Unix & Shell Programming Lab Manual

UNIX & SHELL
PROGRAMMING LAB
MANUAL
II B. Tech I Semester
Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Swarnandhra College of Engineering & Technology
Seetharampuram, Narasapur 534280
SCET UNIX & SHELL PROGRAMMING LAB MANUAL
CONTENTS
Lab Objective 3
Guidelines 4
List of Lab Exercises 6
Basic UNIX Commands 9
UNIX Command Exercises 18
Solutions to Exercise 20
Week – 1 22
Week – 2 23
Week – 3 24
Week – 4 25
grep Exercise 26
sed Exercise 27
awk Exercise 29
Week – 5 30
Week – 6 31
Week – 7 32
Week – 8 33
Week – 9 35
Shell Programming Exercises 36
Week – 10 37
Week – 11 41
Week – 12 45
Bibliography 49
Department of Computer Science & Engineering 2

LAB OBJECTIVE
Upon successful completion of this Lab the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate how to use the following Bourne Shell commands: cat, grep, ls,
more, ps, chmod, finger, ftp, etc.
2. Use the following Bourne Shell constructs: test, if then, if then else, if then
elif, for, while, until, and case.
3. Learn tracing mechanisms (for debugging), user variables, BourneShell
variables, read-only variables, positional parameters, reading input to a
BourneShell script, command substitution, comments, and exporting
variables. In addition, test on numeric values, test on file type, and test on
character strings are covered.
4. Copy, move, and delete files and directories
5. Write moderately complex Shell scripts.
6. Make a Shell script executable.
7. Create a ".profile" script to customize the user environment.
8. Use advanced features of File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
9. Compile source code into object and executable modules.
10. Execute programs written in C under UNIX environment

GUIDELINES TO STUDENTS
How to Run Shell Scripts
There are two ways you can execute your shell scripts. Once you have created a script
file:
Method 1
Pass the file as an argument to the shell that you want to interpret your script.
Step 1 : create the script using vi, ex or ed
For example, the script file show has the following lines
echo Here is the date and time

date
Step 2 : To run the script, pass the filename as an argument to the sh (shell )
$ sh show
Here is the date and time
Sat jun 03 13:40:15 PST 2006
Method 2:
Make your script executable using the chmod command.
When we create a file, by default it is created with read and write permission turned
on and execute permission turned off. A file can be made executable using chmod.
Step 1 : create the script using vi, ex or ed
For example, the script file show has the following lines
echo Here is the date and time

date
Step 2 : Make the file executable
$ chmod u+x script_file

$ chmod u+x show
Step 3 : To run the script, just type the filename
$ show
Here is the date and time
Sat jun 03 13:40:15 PST 2006

How to run C programs
Step 1 : Use an editor, such as vi, ex, or ed to write the program. The name of the file
containing the program should end in .c.
For example, the file show.c contains the following lines :
main()
{
printf(“ welcome to SCET “);
}
Step 2 : Submit the file to GCC ( the GNU C Compiler )
$ gcc –o show show.c
If the program is okay, the compiled version is placed in a file called show.out
Step 3 : To run the program, type show.out
$ show.out or ./show
Welcome to SCET

LIST OF LAB EXERCISES
WEEK1
Session 1
1. Log in to the system

2. Use Vi editor to create a file called myfile.txt which contain some text.
3. Correct typing errors during creation
4. Save the file
5. Logout of the file
Session 2
a) Log into the system

b) Open the file created in session 1
c) Add some text
d) Change some text
e) delete some text
f) Save the changes
g) Logout of the system
WEEK2
a) log into the system

b) Use the cat command to create a file containing the following data. Call it
mutable use tabs to separate the fields
1425 ravi 15.65
4320 ramu 26.27
6830 sita 36.15
1450 raju 21.86
c) use the cat command to display the file, my table
d) use the vi command to correct any errors in the file, my table
e) use the sort command to sort the file my table according to the first field. Call
the sorted file my table(same name)
f) print the file my table
g) use the cut & paste commands to swap fields 2 and 3 my table. Call it
mytable(same name)
h) print the new file, my table
i) logout of the system
WEEK3
a) log in the system

b) use the appropriate commands to determine ur login shell
c) use the /etc/passwd file to verify the result of step b.
d) use the who command redirect the result to a file called myfile1.Use the more
command to see the contents of myfile1.

