp 696 Apr
2 20:31 result.txt
----r--r-- 1 durga newgrp 26 Mar
30 11:53 z.txt

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/
scripts$ test.sh -e txt -s
This script finding all files
with .txt extension in
/home/durga/scripts location

The Number of Files:10

The Total Size of all files: 2800 Bytes
The Total Size of all files: 2.73438 KB
The Total Size of all files: 0.00267029
MB

The Statistics Are:

The Smallest File Name: abc.txt
The Smallest File Size: 16
The Largest File Name: output.txt
The Largest File Size: 838
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The Number of Files:31

The Total Size of all files: 98086 Bytes
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Part-3
Linux
Administration
Basics

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Agenda
Topic-38: Job Scheduling with crontab

Topic-39: User Management

Topic-40: Working with putty,Mobaxterm and XShell

Topic-41: How to customize Open Source Software Code

Topic-42: Process Management

Topic-43: Communication Commands ( write, wall, msg,

mail)
How to use Gmail from the Ubuntu Terminal
to send Emails

Topic-44: Package Management

Topic-45: Install and Working with MySQL Database

Topic-46: Working with Java

Topic-47: Job Control

Topic-48: nohup command

Topic-49: at command

Topic-50: Memory related commands

Topic-51: Networking commands

Topic-52: Working with winscp

Topic-53: Working with Filezilla

Topic-54: init command

Topic-55: TopMost important

Linux Questions

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Topic-38: Job scheduling with crontab
✽ cron is derived from Greek and its meaning is TIME.
✽ If any job executes automatically at the specified time intervals, such type of jobs are
called cron jobs.
✽ The cron job can be either a single command or a script.
✽ We have to configure cron jobs in crontab.
✽ Cron jobs are best suitable for automating work flows.

Various Important Commands:

$ crontab -l
To list out cron jobs which are already configured.

$ crontab -e
To edit already existing cron jobs and to define new cron jobs.

$ crontab -r
To remove all configured cron jobs.

$ crontab filename
Install a new crontab from file

Format of crontab:
m h dom mon dow command

m  Minutes. The allowed values reange : 0 to 59.

h  Hours. The allowed values range: 0 to 23
dom  Day of Month. Allowed values range: 1 to 31
mon  Month of Year. Allowed values range is: 1 to 12
Even we can use english words like JAN,FEB,MAR etc
dow  Day of week. The allowed values range is: 0 to 6
Even we can use english words like
SUN(0),MON(1),TUE(2)

Q) Configure cron job which writes hello message to hello.txt

for every minute.
$ crontab -e

* * * * * echo "Hello from cron" >> ~/Desktop/hello.txt

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Q. Write a script that takes backup of our Desktop directory and place that
backup copy inside backup directory present in user home directory?
Configure this script as cron job, which should be executed every FRIDAY
23:59.

test.sh
tar -cjf backup$(date +%d_%m_%Y_%H_%M).tar ~/Desktop/*
mv backup$(date +%d_%m_%Y_%H_%M).tar ~/backup

configure in crontab
# m mo dow command
h *
n FRI bash ~/test.sh
dom 59
23 *
Various Possibilities of specifying Date and Time:
# m h dom mon dow command
1) Every minute * * * * *
2) Every 2 minutes */2 * * * *
*/2 means every 2nd minute
3) Every even minute */2 * * * *
4) Every odd minute 1-59/2 * * * *
1-59 means range from 1 to 59

5) Every 3 minutes */3 * * * *

6) Every 4 minutes */4 * * * *
7) Every 15 minutes (Every quarter
hour) */15 * * * *
8) Every hour at 30th minute 30 * *
**
9) Every half hour */30 * * * *
10) Every hour 0 * * * *
11) Every 2 hours 0 */2 * * *
12) Every even hours 0 */2 * * *
13) Every odd hours 0 1-23/2 * * *
14)Execute only at 6'o clock,14'o clock and 22'o clock
0 6,14,22 * * *
15)Execute every day/daily
00***

16)Every Day at 1 AM
01***

17)Every Night at midnight

00***
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18)Every Sunday only once
0 0 * * SUN
00**0

19)Only on week days

0 0 * * 1-5

20)Only on week-ends
0 0 * * 6,0
21)Every month on 1st
001**
22)Every other month/ Every alternative month/ every 2 months once
0 0 1 */2 *
23)Every 6 months once
0 0 1 */6 *

24)Every Year Jan 1st

0011*

25)Every Leap Year

0 0 29 2 *

26)Every Feb 14th

0 0 14 2 *

Crontab Shortcuts:
@yearly 0011*
@annually 0 0 1 1 *
001**
@monthly 0 0 * * 0
@weekly 0 0 * * *
@daily
@midnight 00***
@hourly 0 0-23 * * *

Eg: @hourly echo "Hello from hourly crontab" >> ~/Desktop/hours.txt

Note: Crontab shortcuts may not be supported by most of the linux flavours.

Note: https://crontab.guru/ can provide option to check our configurations.

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Topic-39: User Management

1) How to add a new group?
2) How to add a new user?
3) Switching from one user to another user
4) How to get information about a particular user?
5) How to delete user?
6) How to delete group ?
7) How to change ownership of a file?
8) How to change group membership of a file?
9) How to change group of a user ?
10) Add a User to Multiple Groups
11) How to check available groups?
12) How to change password of a user?
13) What is the difference between adduser and useradd in Linux?
14) sudo command
15) sudoers file
16) sudo command
17) sudoers file
18) How to check the allowed commands by sudo for a particular user?

1) How to add a New Group?

We have to use addgroup command. For this sudo permission is required.

sudo means superuser do.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo addgroup pythongroup

[sudo] password for durga:
Adding group `pythongroup' (GID 1006) ...
Done.

Note: We can see all created groups

information inside /etc/group file.

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2) How to add User:

We have to use adduser command. For this sudo permission is required.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo adduser --ingroup pythongroup pyuser1

Adding user `pyuser1' ...
Adding new user `pyuser1' (1005) with group `pythongroup' ...
Creating home directory `/home/pyuser1' ...
Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Changing the user information for pyuser1
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
Full Name []:
Room Number []:
Work Phone []:
Home Phone []:
Other []:
Is the information correct? [Y/n] y

Note: While creating new user, if we are not specifying groupname, then a new group
will be created with the same name as username.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo adduser pyuser2

Adding user `pyuser2' ...
Adding new group `pyuser2' (1007) ...
Adding new user `pyuser2' (1006) with group `pyuser2' ...
Creating home directory `/home/pyuser2' ...
Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Changing the user information for pyuser2
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
Full Name []:
Room Number []:
Work Phone []: Home
Phone []:
Other []:
Is the information correct?
[Y/n] y

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Note: We can see all created users information inside /etc/passwd file.
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ cat /etc/passwd
...
pyuser1:x:1005:1006:,,,:/home/pyuser1:/bin/bash

pyuser2:x:1006:1007:,,,:/home/pyuser2:/bin/bash

3) Switching from One User to

another User:
We have to use su command.
su means switch user.

syntax: su newuser

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ whoami
durga
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ su pyuser1
Password:
pyuser1@durga-VirtualBox:/home/
durga$ whoami
pyuser1
pyuser1@durga-VirtualBox:/home/durga$ exit
exit
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ whoami
durga

Note: If we use su command without any argument, then it will switch to root user.
Hence the following 2 commands are equal. (But in ubuntu this option is not working)

$ su
$ su root

In Ubuntu, to switch to root user , we have to use:

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo -i

su with and without - Option:

If we use su command without - option, then only user will be switched but environment
won't be switched.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ whoami
durga
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ pwd
/home/durga
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ export x=9999
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$
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durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ su pyuser1
Password:
pyuser1@durga-VirtualBox:/home/durga$ whoami
pyuser1
pyuser1@durga-VirtualBox:/home/durga$ pwd
/home/durga
pyuser1@durga-VirtualBox:/home/durga$ echo $x
9999

If we use - option with su command, then both user and environment will be switched.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ whoami
durga
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ pwd
/home/durga
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ export x=9999
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ echo $x
9999
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ su - pyuser1
Password:
pyuser1@durga-VirtualBox:~$ whoami
pyuser1
pyuser1@durga-VirtualBox:~$ pwd
/home/pyuser1
pyuser1@durga-VirtualBox:~$ echo $x
Here x is not available because x is
environment variable of durga user.