e) Use the date and who commands in sequence ?(in one line) such that the
output of date will display on the screen and the output of who will be
redirected to a file called my file2.Use the more command to check the
contents of myfile2.
a) write a sed command that deletes the first character in each line in a file
b) write a sed command that deletes the character before the last character in
each line in a file.
c) Write a sed command that swaps the files and second words in each line in a
file
WEEK4
a) pipe ur /etc/passwd file to awk and print out the home directory of each user.
b) Develop an interactive grep script that asks for a word and a file name and
then tells how many lines contain that word
c) Repeat
d) Part using awk
WEEK5
a) Write A shell script that takes a command –line argument and reports on whether it
is directry ,a file,or something else
b) Write a shell script that accepts one or more file name as a arguments and converts
all of thenm to uppercase,provided they exits in the current directory
c) Write a shell script that determines the period for which a specified user is working
on the system
WEEK6
a) write a shell script that accepts a file name starting and ending line numbers as
arguments and displays all the lines between the given line numbers
b) write a shell script that deletes all lines containing a specified word I one or
more files supplied as arguments to it.
WEEK7
a) Write a shell script that computes the gross salary of a employee according to the
following
1) if basic salary is <1500 then HRA 10% of the basic and DA =90% of the basic
2) if basic salary is >1500 then HRA 500 and DA =98% of the basic
The basic salary is entered interactively through the key board
b) Write a shell script that accepts two integers as its arguments and computes
the value of first number raised to the power of the second number
WEEK 8
a) Write an interactive file handling shell program. Let it offer the user the choice
of copying ,removing ,renaming or linking files. Once the use has made a
choice, have the program ask the user for necessary information, such as the
file name ,new name and so on.
b) Write a shell script that takes a login name as command –line argument and
reports when that person logs in
c) Write a shell script which receives two files names as arguments. It should
check whether the two file contents are same or not. If they are same then
second file should be deleted.
WEEK 9
a) Write a shell script that displays a list of all files in the current directory to
which the user has read write and execute permissions
b) Develop an interactive script that asks for a word and file name and then tells
how many times that word occurred in the file.
c) Write a shell script to perform the following string operations.
1) To extract a sub string from a given string

2) To find the length of a given string
WEEK 10
Write a C program that takes one or more file or directory names as command line
input and reports the following information on the file.
1) file type
2) number of links
3) read, write and execute permissions
4) time of last access
(Note: use /fstat system calls)
WEEK 11
Write C program that simulate the following unix commands

a) mv
b) cp
WEEK 12
Write a c program that simulates ls command

(Use system calls /directory API)

BASIC UNIX COMMANDS
Command CAT
Syntax cat [argument] [specific file]
Description “cat" is short for concatenate. This command is used

to create, view and concatenate files.
Examples cat /etc/passwd
This command displays the "/etc/passwd" file on your

screen.
cat /etc/profile
This command displays the "/etc/profile" file on your

screen. Notice that some of the contents of this file may
scroll off of your screen.
cat file1 file2 file3 > file4
This command combines the contents of the first three files

into the fourth file.
Command pwd
Syntax pwd
Description "pwd" stands for print working directory. It displays

your current position in the UNIX filesystem.
Examples pwd
There are no options (or arguments) with the "pwd"

command. It is simply used to report your current working
directory.
Command ls
Syntax ls [options] [names]
Description "ls" stands for list. It is used to list information about

files and directories.
Examples ls
This is the basic "ls" command, with no options. It provides

a very basic listing of the files in your current working
directory. Filenames beginning with a decimal are

considered hidden files, and they are not shown.
ls -a
The -a option tells the ls command to report information

about all files, including hidden files.
ls -l
The -l option tells the "ls" command to provide a long

listing of information about the files and directories it
reports. The long listing will provide important information
about file permissions, user and group ownership, file size,
and creation date.
ls -al
This command provides a long listing of information about

all files in the current directory. It combines the
functionality of the -a and -l options. This is probably the
most used version of the ls command.
ls -al /usr
This command lists long information about all files in the

"/usr" directory.
ls -alR /usr | more
This command lists long information about all files in the

"/usr" directory, and all sub-directories of /usr. The -R
option tells the ls command to provide a recursive listing of
all files and sub-directories.
ls -ld /usr
Rather than list the files contained in the /usr directory, this
command lists information about the /usr directory itself
(without generating a listing of the contents of /usr). This is
very useful when you want to check the permissions of the
directory, and not the files the directory contains.
Command mv
Syntax mv [options] sources target

Options -b backup files that are about to be overwritten or

removed
-i interactive mode; if dest exists, you'll be asked whether
to overwrite the file
Description The "mv" command is used to move and rename

files.
Examples mv Chapter1 Chapter1.bad
This command renames the file "Chapter1" to the new

name "Chapter1.bad".
mv Chapter1 garbage
This command renames the file "Chapter1" to the new

name "garbage". (Notice that if "garbage" is a directory,
"Chapter1" would be moved into that directory).
mv Chapter1 /tmp
This command moves the file "Chapter1" into the directory

named "/tmp".
mv tmp tmp.old
Assuming in this case that tmp is a directory, this example

renames the directory tmp to the new name tmp.old.
Command rm
Syntax rm [options] files
Options -d, --directory

unlink FILE, even if it is a non-empty directory
(super-user only)
-f, --force
ignore nonexistent files, never prompt
-i, --interactive
prompt before any removal
-r, -R, --recursive

remove the contents of directories recursively
-v, --verbose
explain what is being done

Description The "rm" command is used to remove files and

directories. (Warning - be very careful when
removing files and directories!)
Examples rm Chapter1.bad
This command deletes the file named "Chapter1.bad"

(assuming you have permission to delete this file).
rm Chapter1 Chapter2 Chapter3
This command deletes the files named "Chapter1",

"Chapter2", and "Chapter3".
rm -i Chapter1 Chapter2 Chapter3
This command prompts you before deleting any of the three

files specified. The -i option stands for inquire. You must
answer y (for yes) for each file you really want to delete.
This can be a safer way to delete files.
rm *.html
This command deletes all files in the current directory

whose filename ends with the characters ".html".
rm index*

whose filename begins with the characters "index".
rm -r new-novel
This command deletes the directory named "new-novel".

This directory, and all of its' contents, are erased from the
disk, including any sub-directories and files.
Command cp
Syntax cp [options] file1 file2
cp [options] files directory
Options -b backup files that are about to be overwritten or

removed

-i interactive mode; if dest exists, you'll be asked whether

to overwrite the file
-p preserves the original file's ownership, group,
permissions, and timestamp
Description The "cp" command is used to copy files and directories.
Note that when using the cp command, you must always

specify both the source and destination of the file(s) to be
copied.
Examples cp .profile .profile.bak
This command copies your ".profile" to a file named

".profile.bak".
cp /usr/fred/Chapter1 .
This command copies the file named "Chapter1" in the

"/usr/fred" directory to the current directory. This example
assumes that you have write permission in the current
directory.
cp /usr/fred/Chapter1 /usr/mary
This command copies the "Chapter1" file in "/usr/fred" to

the directory named "/usr/mary". This example assumes
that you have write permission in the "/usr/mary" directory.
Command grep
Syntax grep [options] regular expression [files]
Options -i case-insensitive search

-n show the line# along with the matched line
-v invert match, e.g. find all lines that do NOT
match
-w match entire words, rather than substrings
Description Think of the "grep" command as a "search"

command (most people wish it was named "search").
It is used to search for text strings within one or more
files.

Examples grep 'fred' /etc/passwd
This command searches for all occurrences of the text

string 'fred' within the "/etc/passwd" file. It will find and
print (on the screen) all of the lines in this file that contain
the text string 'fred', including lines that contain usernames
like "fred" - and also "alfred".
grep '^fred' /etc/passwd

string 'fred' within the "/etc/passwd" file, but also requires
that the "f" in the name "fred" be in the first column of each
record (that's what the caret character tells grep). Using this
more-advanced search, a user named "alfred" would not be
matched, because the letter "a" will be in the first column.
grep 'joe' *

string 'joe' within all files of the current directory.
Command mkdir
Syntax mkdir [options] directory name
Description The "mkdir" command is used to create new

directories (sub-directories).
Examples mkdir tmp
This command creates a new directory named "tmp" in

your current directory. (This example assumes that you
have the proper permissions to create a new sub-directory
in your current working directory.)
mkdir memos letters e-mail
This command creates three new sub-directories (memos,

letters, and e-mail) in the current directory.
mkdir /usr/fred/tmp
This command creates a new directory named "tmp" in the

directory "/usr/fred". "tmp" is now a sub-directory of
"/usr/fred". (This example assumes that you have the proper

permissions to create a new directory in /usr/fred.)
mkdir -p /home/joe/customer/acme
This command creates a new directory named