Q) What is the difference

between the following?
$ su pyuser1  Only user will be
switched but not environment.
$ su - pyuser1  Both user and
environment will be switched.

4) How to get Information

about a particular User:
We have to user finger command. But bydefault this command is not available. we
have to install manually.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ finger durga

Command 'finger' not found, but can be installed with:

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durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudoMaii:
apt [email protected]
install finger
[sudo] password for durga:
Reading package lists... Done
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Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
fonts-liberation2 fonts-opensymbol
gir1.2-geocodeglib-1.0 gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0
gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 gir1.2-gudev-1.0
gir1.2-udisks-2.0 grilo-plugins-0.3-base
gstreamer1.0-gtk3 libboost-date-time1.65.1
libboost-filesystem1.65.1 libboost-iostreams1.65.1
libboost-locale1.65.1 libcdr-0.1-1
libclucene-contribs1v5 libclucene-core1v5
libcmis-0.5-5v5 libcolamd2 libdazzle-1.0-0
libe-book-0.1-1 libedataserverui-1.2-2 libeot0
libepubgen-0.1-1 libetonyek-0.1-1 libevent-2.1-6
libexiv2-14 libfreerdp-client2-2 libfreerdp2-2
libgee-0.8-2 libgexiv2-2 libgom-1.0-0 libgpgmepp6
libgpod-common libgpod4 liblangtag-common liblangtag1
liblirc-client0 liblua5.3-0 libmediaart-2.0-0
libmspub-0.1-1 libodfgen-0.1-1 libqqwing2v5 libraw16
librevenge-0.0-0 libsgutils2-2 libssh-4
libsuitesparseconfig5 libvncclient1 libwinpr2-2
libxapian30 libxmlsec1 libxmlsec1-nss lp-solve
media-player-info python3-mako python3-markupsafe
syslinux syslinux-common syslinux-legacy
usb-creator-common
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
finger
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 235 not upgraded.
Need to get 15.6 kB of archives.
After this operation, 48.1 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 finger amd64 0.17-
15.1 [15.6 kB]
Fetched 15.6 kB in 8s (1,977 B/s)
Selecting previously unselected package finger.
(Reading database ... 119576 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../finger_0.17-15.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking finger (0.17-15.1) ...
Setting up finger (0.17-15.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db
(2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$
Login: durga Name: durga
finger durga
Directory: /home/durga Shell: /bin/bash
On since Tue Jan 28 16:56 (IST) on :0 from :0 (messages off)
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No Plan.

5) How to Delete User?

We have to use deluser command.
To delete user compulsory sudo
permission must be required.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo deluser pyuser2

Removing user `pyuser2' ...
Warning: group `pyuser2' has no more members.
Done.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ su pyuser2
No passwd entry for user 'pyuser2'

Note: We can check whether user

deleted or not by using /etc/passwd
file.

6) How to Delete Group?

We have to use delgroup command.
For this sudo access must be required
and no user associated with the group.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo
delgroup pythongroup
/usr/sbin/delgroup: `pyuser1' still has
`pythongroup' as their primary group!

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo delgroup demogroup1

Removing group `demogroup1' ...
Done.

7) How to Change Ownership of a File:

We can change by using chown command.
But for this sudo permission required.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ touch ddd.txt

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ ls -l ddd.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 durga durga 0 Jan 28 17:16 ddd.txt
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ chown root ddd.txt
chown: changing ownership of 'ddd.txt': Operation not permitted
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo chown root ddd.txt
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$
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8) How to Change Group Membership of a File?

We have to use chgrp command.
chgrp means change group.
To use this command
compulsory sudo permission
must be required.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ ls -l
ddd.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root durga 0 Jan 28 17:16 ddd.txt
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo chgrp root ddd.txt
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ ls -l ddd.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 28 17:16 ddd.txt

9) How to Change Group of a User:

We have to use usermod command.
Syntax: $ usermod -g groupname username

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo usermod -g durga pyuser7

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ su - pyuser7
Password:
pyuser7@durga-VirtualBox:~$ groups
durga

Note: We can find groups associated with particular user by using groups command
as follows

$ groups username

10) Add a User to Multiple Groups:

While assigning the secondary groups to a user account, we can easily assign
multiple groups at once by separating the list with a comma.

$ usermod -a -G group1,group2,group3 username

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ groups uiuser1

uiuser1 : uiuser1
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo usermod -a -G uiuser2,uiuser3 uiuser1
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ groups uiuser1
uiuser1 : uiuser1 uiuser2 uiuser3

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11) How to Check available Groups:

To check available groups:
$ groups
This command lists all the groups that you belong to.

To check which group a certain user belongs to:

$ groups [username]

12) How to Change Password of User:

To change a password for user named durga:
$ sudo passwd durga

To change a password for root user:

$ sudo passwd root

To change your own password:

$ passwd

13) What is the difference between adduser and useradd

in Linux?
Useradd is built-in Linux command that can be found on any Linux system.
However, creating new users with this low-level is a difficult and lengthy task. First
we have to creater user and then we have to provide password and extra
information separately.

Adduser is not a standard Linux command. It is essentially a Perl script that uses
the useradd command in the background. This high-level utility is more efficient in
properly creating new users on Linux. Default parameters for all new users can also
be set through the adduser command.

durgasoft@durgasoft:/etc$ sudo adduser durga5

Adding user `durga5' ...
Adding new group `durga5' (1004) ...
Adding new user `durga5' (1004) with group `durga5' ...
Creating home directory `/home/durga5' ...
Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Changing the user information for durga5
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
Full Name []:
Room Number []:

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Work Phone []:
Home Phone []:
Other []:
Is the information correct? [Y/n]
durgasoft@durgasoft:/etc$ sudo useradd durga98

14) sudo Command:

sudo means Super User Do.

We can use sudo command to execute commands as another user, mostly root
user.

Eg: $ sudo adduser durga2

We are executing adduser command as root.

$ sudo -u durga1 command

We are using executing the command as durga1 user.

Note: If we want to use sudo command for any user other than root then we have
to use -u option.
The following two commands are equal.
$ sudo command
$ sudo -u root command

15) sudoers File:

Which commands can be executed by using sudo of a particular user, information
is configured in sudoers file, which is present in /etc directory.
System Administrators are responsible to configure this file.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ ls -l /etc/sudoers
-r--r----- 1 root root 755 Jan 18 2018 /etc/sudoers

durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ cat /etc/sudoers

cat: /etc/sudoers: Permission denied
durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ sudo cat /etc/sudoers
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# Please consider adding local content in /etc/sudoers.d/ instead of
# directly modifying this file.
#
# See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
#
Defaults env_reset
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Defaults
mail_badpass Defaults
secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/
snap/bin"

# Host alias specification

# User alias

specification # Cmnd

alias specification

# User privilege
specification root
ALL=(ALL:ALL)
ALL

# Members of the
admin group may gain root
privileges
%admin ALL=(ALL)
ALL

# Allow members of
group sudo to execute any
command
%sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL)
ALL

# See sudoers(5) for more information on "#include"

directives: #includedir /etc/sudoers.d

16) How to Check the allowed Commands by sudo for a

particular User?
$ sudo -l
It will display allowed commands of current user by sudo.

$ sudo -l -u username
It will display allowed commands of provided user by sudo.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ sudo -l
Matching Defaults entries for durgasoft on durgasoft:
env_reset, mail_badpass,
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User durgasoft may run the following commands on durgasoft:

(ALL : ALL) ALL
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Topic-40: Working with putty, Mobaxterm
and XShell
Working with Putty:
Putty can be used to connect with remote linux servers from our local machine.

PuTTY is an SSH and telnet client can be used to connect with remote servers.
It is developed originally by Simon Tatham for the Windows platform.
PuTTY is open source software.

How to download and install:

https://www.putty.org/ https://www
.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html

By using Package Files:

64-bit: putty-64bit-0.73-installer.msi
click next next...

By using directly
putty.exe File:
Alternative binary files
64-bit: putty.exe

Requirement
s for
connecting
with Putty:
1) Compulsory our
Linux machine
should has
IPAddress
2) SSH server should
be running on the
linux machine

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Now ipaddress will be assigned to our linux system.

How to Check ipaddress:
From the terminal we can use any of the following commands:
1) ifconfig
2) ip a
3) ip -br a

durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ ip -br a
lo UNKNO 127.0.0.1/8 : :1/128
enp0s3 WN UP 192.168.0.172/24 fe80::7e7f:57d0:5640:414e/64

The ipaddress is: 192.168.0.172

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How to install ssh Server and Client in the Linux:

Bydefault in ubuntu ssh server is not available and we have to install separately.

sudo apt-get install openssh-server openssh-client

We have to restart either ssh server or total ubuntu system.

sudo service ssh restart

We can check ssh status:

sudo service ssh status

Open putty,provide ipaddress, click Open

Working with Mobaxterm:

https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/
Download  Home Edition  Download Now  MobaXterm Home Edition v12.4
(Installer edition)  Download zip file and unzip  Click on installer

Open Mobaxterm  Right click on User sessions  New Session  SSH  provide IP
Address  OK

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Working with XShell:

https://www.netsarang.com/en/xshell-download/

Free License for

Home and School Users
click on Free Licensing Page--->Provide Name and Mail id
we will get download link to the mail.
Open XShell --->Right Click on All Sessions-->New--->Session--->Provide IPAddress -->Click
on Connect.

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Topic-41: How to customize Open Source
Software Code
Linux is an open source software. We can see source code and we can modify based on
our requirement.

* GNU Project started by Richard Stallman on 27th Sept 1983.

*The main objective of this project is to develop UNIX like operating system which should
be Freeware and Open Source.
GNU means GNU Not UNIX
* In Jan 1984, Stallman quits his job to work full time on GNU project.

*By 1991 almost GNU project completed except kernel development. Kernel is very
important component which is responible to communicate with hardware, to execute our
commands and allocate system resources.

*In 1991, Linus Torvalds developed Linux kernel as the part of his M.Sc thesis at
University of Helsinki, Finland.

*With his Linux kernel contribution, GNU project was completed and GNU operating
System ready.

uname Command:
We can print system information by using uname command.
We can use -s or --kernel-name option to print the kernel name.
We can use -o or --operating-system option to print the
operating system name.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ uname --kernel-name

Linux
durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ uname --operating-system
GNU/Linux

What ever commands we are using in linux are developed by using C language. The
corresponding source is available in gnu.org website.

gnu.org  Software  coreutils  Downloads

Stable source releases can be found at https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/  Download
the file
coreutils-8.31.tar.xz

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Downloads$ ls
coreutils-8.31.tar.xz
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durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Downloads$ file coreutils-8.31.tar.xz
coreutils-8.31.tar.xz: XZ compressed data
We have to uncompress and extract this tar file.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Downloads$ tar -xJvf coreutils-8.31.tar.xz

j  meant for bzip2 compression algorithm
J  meant for XZ compression algorithm

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Downloads$ ls
coreutils-8.31 coreutils-8.31.tar.xz

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Downloads/
coreutils-8.31$ ls
ABOUT-NLS configure.ac m4 tests
aclocal.m4 COPYING maint.mk THANKS
AUTHORS dist-check.mk Makefile.am thanks-gen
bootstrap doc Makefile.in THANKS.in
bootstrap.conf gnulib-tests man THANKS-to-translators
build-aux GNUmakefile NEWS THANKStt.in
cfg.mk init.cfg po TODO
ChangeLog INSTALL README
configure lib src

src directory contains source code of all our core util commands.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Downloads/coreutils-8.31/src$ gedit date.c

int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
printf("Now onwards in customized way date command will work\
n");
....
}

Now we have to compile this modified c file. For this we required gcc.
gcc is bydefault not available and we have to install manually.

sudo apt-get install gcc

We have to execute configure script. It is responsible to configure gcc as per our system
architecture.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Downloads/coreutils-8.31$ ls -l configure
-rwxr-xr-x 1 durgasoft durgasoft 1852444 Mar 11 2019 configure

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This configure script will create one special file Makefile, which is responsible to install
new updated package.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Downloads/coreutils-8.31$ bash configure

....
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating po/Makefile.in
config.status: creating gnulib-tests/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing po-directories commands
config.status: creating po/POTFILES
config.status: creating po/Makefile

We required make command which is responsible to compile all c files into .o files.
make command is also helpful to install this updated coreutils package.

We can install make command as follows:

sudo apt-get install make

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Downloads/coreutils-8.31$ sudo apt-get install make

Execute make command to compile all c files into .o files

durgasoft@durgasoft:~/Downloads/coreutils-8.31$ make

We have to install this updated core coreutils package by using make command.

sudo make install

Summary:

1) download coretutils package from gnu.org

2) uncompress and extract tar file
3) Perform required modifictions for the c files in src folder
4) install gcc
5) execute configure script
6) install make command
7) make package by compiling all c files
8) install updated package by using make command.

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Topic-42: Process Management
We can perform process management by using ps command.

ps  Means Process Status

1) Listing Processes:
1) $ ps
If we are not passing any argument, then it shows processes related to current
session.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ ps
PID TTY TIME CMD
20881 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
20890 pts/0 00:00:00 ps

2) $ ps -e
-e means Everything. It shows all processes.

3) $ ps -ef
It shows full listing of all processes
-f means Full Listing

durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ ps -ef
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
root 1 0 0 19:41 ? 00:00:02 /sbin/init splash
root 2 0 0 19:41 ? 00:00:00 [kthreadd]
root 3 2 0 19:41 ? 00:00:00 [rcu_gp]

UID  UserId/ User Name

PID  Process ID (Every Process has Unique ID)
PPID  Parent Process ID

2) Filtering Processes:
We can filter processes based on UID, PID and
PPID.

1) $ ps -f -u durgasoft
It shows all processes which are running related
user durgasoft

2) $ ps -f -u root
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3) $ ps -f -p 20906
It shows process information related to 20906 process id.

4) $ ps -f --ppid 1266
It shows all process information related to parent process id 1266.

Commonly used other ps Commands:

1) $ ps -eH
Display a process tree.
1? 00:00:02 systemd
288 ? 00:00:00 systemd-journal
345 ? 00:00:00 systemd-udevd
408 ? 00:00:01 systemd-resolve
559 ? 00:00:00 rsyslogd
560 ? 00:00:00 udisksd
564 ? 00:00:00 cupsd
692 ? 00:00:00 dbus
693 ? 00:00:00 dbus
569 ? 00:00:00 cron
570 ? 00:00:02 dbus-daemon
614 ? 00:00:01 NetworkManager
616 ? 00:00:00 ModemManager

2) $ ps -e --forest
Display proces tree

994 ? 00:00:00 VBoxClient

995 ? 00:00:00 \ _ VBoxClient
1010 ? 00:00:00 gdm3
1027 ? 00:00:00 \ _ gdm-session-wor
1051 t ty 1 00:00:00 | \ _ gdm-wayland-ses
1055 t ty 1 00:00:00 | \ _ gnome-session-b
1061 t ty 1 00:00:13 | \ _ gnome-shell
1078 t ty 1 00:00:00 | | \_ Xwayland
1107 t ty 1 00:00:00 | | \_ ibus-daemon
1110 t ty 1 00:00:00 | | \ _ ibus-dconf
1230 t ty 1 00:00:00 | | \ _ ibus-engine-sim
1133 t ty 1 00:00:00 | \_ gsd-xsettings
1138 t ty 1 00:00:00 | \_ gsd-a11y-settin
1143 t ty 1 00:00:00 | \_ gsd-clipboard
1146 t ty 1 00:00:00 | \_ gsd-color
1151 t ty 1 00:00:00 | \_ gsd-datetime