/home/joe/customer/acme, and creates any intermediate
directories that are needed. If only /home/joe existed to
begin with, then the directory "customer" is created, and the
directory "acme" is created inside of customer.
Command rmdir
Syntax rmdir [options] directories
Description The "rm" command is used to remove files and
directories. (Warning - be very careful when
removing files and directories!)
Examples rm Chapter1.bad
This command deletes the file named "Chapter1.bad"

(assuming you have permission to delete this file).
rm Chapter1 Chapter2 Chapter3
This command deletes the files named "Chapter1",

"Chapter2", and "Chapter3".
rm -i Chapter1 Chapter2 Chapter3
This command prompts you before deleting any of the three

files specified. The -i option stands for inquire. You must
answer y (for yes) for each file you really want to delete.
This can be a safer way to delete files.
rm *.html

whose filename ends with the characters ".html".
rm index*

whose filename begins with the characters "index".
rm -r new-novel
This command deletes the directory named "new-novel".

This directory, and all of its' contents, are erased from the

disk, including any sub-directories and files.
Command cd, chdir

Syntax cd [name of directory you want to move to]
Description "cd" stands for change directory. It is the primary

command for moving around the filesystem.
Examples cd /usr
This command moves you to the "/usr" directory. "/usr"

becomes your current working directory.
cd /usr/fred
Moves you to the "/usr/fred" directory.
cd /u*/f*
Moves you to the "/usr/fred" directory - if this is the only

directory matching this wildcard pattern.
cd
Issuing the "cd" command without any arguments moves

you to your home directory.
cd -
Using the Korn shell, this command moves you back to

your previous working directory. This is very useful when
you're in the middle of a project, and keep moving back-
and-forth between two directories.
Command kill
Syntax kill [options] IDs
Description kill ends one or more process IDs. In order to do this you
must own the process or be designated a privileged user. To
find the process ID of a certain job use ps.
Examples
Command ps

Syntax ps [options]
Description The "ps" command (process statistics) lets you check

the status of processes that are running on your Unix
system.
Examples ps
The ps command by itself shows minimal information

about the processes you are running. Without any
arguments, this command will not show information about
other processes running on the system.
ps -f
The -f argument tells ps to supply full information about the

processes it displays. In this example, ps displays full
information about the processes you are running.
ps -e
The -e argument tells the ps command to show every

process running on the system.
ps -ef
The -e and -f arguments are normally combined like this to

show full information about every process running on the
system. This is probably the most often-used form of the ps
command.
ps -ef | more
Because the output normally scrolls off the screen, the

output of the ps -ef command is often piped into the more
command. The more command lets you view one screenful
of information at a time.
ps -fu fred
This command shows full information about the processes

currently being run by the user named fred (the -u option
lets you specify a username).

BASIC UNIX COMMAND EXERCISES
1. Verify that you are in your home directory.
2. Make the directory adir using the following command:
mkdir adir
3. List the files in the current directory to verify that the directory adir has been
made correctly.
4. Change directories to adir.
5. Verify that you have succeeded in moving to the adir directory.
6. Verify that the file testfile exists.
7. List the contents of the file testfile to the screen.
8. Make a copy of the file testfile under the name secondfile.
9. Verify that the files testfile and secondfile both exist.
10. List the contents of both testfile and secondfile to the monitor screen.
11. Delete the file testfile.
12. Verify that testfile has been deleted.
13. Clear the window.
14. Use the "bang" command to re-run the command that verified that testfile has been
deleted.
15. Rename secondfile to thefile.
16. Issue the command to find out how large thefile is. How big is it?
17. Copy thefile to your home directory.
18. Remove thefile from the current directory.
19. Verify that thefile has been removed.
20. Copy thefile from your home directory to the current directory.
21. Verify that thefile has been copied from your home directory to the current
directory.