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3) $ pstree
Display processes in a tree format

durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ pstree
systemd─┬─ModemManager───2*[{ModemManager
}]
├─NetworkManager─┬─dhclient
│
└─2*[{NetworkManager}]
├─2*[VBoxClient───VBoxClient]
├─2*[VBoxClient───VBoxClient───{V
BoxClient}]
├─VBoxClient───VBoxClient───2*[{V
BoxClient}]
├─VBoxService───7*[{VBoxService}]
├─accounts-daemon───2*[{accounts-
daemon}]
├─acpid
├─avahi-daemon───avahi-daemon
├─boltd───2*[{boltd}]
├─colord───2*[{colord}]
├─cron
├─cups-browsed───2*[{cups-browsed}]
├─cupsd───2*[dbus]

4) $ top
We can use top command to see processes with consumed resources like memory and
cpu utilization. use 'q' to come out of top command.

top - 21:41:31 up 2:00, 2 users, load average: 0.06, 0.08, 0.08

Tasks: 239 total,
PID USER 1 running,
PR NI VIRT 201 RESsleeping,
SHR S 0%CPU
stopped,
%MEM 0 zombie
TIME+ COMMAND
%Cpu(s): 1.9 us, 0.7 sy, 0.0 ni, 97.5 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi,
1477 durgaso+ 20 0 3479664 289172 118692 S 3.0 6.9 3:13.07 0.0 si, 0.0 stgnome-shell
KiB
1286Mem : 4169364
durgaso+ 20 0total, 1617212
609356 142852free, 1336860
79532 S 1.7 used, 1215292
3.4 0:50.24 Xorgbuff/cache
KiB Swap: 483800 total, 483800 free, 0 used. 2532032
20871 durgaso+ 20 0 804408 38456 28308 S 1.0 0.9 0:14.59 gnome-terminal- avail Mem
21385 durgaso+ 20 0 48996 3872 3152 R 1.0 0.1 0:01.51 top
1591 durgaso+ 20 0 504684 23460 18144 S 0.7 0.6 0:00.36 gsd-xsettings
644 root 20 0 1165108 24428 13884 S 0.3 0.6 0:02.41 snapd

5) $ htop
It is similar to top , but output will come in gui style.
We have to install separately.
$ sudo apt install htop

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How to kill the process:

$ kill -9 procesid
Eg: kill -9 21484

We can kill multiple processes simultaneously.

kill -9 pid1 pid2 pid3 ...

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Topic-43: Communication Commands
(write, wall, msg, mail)
How to use Gmail from the Ubuntu Terminal to send Emails
The commands which can be used for communication purpose, are called communication
commands.

There are two types of communications

1) Online Communication
2) Offline Communication

3) Online Communication:
Both sender and receiver should be online.
It is also known as two way communication or synchronous communication.
It is something like phone call.

We can implement online communication by using the following commands:

write, wall, mesg

2) Offline Communication:
Only sender should be online, but receiver need not be online.
It is also known as one way communication or asynchronous communication.
It is something like sms or mail.

We can implement offline communication by using mail command.

write Command (For Online Communcation):

We can use write command to write message to another user account, but both must be
logged into the server.

Syntax: $ write username/terminal name

Eg: $ write demo1

Hello i am in linux class
ctrl+d

We can also use write command to send

message for multiple users.

$ write demo1 demo2 demo3

Hello i am in linux class
ctrl+d
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wall Command (For Online Communcation):

We can use wall command to broadcast messages to all users who are logged in.
$ wall
Hello I am in Linux class
ctrl+d

How to
disable
Messages:
If the receiver is very busy (like durga sir) and he don't want to receive any messages then
he can block messages by using mesg command.

$ mesg n  Disabling messages

$ mesg y  Enabling to receive messages

durgasoft@durgasoft:~$
whoami durgasoft
durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ mesg
is y
durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ write demo1
Hello demo1 i am in Linux class
Still new year but faculty is very
cruel ctrl+d

demo1@durgasoft:~$
whoami demo1
demo1@durgasoft:~$
mesg is y
demo1@durgasoft:~$
Message from durgasoft@durgasoft on pts/1 at 20:14 ...
Hello demo1 i am in Linux class
Still new year but faculty is very
cruel EOF
^C

mesg n Option:
demo1@durgasoft:~$
whoami demo1
demo1@durgasoft:~$ mesg n
demo1@durgasoft:~$
mesg is n

durgasoft@durgasoft:~$
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write: demo1 has messages disabled

Checking Wall Command:

durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ wall
Hello Friends This is common message
ctrl+d

Broadcast message from durgasoft@durgasoft (pts/1) (Wed Jan 1 20:25:52 2020):

Hello Friends This is common message

This message will be broadcasted to all active users.

demo1 User:
Broadcast message from durgasoft@durgasoft (pts/1) (Wed Jan 1 20:25:52 2020):

Hello Friends This is common message

mail Command:
mail command is available in mailutils package. Hence we have to install this package if it
is not available.

$ sudo apt install mailutils

Syntax to send mail:

durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ mail demo1 demo2 demo3
Subject: Hello
Hello This is sample message

Regards
Durga
EOT
ctrl+d
durga2
@durga
-
VirtualB
>O 1 durga Fri Jan 3 18:29 17/607 Hello Friends
ox:~$
O 2 durga Fri Jan 3 18:30 17/596 Greetings
mail
?
Heirloom mailx version 12.5 6/20/10. Type ? for help.
"/var/mail/durga2": 2 messages
Held 2 messages in /var/mail/durga2

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How to use Gmail from the Ubuntu Terminal to send

Emails:
Step 1: Open the Terminal application

Step 2: Update the repository index

$ sudo apt-get update

Step 3: Install Msmtp client

msmtp is an SMTP client that can be used to send mails from Mutt and probably other
MUAs (mail user agents). It forwards mails to an SMTP server (for example at a free mail
provider), which takes care of the final delivery.

$ sudo apt-get install msmtp-mta

Step 4: Configure msmtp for gmail

Now is the time to configure msmtp by telling it our gmail credentials, the port to use, the
host, and some other authorization and connection details:

Open a file named msmtprc in one of text editors.

$ gedit ~/.msmtprc
Then, copy the following code in the empty file:

#Gmail account
defaults
#change the location of the log file to any desired location.
logfile ~/msmtp.log
account gmail
auth on
host
smtp.gmail.co
m
from
[email protected] auth
on
tls on
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
user [email protected]
password unix1234
port 587
#set gmail as your default mail server.
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Saving your password in text format is any of your files is never a good idea. So, you can
secure the file by running the following command: $ chmod 600 .msmtprc

Step 5: Install heirloom-mailx

At this point, we have configured our computer to talk to the remote Gmail server. What
we need to do now is, set up a command-line interface that will let us compose emails to
be sent. Mailx is the program that will let us do all this, and here is how we can install it:

$ sudo apt-get install heirloom-mailx

Note:
Important: If you are not able to find the package in your already added repositories,
open the sources.list file as follows:

$ nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Then, add the following line to add the rusty-security main universe repository from
where we will install the mailx utility.

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main universe

Also, do not forget to run the following command before performing the
installation:

$ sudo apt-get update

Step 6: Configure Mailx

Open a file named .mailrc through one of your favorite text editors.

$ nano ~/.mailrc

Then, add the following lines in that file and save it.

set sendmail="/usr/bin/msmtp"
set message-sendmail-extra-arguments="-a gmail"

Step 7: Send an Email through the Terminal

We are now ready to send an email through our configured gmail account to a receiver on
any domain. Following is the basic syntax for sending such an email:

$ mail -s "subject" -a "attachment-if-any" "[email protected]"

Sending an attachment along with the email is optional.

$ sudo mail -s "Important file" -a "demo.py" "[email protected]"

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I used the following command to send an email:
sudo mail -s "sample text" [email protected]
Send an Email through the Terminal
As you hit Enter, you will be allowed to enter the body of the email. Once you are done
with entering the email body, hit Ctrl+D. This will mark the end of the email body and
send it to the respective receiver ID.

Authenticate as admin
The EOT at the end of the output will indicate that your email has been sent.

However, you might encounter the most common error, same as I did:

This error is mostly encountered when you have not allowed access to less secure apps on
your gmail. This security setting can be changed through the following link:

https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps

When you do so, a notification will be sent to you (mostly on your phone, when you have
configured your phone number with gmail). When you permit this change of setting, gmail
will allow access to less secure apps such as the one we are using.

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Topic-44: Package Management
Package:
Package is nothing but a collection of files. It contains data and metadata like description,
version and dependencies etc.

Package Manager:
It is responsible to installs, upgrades and removes packages.
It is responsible to manage dependencies.
It will track all installed packages.
Eg: yum is the package manager in RedHat Linux.
apt is the package manager in ubuntu.

Advanced Packaging Tool (apt):

1) Searching for Packages:
$ apt-cache search string
It will search for packages based on given search string.

durgasoft@durgasoft:~$ apt-cache search xeyes

x11-apps - X applications
xfce4-eyes-plugin - eyes that follow your mouse
for the Xfce4 panel

2) Install a New Package:

$ apt-get install package

3) To remove Package without removing

Configuration:
$ apt-get remove package
Only package will be removed but not
configuration

4) To remove Package and its Configuration:

$ apt-get purge package
both package and its configuration will be
removed.

5) To get Information about a Package:

$ apt-cache show package
Display information about the package
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Some Funny Ubuntu Applications:

1) xeyes:
xeyes is a gui program that draw a pair of eyes on the desktop which follow the mouse
cursor. The eyes would look where ever the mouse cursor goes.

$ sudo apt install x11-apps

$ xeyes

2) sl Command (Steam Locomotive)

If we type sl instead of ls, then train image will be displayed on the screen.

$ sudo apt install sl

$ sl

3) cowsay Command:
An ASCII cow will be displayed in the terminal, which can tell whatever we want.

$ sudo apt install cowsay

$ cowsay I love Linux

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ cowsay I Love Sunny

< I Love Sunny >

--------------
\ ^ ^
\ (oo)\
( )\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||

4) xcowsay Command:
xcowsay is a graphical program and its response is similar to cowsay but in a graphical
manner.

$ sudo apt install xcowsay

$ xcowsay I Love Linux

5) yes Command:
It is responsible to generate specified response keep on.

$ yes I Love Linux

I Love Linux
I Love Linux
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I Love Linux
I Love
Linux I
Love Linux
...
ctrl+c  To
stop

This command mostly used by system administrators to generate some data for
testing purposes.

6) aafire Command:
To display fire in the terminal we can use aafire command. Press any key to
interrupt.

$ sudo apt install libaa-bin

$ aafire

7) figlet Command:
The figlet command can be used to draw large sized text banners.

$ sudo apt install figlet

$ figlet Welcome
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ figlet Welcome
_
\\ // || _
\ \ /\ / / _ \ |/ / _ \| '_ ` _ \ / _ \
\ V V / / | (_| (_) | | | | | | /
\_/\_/ \ |_|\ \ /|_| |_| |_|\ |

8) toilet Command:
The toilet command is similar to figlet command and it can be used to draw large sized
text banners by using smaller characters

$ sudo apt install toilet

$ toilet Welcome
m m ""#
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$
# # # # toilet
mmm Welcome mmm
" mm
m #"# # #" #
## ##" #"""" # mmmmm #""""
mmm
# # " #" "#m#"" "#mm
#" "#
"#mm" m # # # "#"
m # #
"# #
m #
m # # #
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9) fortune Command:
The fortune command will put up a random fortune message.

$ sudo apt install fortune-mod

$ fortune -s

-s option can be used to generate small messages

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ fortune -s
You display the wonderful traits of charm and courtesy.
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ fortune -s
You will be traveling and coming into a fortune.
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ fortune -s
A long-forgotten loved one will appear soon.

Buy the negatives at any price.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ fortune -s
You are farsighted, a good planner, an ardent lover, and a faithful friend.
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ fortune -s
It is so very hard to be an
on-your-own-take-care-of-yourself-because-there-is-no-one-else-to-do-it-for-you
grown-up.

Note: $ fortune | xcowsay

10) factor Command:

We can use factor command to generate all factors for the given number.
It is bydefault available and we are not required to install separately.
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ factor 60
60: 2 2 3 5
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ factor 100
100: 2 2 5 5

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Topic-45: Install and Working with

MySQL Database
1. Update the package list to ensure that the latest version and dependencies for MySQL.
$ sudo apt update

2. Donwload and install MySQL

$ sudo apt install mysql-server

Once the package installer has finished, we can check to see if the MySQL service is
running.

3. Checking the status of mysql service

$ sudo service mysql status

If running, you will see a green Active status like below.

Active: active (running)

press q to exit the service status.

4. Configure Security
We have to run mysql_secure_installation to configure
security for your MySQL server.

$ sudo mysql_secure_installation

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo mysql_secure_installation

Securing the MySQL server deployment.

Enter password for user root:

The 'validate_password' plugin is installed on the server.
The subsequent steps will run with the existing configuration
of the plugin.
Using existing password for root.

Estimated strength of the password: 50

Change the password for root ? ((Press y|Y for Yes, any other
key for No) : y

New password:

Re-enter new password:

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Do you wish to continue with the password provided? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for
No) : y
By default, a MySQL installation has an anonymous user,
allowing anyone to log into MySQL without having to have
a user account created for them. This is intended only for
testing, and to make the installation go a bit smoother.
You should remove them before moving into a production
environment.

Remove anonymous users? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
Success.

Normally, root should only be allowed to connect from

'localhost'. This ensures that someone cannot guess at
the root password from the network.

Disallow root login remotely? (Press y|Y for Yes, any

other key for No) : n

... skipping.
By default, MySQL comes with a database named 'test' that
anyone can access. This is also intended only for testing,
and should be removed before moving into a production
environment.

Remove test database and access to it? (Press y|Y for

Yes, any other key for No) : n

... skipping.
Reloading the privilege tables will ensure that all changes
made so far will take effect immediately.

Reload privilege tables now? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
Success.

All done!

5. Connect to Mysql prompt:

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo mysql -u root -p

Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 18
Server version: 5.7.28-0ubuntu0.18.04.4 (Ubuntu)

Copyright (c) 2000, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved.
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Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names
may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql> show databases;

+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| mydb |
| mysql |
| performance_schema |
| sys |
+--------------------+
5 rows in set (0.05 sec)

mysql> exit
Bye

In MySQL, everything we have to work with our own databases, which are also known as
logical databases.

The default databases are:

information_schema
mydb
mysql
performance_schema
sys

Here only one physical database but 5 logical databases are available.

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Commonly used Commands:

1. To know available databases
mysql>show databases;

2. To create our own logical database

mysql>create database durgadb;

3. To drop our own database

mysql>drop database durgadb;

4. To use a particular database:

mysql>use durgadb; or
mysql>connect durgadb;

5. To create a table
mysql>create table employees(eno int(5) primary key,ename varchar(20),esal
double(10,2),eaddr varchar(20));

6. mysql> desc employees;

+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+| -eno
- - - - - - +| - i-n- -t (- 5- -) - - - - - - - + |- -N-O- - - + |- -PRI
- - - +| - -NULL
- - - - - - - +| - - - - - - - + |
| ename | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | |
| esal | double(10,2) | YES | | NULL | |
| eaddr | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | |
+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
4 rows in set (0.01 sec)

7. To insert data
mysql> insert into employees values(100,'durga',1000,'Hyd');
mysql> insert into employees values(200,'sunny',2000,'Mumbai');
mysql> insert into employees values(300,'bunny',3000,'Hyd');
mysql> insert into employees values(400,'chinny',4000,'Hyd');

8. mysql> select * from employees;

+-----+--------+---------+--------+
| eno | ename | esal | eaddr |
+-----+--------+---------+--------+
| 100 | durga | 1000.00 | Hyd |
| 200 | sunny | 2000.00 | Mumbai |
| 300 | bunny | 3000.00 | Hyd |
| 400 | chinny | 4000.00 | Hyd |
+-----+--------+---------+--------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

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How to execute SQL Queries from ubuntu Terminal

directly:
We have to use mysql command, and we have to provide username,password,database
name and sql query as options.

The following are various options allowed with mysql command.