22. Change directories to your home directory.
23. Verify that you are in your home directory.
24. Verify that a copy of thefile is in your home directory.
25. Remove thefile from your home directory.
26. Remove thefile from the directory adir.
27. Remove the directory adir from your home directory with the following
command.
rmdir adir
28. Verify that thefile and adir are gone from your home directory.

ANSWERS TO BASIC UNIX COMMAND EXERCISES
1. pwd
2. mkdir adir
3. ls
4. cd adir
5. pwd
6. ls
7. cat testfile or more testfile
8. cp testfile secondfile
9. ls
10. cat testfile or more testfile

a. cat secondfile or more secondfile
11. rm testfile
12. ls
13. clear
14. !l
15. mv secondfile thefile
16. ls -l
17. cp thefile .. or cp thefile /home/your-clid
18. rm thefile
19. ls
20. cp ../thefile . or cp /home/your-clid/thefile .
21. ls
22. cd ..

23. pwd
24. ls
25. rm thefile
26. rm adir/thefile or rm /home/your-clid/adir/thefile
27. rmdir adir or rmdir /home/your-clid/adir
28. ls

WEEK1
Session 1
1. Log in to the system

2. Use Vi editor to create a file called myfile.txt which contain
some text.
3. Correct typing errors during creation
4. Save the file
5. Logout of the file
Sol:
$ login: <user name>

$ password: ******
$ vi
~ Unix is Case Sensitive
~ Never leave the Computer without logging out when you are working in
a time sharing or network environments.
Type <Esc>
: wq myfile
$
Session 2
1. Log into the system
2. Open the file created in session 1
3. Add some text
4. Change some text
5. delete some text
6. Save the changes
7. Logout of the system
Sol:
$ password: ******
$ vi myfile
~ Unix is Case Sensitive

~ Never leave the Computer without logging out when you are working in
a time sharing or network environments.
~ Shell Programming
: wq

WEEK2
Log into the system

Use the cat command to create a file containing the following data. Call it
mytable use tabs to separate the fields
1425 ravi 15.65

4320 ramu 26.27
6830 sita 36.15
1450 raju 21.86
a. use the cat command to display the file, my table

b. use the vi command to correct any errors in the file, my table
c. use the sort command to sort the file my table according to the
first field. Call the sorted file my table(same name)
d. print the file my table
e. use the cut & paste commands to swap fields 2 and 3 my table.
Call it mytable(same name)
f. print the new file, my table
g. logout of the system
Sol:

$ password:******
a) Creating the file mytable. Use tabs to separate the fields.

$ cat > mytable
1425 Ravi 15.65
4320 Ram 26.27
6830 Raj 36.15
1450 Sita 21.86
^d
b) Displaying the file mytable contents: $ cat mytable
c) Sorting the file mytable: $ sort mytable
d) Swaping the fields 2 and 3

$ cut –f1 mytsble >file1
$ cut -f2 mytable >fie2
$ cut -f3 mytable >file3
$ cut -f4 mytable >file4
$ paste file1 file3 file2 file4 >mytable
$ cat mytable
f) Printing the file mytable: $ lpr mytable

WEEK3
a. log in the system

b. use the appropriate commands to determine ur login shell
c. use the /etc/passwd file to verify the result of step b.
d. use the who command redirect the result to a file called
myfile1.Use the more command to see the contents of myfile1.
e. Use the date and who commands in sequence ?(in one line)
such that the output of date will display on the screen and the
output of who will be redirected to a file called my file2.Use the
more command to check the contents of myfile2.
f. write a sed command that deletes the first character in each
line in a file
g. write a sed command that deletes the character before the last
character in each line in a file.
h. Write a sed command that swaps the files and second words in
each line in a file
Sol:
a. $echo “the login shell is $SHELL”

b. $echo “the login shell is $0”
c. $date ; who > myfile2
d. $more myfile2
e. Delete second character: sed "s/^$.$./\1/" file1
f. Delete character before last character: sed "s/.$.$$/\1/" file1
g. Delete word before last word: sed "s/ *[^ ]*$ *[^ ]*$$/\1/" file1