--password, -p The password to use when connecting to the server.
- - u s e r, -u The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server.
--database, -D The database to use.
- - h o s t , -h Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.
--skip-column-names, -N Do not write column names i n r e s u l t s .
--batch, -B Print results using tab as the column separator,
with each row on a new l i n e .
- e to specify query

Eg:
$ mysql -u root -pDurga@123 -Ddurgadb -e "select * from employees"

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ mysql -u root -pDurga@123 -Ddurgadb -e "select * from

employees"
mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
+-----+--------+---------+--------+
| eno | ename | esal | eaddr |
+-----+--------+---------+--------+
| 100 | durga | 1000.00 | Hyd |
| 200 | sunny | 2000.00 | Mumbai |
| 300 | bunny | 3000.00 | Hyd |
| 400 | chinny | 4000.00 | Hyd |
+-----+--------+---------+--------+

How to supress warning:

$ mysql -u root -pDurga@123 -Ddurgadb -e "select * from employees" 2>/dev/null

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ mysql -u root -pDurga@123 -Ddurgadb -e "select * from

employees" 2>/dev/null
+-----+--------+---------+--------+
| eno | ename | esal | eaddr |
+-----+--------+---------+--------+
| 100 | durga | 1000.00 | Hyd |
| 200 | sunny | 2000.00 | Mumbai |
| 300 | bunny | 3000.00 | Hyd |
| 400 | chinny | 4000.00 | Hyd |
+-----+--------+---------+--------+

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Shell Script to fetch and display Records from MySQL

Database:
test.sh
#!/bin/bash

#Declaring mysql DB connection

DB_USER='root'
DB_PASSWD='Durga@123'
DB_NAME='durgadb'

#Prepare sql query

SQL_Query='select * from employees'

#sql query execution
mysql -u $DB_USER -p$DB_PASSWD -
D$DB_NAME -e "$SQL_Query"
2>/dev/null

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$
test.sh
+
| -100
- - - - |+ -durga
- - - - - - - +| - -1000.00
- - - - - - - | Hyd |
+
| -200
- - - - |- - -sunny
+ | 2000.00 | Mumbai |
| eno
300 | bunny ename | 3000.00 esal || Hyd |
eaddr
| 400 | chinny | | 4000.00 | Hyd |
+-----+--------+---------+--------+
+--------+
Shell Script to Read Data from User dynamically and
Insert into the Database:
#! /bin/bash
#Declaring mysql DB connection

DB_USER='root'
DB_PASSWD='Durga@123'
DB_NAME='durgadb'

while [ true ]
do
read -p "Employee Number: " eno
read -p "Employee Name: " ename

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read -p "Employee Salary: " esal
read -p "Employee Address: " eaddr
SQL_Query="insert into employees values($eno,'$ename',$esal,'$eaddr');" mysql
-u $DB_USER -p$DB_PASSWD -D$DB_NAME -e "$SQL_Query" 2>/dev/null echo
"Employee Record Inserted Successfully"
read -p "Do you want to insert one more record [Yes|No]: " option
case $option in
[yY]|[Yy][eE][sS])
continue
;; [nN]|
[nN][oO])
brea
k
;;
esac
done

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$
test.sh Employee Number: 500
Employee Name: Dhoni
Employee Salary: 5000
Employee Address: Ranchi
Employee Record
Inserted Successfully
Do you want to insert one more record [Yes|
No]: y Employee Number: 600
Employee Name:
Kohli Employee Salary:
6000 Employee Address:
Delhi
Employee Record
Inserted Successfully
Do you want to insert
one more record [Yes|
No]: NO

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Topic-46: Working with Java

To develop and run java applications we required java development kit(JDK).
We have to install separately.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ javac

Command 'javac' not found, but can be installed with:

sudo apt install default-jdk

sudo apt install openjdk-11-jdk-headless
sudo apt install ecj
sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk-headless

$ sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk-

headless

Note: In the old versions we have to set PATH explicitly. But in the newer versions we are
not required to set.

After installation we have to set PATH, then only java related commands will work.
All java related commands are available in the following location:
/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin

durga@durga-VirtualBox:/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin$
clhsdb javadoc jinfo j s ta t d schemagen
lextcheck
s javah jjs keytool serialver
hsdb javap jmap native2ascii servertool
idlj java-rmi.cgi jps orbd tnameserv
jar jcmd jrunscript pack200 unpack200
jarsigner jdb jsadebugd rmic wsgen
java jdeps jstack rmid wsimport
javac jhat jstat rmiregistry xjc

We have to add this location to the PATH variable then only these commands will be
available to ubuntu.

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin

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Test.java

public class Test

{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("Java From Ubuntu");
}
}

$javac Test.java
$ java Test
Java From Ubuntu

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Topic-47: Job Control

All jobs are divided into 2 types

1) Foreground Jobs
2) Backgroup Jobs

$ cp file1.txt file2.txt  Foreground Job

$ cp file1.txt file2.txt&  Background Job

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ cp a.txt b.txt&

[1] 2972
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ cp a.txt b.txt&
[2] 2974
[1] Done cp a.txt b.txt
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ jobs
[2]+ Done cp a.txt b.txt

How to Kill Foreground Job:

ctrl+c

How to suspend foreground

job:
ctrl+z

How to Resume Foreground

Job:
$fg

test.sh
#! /bin/bash
while [ true ]
do
echo "Inside while loop"
sleep 1
done

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
Inside while loop
Inside while loop
Inside while
loop
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Inside while loop
Inside while
loop Inside
while loop
Inside while loop
Inside while
loop Inside
while loop
Inside while loop
^C
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ test.sh
Inside while loop
Inside while loop
Inside while loop
Inside while
loop Inside
while loop
Inside while loop
Inside while
loop
^Z
[1]+ Stopped test.sh
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ fg
test.sh
Inside while loop
Inside while loop
Inside while
loop Inside
while loop
Inside while loop
Inside while
loop Inside
while loop
Inside while loop
Inside while
loop Inside
while loop
Inside while loop
^C

How to Kill
Background
Job:
$ kill -9 pid

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How to send Foreground Job to Background:

First suspend foreground job by using ctrl+z and then use the following command
$ bg

Note: In the foreground only one can be executed, but in the background multiple jobs
can be executed.

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Topic-48: nohup Command

The nohup jobs will create in server account. Hence nohup jobs will be executed even the
user disconnected from his account.

Eg: $ nohup cp file1.txt file2.txt&

The nohup command will create one nohup.out file and it appends the nohup job output
to that nohup.out file.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ nohup test.sh&

[1] 3395
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ nohup: ignoring input and appending output to
'nohup.out'

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ ls
demo.sh env.sh nohup.out Test.class Test.java test.py test.sh
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ cat nohup.out
Inside while loop
Inside while
loop Inside
while loop

Even the user exited or switched to some other user still this nohup job will continue its
execution.

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Topic-49: at Command
It executes the given job only once, but at specified time.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~/scripts$ at now

Command 'at' not found, but can be installed with:

sudo apt install at

$ sudo apt install at

Eg 1:
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ at now
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
at> ls
at> date
at> cal
at> ctrl+d

It executes all commands immediately and writes output into user's mailbox.

Eg 2:
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ at now + 2 minutes
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
at> ls > abcd.txt
at> ctrl+d
job 7 at Wed Jan 8 21:08:00 2020

ls will be executed just after 2 minutes and it writes output to abcd.txt

Eg 3:
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ at now + 2 Hours
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
at> test.sh > a.txt
at> ctrl+d

Just after 2 hours test.sh will be executed and

writes output to a.txt

Note:
$ at now + 3 days  It will be executed after 3 days
$ at now + 1 month  It will be executed after 1
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$ at 3PM tomorrow  It will be executed tomorrow at 3PM
$ at 12:30am aug 01  It will be executed at 1st august 12:30 AM.

How to List out at Command Jobs:

$atq
Which jobs are in the queue for at

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ at now + 30 minutes

warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
at> ls > abc.txt
at> <EOT>
job 8 at Wed Jan 8 21:46:00 2020
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ date
Wed Jan 8 21:16:32 IST 2020
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ at now + 40 minutes
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
at> date > abc.txt
at> <EOT>
job 9 at Wed Jan 8 21:57:00 2020
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ atq
8 Wed Jan 8 21:46:00 2020 a durga
9 Wed Jan 8 21:57:00 2020 a durga

How to Remove at Command Jobs:

$atrm jobid
Eg: $ atrm 8

batch
Comman
d:
The batch
jobs will be
executed
when ever
server is
free or
server load
is less.

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Topic-50: Memory related Commands
1) df Command:
df means disk fragmentation.

It displays file system disk space usage.It provides information about the space available
on all currently mounted file systems.
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use Mounted on
%
udev 1404040 0 1404040 0% /dev
tmpfs 285584 1584 284000 1% /run
/dev/sda1 10253588 551280 4200216 57% /
4
tmpfs 1427912 0 1427912 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
tmpfs
We 1427912
can use multiple options 0
with df command. 1427912 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
-h  Human Readable Format
-m  In Mega Bytes
-k  In Kilo Bytes (It is Default)

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ df -m
Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Available Use Mounted on
%
udev 1372 0 1372 0% /dev
tmpfs 279 2 278 1% /run
/dev/sda1 10014 5384 4102 57% /
tmpfs 1395 0 1395 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5 1 5 1% /run/lock
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 1.4G 1.4G 0% /dev
tmpfs 0 278M 1% /run
/dev/sda1 279M 1.6M 4.1G 57% /
tmpfs 9.8G 5.3G 1.4G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
1.4G
tmpfs 01.4G 0 1.4G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop1 43M 43M 0 100 /snap/gtk-common-themes/1313
%

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2) du Command:
du - estimate file space usage
It displays directory wise disk usage in the form of blocks. Each block is 1024 bytes.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ du
4 ./dir10
4 ./Downloads/java/corejava
8 ./Downloads/java
12 ./Downloads
du: cannot read directory ' . / . d b u s ' : Permission denied
4 ./.dbus
4 . / . c o n f i g / u p d a t e -n o t i f i e r
8 ./.config/gedit
12 ./.config/ibus/bus

With du command we can use multiple options

-k in kilobytes(It is the default value)
-h in human readable form
-m in mega bytes

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ du -k
4 ./dir10
4 ./Downloads/java/corejava
8 ./Downloads/java
12 ./Downloads
du: cannot read directory './.dbus': Permission denied
4 ./.dbus
4 ./.config/update-notifier
8 ./.config/gedit
12 ./.config/ibus/bus
16 ./.config/ibus
4 ./.config/enchant
84 ./.config/pulse
4 ./.config/goa-1.0
8 ./.config/gtk-3.0
8 ./.config/evolution/sources
12 ./.config/evolution

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ du -h
4.0K ./dir10
4.0K ./Downloads/java/corejava
8.0K ./Downloads/java
12K ./Downloads
du: cannot read directory './.dbus': Permission denied
4.0K ./.dbus
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4.0K ./.config/update-notifier
8.0K ./.config/gedit
12K ./.config/ibus/
bus 16K
./.config/ibus 4.0K
./.config/enchant
84K ./.config/pulse
4.0K ./.config/goa-1.0
8.0K ./.config/gtk-3.0
8.0K ./.config/evolution/sources
12K ./.config/evolution
4.0K ./.config/gnome-session/saved-session
8.0K ./.config/gnome-session
28K ./.config/nautilus
20K ./.config/
dconf 212K
./.config
16K ./output5
260K ./.cache/mozilla/firefox/z901vq89.default-release/OfflineCache
12M ./.cache/mozilla/firefox/z901vq89.default-release/startupCache
1 ./dir10
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$
1 du -m
./Downloads/java/corejava
1 ./Downloads/java
1 ./Downloads

Note: By default du command will always display disk information only about directories.
If we want to get files information also then we have to use -a option.
-a means all

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ du -a -h | head -10

du: cannot read directory './.dbus': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory './.cache/doc': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory './.cache/dconf': Permission denied
du: cannot read directory './.gvfs': Permission denied
0 ./dir10/c.txt
0 ./dir10/d.txt
0 ./dir10/a.txt
0 ./dir10/
b.txt 4.0K
./dir10
8.0K
./.ICEauthority
0 ./
Downloads/java/
corejava/
collections.txt
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Note: We can use -c option with du command to find grand total disk space.
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ du -a -h -c
0 ./dir10/c.txt
0 ./dir10/d.txt
0 ./dir10/a.txt
0 ./dir10/
b.txt 4.0K
./dir10
8.0K
./.ICEauthority
total
.......
3)
40M
free Command:
It displays amount of free and used memory in the system.
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ free
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 2855828 1205468 646652 51552 1003708 1434376
Swap: 483800 0 483800

Here also we can use -k,-h,-m options.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ free - k
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 2855828 1205112 646888 51556 1003828 1434716
Swap: 483800 0 483800
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 2.7G 1.1G 631M 50M 980M 1.4G
Swap: 472M 0B 472M
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ free -m
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 2788 1176 631 50 980 1401
Swap: 472 0 472

Note: We can use -l and -t options also.

-l, --lohi
Show detailed low and high memory statistics.

-t, --total
Display a line showing the column totals.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ free - l
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 2855828 1205100 646660 51552 1004068 1434736
Low: 2855828 2209168 646660
High: 0 0 0
Swap: 483800 0 483800

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durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ free - t
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 2855828 1206092 645620 51556 1004116 1433732
Swap: 483800 0 483800
Total: 3339628 1206092 1129420

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Topic-51: Networking Commands
telnet:
telnet protocol can be used to connect to remote servers.

Syntax:
telnet ipaddress
login:XXXX
password:XXXX

Note: By default telnet is not supported by ubuntu.

C:\Users\lenovo>telnet 192.168.100.3
Connecting To 192.168.100.3...Could not open connection to the host, on port 23: Connect
failed

Note: telnet is not recommended to use because it is very less secure. Instead of telnet
the people are using ssh(Secure Shell), which is more secured. SSH is applicable only for
*UX Systems (like Linux, UNIX etc).

putty,mobaxterm, xshell can be used to connect with remote servers by using ssh.
By default ssh server is running on ubuntu.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol):

To upload files to the remote server and to download files from the remote server we
have to use FTP.

On windows, by default ftp client is available.

But in ubuntu by default ftp server won't be available, we have to install separately.

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How to install FTP Server on ubuntu:

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install vsftpd

After installation, bydefault ftp server won't run. We have to start manually.

$ sudo service vsftpd status

$ sudo service vsftpd start

By default, we can download(get) files from remote server. But we cannot upload(put).
To enable upload operation we have to edit the following file:
/etc/vsftpd.conf

In this file we have to remove comment for the following line:

# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.

write_enable=YES

On the client: !command

On the server:
command

Eg: ls command will list

all files in the server
!ls command will list all files in the client
C:\Users\lenovo>ftp
ftp> open 192.168.100.3
Connected to 192.168.100.3.
220 (vsFTPd 3.0.3)
200 Always in UTF8 mode.
User (192.168.100.3:(none)):
durga 331 Please specify the
password.
Password:
230 Login successful.

ftp Commands:
ftp>ls  It display server side
files ftp>!ls  It display client side
files
ftp>pwd  It display server side present working
directory. ftp>!pwd  It display client side present working
directory.
ftp>cd dirname  To change to the specified directory on server
machine. ftp>lcd dirname  To change to the specified directory on client
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ftp>mget file1 file2 file3  To download multiple files from the server.
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ftp>mget *.log  To download all log files of current working directory from
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ftp>put filename  To upload file to the server.
ftp>mput file1 file2 file3  To upload multiple files to the server.
ftp>?  To list all ftp commands
ftp>bye To quit from ftp
ftp>hash  To on/off hash. If it is on then it will be off and if it is off then it will be on.
If it is on, then it shows status of download and upload.

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Topic-52: Working with winscp
winscp meant for file transfer from windows to any unix based system.
scp  Means secure copy

How to download and Install:

https://winscp.net/eng/download.php

DOWNLOAD WINSCP 5.15.9  WinSCP-5.15.9-Setup.exe

It is simply GUI Based application over FTP,SFTP for file transfer.

By using this we can transfer files from windows to linux system and from linux system to
windows system.

Even we can get terminal, to execute some commands on the linux system.

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Topic-53: Working with Filezilla
It is GUI Based Application over FTP. We can use this for file transfer from windows to
linux and linux to windows.

How to download and Install:

https://filezilla-project.org/index.php
Download FileZilla Client for Windows (64bit)
FileZilla_3.46.3_win64_sponsored-setup.exe

Note: FileZilla won't be used commonly

because it is based on FTP which is not
secured.

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Topic-54: init command

init is the parent of all processes with a PID "1".

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ ps - e f | head - 5
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
root 1 0 0 21:06 ? 00:00:01 / s b i n / i n i t splash
root 2 0 0 21:06 ? 00:00:00 [kthreadd]
root 3 2 0 21:06 ? 00:00:00 [rcu_gp]
root 4 2 0 21:06 ? 00:00:00 [rcu_par_gp]

After loading Kernel into RAM, init will be started.

All remaining processes will be started after init process.

Runlevel of init Command:

Runlevels are state of init, where group of processes are defined at the time of OS startup.
The allowed runlevels are: 0 to 6

1 System Halt or shutdown or poweroff the machine

2 Single User { mostly root user for recover if system crashes }
2  Multi user without NFS
3  Multi user, command line (Mostly used for servers)
4 Not used
5  Multi user mode with GUI (used for Desktop)
6  Reboot the OS

We can find current system runlevel by using runlevel command.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ runlevel
N5

Note:
$ init 0  To shutdown the system
$ init 6  To reboot the system

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Topic-55: TopMost important

Linux Questions
Q1) How to check current operating system version?
By using uname command.
uname command can be used to print system information.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ uname
Linux
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ uname
-v
#24~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jul
29 16:12:28 UTC 2019
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ uname
-a
Linux durga-VirtualBox 5.0.0-23-generic #24~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon
Jul 29 16:12:28 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Various allowed options for uname command are:

-a, --all
print all information
-s, --kernel-name
print the kernel name
-p, --processor
print the processor type (non-portable)
-o, --operating-system
print the operating system
--version
output version information and exit

Q2) How to check current system's ipaddress?

From the terminal we can use any of the following commands
1) ifconfig
2) ip -a
lo ip -br a
3) UNKNO 127.0.0.1/8 : :1/128
enp0s3 WN UP 192.168.100.4/24 fe80::3eda:ca33:380d:c44d/64
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ ip -br a

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Q3) How to check available free disk space?

By using df command

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use Mounted on
%
udev 1404164 0 1404164 0% /dev
tmpfs 285608 1580 284028 1% /run
/dev/sda1 10253588 615863 3554384 64% /
6
tmpfs 1428040 0 1428040 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 1428040 0 1428040 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop0 90624 90624 0 100 /snap/core/7270
Q4) How to manage services in our system?
%
By using either service or systemctl.

A) To check status of a particular service:

$ sudo service mysql status

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo service mysql status

[sudo] password for durga:
● mysql.service - MySQL Community Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled
Active: active (running) since Sun 2020-01-12 13:07:49 IST; 9min ago

$ sudo systemctl status mysql

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo systemctl status mysql

● mysql.service - MySQL Community Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled
Active: active (running) since Sun 2020-01-12 13:07:49 IST; 10min ago

B) How to stop a particular service:

$ sudo service mysql stop
$ sudo systemctl stop mysql

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo systemctl status mysql

● mysql.service - MySQL Community Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled
Active: inactive (dead) since Sun 2020-01-12 13:20:13 IST; 7s ago

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C) How to start a particular service:

$ sudo service mysql start
$ sudo systemctl start mysql

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo service mysql start

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo systemctl status mysql
● mysql.service - MySQL Community Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled
Active: active (running) since Sun 2020-01-12 13:21:47 IST; 2s ago

D) How to restart a particular service:

$ sudo service mysql restart
$ sudo systemctl restart mysql

Q5) How to check the size of a particular file?

$ ls -s filename
$ ls -l filename

Q6) How to check the size of a directory?

By using du command
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ du -sh dir1
28K dir1

Q7) How to check open

ports available in linux?
$ sudo netstat -tulpn
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ sudo netstat -tulpn
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
PID/Program name
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:3306 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
2261/mysqld
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.53:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
423/systemd-resolve
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
818/sshd
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
581/cupsd
tcp6 0 0 :::21 :::* LISTEN
793/vsftpd
tcp6 0 0 :::22 :::* LISTEN
818/sshd
tcp6 0 0 ::1:631 :::* LISTEN
581/cupsd
udp 0 0 127.0.0.53:53 0.0.0.0:*
423/systemd-resolve

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udp 0 0.0.0.0:68 0.0.0.0:*
830/dhclient
0
udp 0 0.0.0.0:59952 0.0.0.0:*
589/avahi-daemon:
0 r
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:631 0.0.0.0:*
703/cups-browsed
udp 0 0.0.0.0:5353 0.0.0.0:*
589/avahi-daemon:
0 r
udp6 0 0 :::46241 :::*
589/avahi-daemon: r
udp6 0 0 :::5353 :::*
589/avahi-daemon: r

Q8) How to Check CPU Usage for a Process?

By using either top or htop command we can get this information.

top - 13:35:29 up 28 min, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.04, 0.09

Tasks: 228 t o t a l , 1 running, 190 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
%Cpu(s): 3.6 us, 0.0 n i , 95.6 i d , 0.0 wa, 0.0 h i , 0.0 s i , 0.0 st
KiB Mem : 0.8 sy, 2856080 835336 f r e e , 1103628 used, 917116 buff/cache
KiB Swap: t o t a l , 483800 483800 f r e e , 0 used. 1574360 avail Mem
total,
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU TIME+ COMMAND
1546 durga 20 0 3457844
%MEM 263976 105168 S 5.0 9.2 0:37.42 gnome-shell
1353 durga 20 0 539524 85868 45024 S 3.3 3.0 0:16.08 Xorg
1888 durga 20 0 805412 38672 28744 S 2.6 1.4 0:09.40 gnome-
terminal-
2324 durga 20 0 49008 3772 3080 R 1.0 0.1 0:00.35 top
1 root 20 0 225472 9444 6912 S 0.3 0.3 0:02.36 systemd
1483 durga 20 0 126384 2140 1772 S 0.3 0.1 0:03.38 VBoxClient
2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd
3 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rcu_gp
4 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rcu_par_gp
6 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/0:0H-
kb
8 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mm_percpu_wq
9 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 ksoftirqd/0

Q9) Give an Example for monitoring Commands?

du,df,free for memory monitoring
top and htop mainly for cpu monitoring

Q10) How to get Complete Information about a Command?

By using man pages.

Q11) How to check history of all commands used in our system?

By using history command

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Q12) How to Check File Type in Linux?

Extension is not applicable in linux. We can check file type by using file command.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ file abc.txt

abc.txt: ASCII text
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ mv abc.txt
abc.mp4
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ file abc.mp4
abc.mp4: ASCII text

Q. Explain differences between Linux and

UNIX?
Q. Explain about Linux File System?
Q. Explain about components of Linux
operating system?

Q13) Why Linux is more secured than other Operating

Systems?
Linux follows 2 level security:
1. login
2. file permissions

Most of the users don't have root access. Hence they cannot copy new files in our
directory. No chance of spreading viruses.
All linux activities are recorded in log files.
Iptables to manage incoming and outgoing traffic.

Q)Explain about grep command?

Q14) What is the differnece

between Root Directory and / ?
/ is the root of linux file system.
Inside / there is a subdirectory named with root,
which acts as superuser home directory

/home/durga  Durga user home directory

/root  Root user(super user) home directory

Q. Explain about types of users and types of

permissions?

Q15) What is the difference between

More and Less? nd

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Q16) How to get Information about which Command executing?

By using which command.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ which cat

/bin/cat
durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ which ls
/bin/ls

Q17) What is the Purpose of ping Command?

It pings hosts and outputs the results.

durga@durga-VirtualBox:~$ ping www.google.com

PING www.google.com (216.58.200.132) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from maa05s10-in-f4.1e100.net (216.58.200.132): icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=21.5
ms
64 bytes from maa05s10-in-f4.1e100.net (216.58.200.132): icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=21.4
ms

Q18) What is the Purpose of whois Command?

To get whois information of the given domain.

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