WEEK4
pipe ur /etc/passwd file to awk and print out the home directory of each user.
Develop an interactive grep script that asks for a word and a file name and
then tells how many lines contain that word
Repeat
Part using awk
Solutions:
a. $ grep –c word filename

b. awk ‘$2 ==”Computers” && $3 >10000 {print}’Sales.dat
I/P:
1 Clothing 3141
1 Computers 9161
1 Textbooks 21312
2 Clothing 3252
2 Computers 1232
2 Supplies 2242
2 Text books 15462
O/P:
2 Computers 1232

GREP EXERCISE
Create the file grepdata.txt with the following data and then write a series of grep
statements that do the following:
Sep. 17, 2007 Torrance, CA 90504

Esperanza High School Don Henderson
1830 N. Kellog Dr. 310-555-4412
Anaheim, CA 92807-1281
Steve Marshal Oct. 15, 2007
714-555-7870 X7310 El Dorado High School
aztecwrestling@example.com 1651 N. Valencia Ave.
Brian Fortenbaugh Placentia, CA 90631
714-555-7870 x7309 Steve Lawson
714-555-5350 x1220
Sep. 24, 2007 Lawsonhawk@example.com
Sonora High School
401 S. Palm St. Nov. 5, 2007
La Habra, CA 90631 El Dorado High School
Carl Hohl (aka Krazy Rabbit) 1651 N. Valencia Ave.
562-555-9800 Placentia, CA 90631
Steve Lawson
Oct. 1, 2007 714-555-5350 x1220
Lakewood High School Lawsonhawk@example.com
440 Briercrest Ave.
Lakewood, CA 90713-9112 Nov. 12, 2007
Andy Miramontes Rosemead High School
562-555-1281 9063 E. Sepulveda Dr.
Rosemead, CA 91770
Oct. 8, 2007 Daren de Heras
North Torrance High School daren103@example.com
2007 W. 182nd
• Print all lines that contain a phone number with an extension (the letter x or X
followed by four digits).
• Print all lines that begin with three digits followed by a blank. Your answer
must use the \{ and \} repetition specifier.
• Print all lines that contain a date. Hint: this is a very simple pattern. It does not
have to work for any year before 2000.
• Print all lines containing a vowel (a, e, i, o, or u) followed by a single
character followed by the same vowel again. Thus, it will find “eve” or
“adam” but not “vera”. Hint: $ and $
• Print all lines that do not begin with a capital S.
Write grep statements that use command-line options along with the pattern to do the
following:
• Print all lines that contain CA in either uppercase or lowercase.

• Print all lines that contain an email address (they have an @ in them), preceded
by the line number.
• Print all lines that do not contain the word Sep. (including the period).
• Print all lines that contain the word de as a whole word.

SED EXERCISE
Create a file with the name docbook with following data.
<article>
<title>About the Web</title>
<para>
This is an article about the World Wide Web.
The World Wide Web is a collection of documents that are linked to
one another. The Web is <emphasis>not</emphasis> the same as the
Internet. The Internet is a world-wide network of networks, and it
does far more than simply serve up Web pages.
</para>
<para>Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, put

special
emphasis on the portability of web pages. Rather than create a
proprietary format, he made Web pages dependent only upon plain ASCII
text.</para>
<para>
Web pages are written in a markup language called HTML. Here is what
it
looks like. The < and > mark off elements.
</para>
<listing>
<body>
<div id="top-navig">
<a id="top"></a>
<a href="index.html">CIT 040 Index</a>
>
Assignment 1
</div>
<h1>Assignment 1</h1>
<p>This exercise shows you how to use the two computer
environments that
you will use in this class. You will:</p>
<ol class="upper-roman">
<li>Set up your directories on Windows. This is
where you will write your HTML documents.</li>
</ol>
</listing>
<para>It looks difficult, but it is possible to learn HTML in a few

weeks. <emphasis>You, too can create web pages for viewing by
friends and family!</emphasis>
Note that, in our listing, we had to encode > as &gt.
</para>
</article>

Write a sed file that does the following.
1. Lines with <article> and </article> should be deleted.

2. Replace <title> with Title:, and replace </title> with nothing.
3. Replace all <para> and </para> tags with the null string. If the resulting line
is empty, delete the line. (You may need to use curly braces to make this
happen.)
4. Replace all <emphasis> and </emphasis> tags with asterisks. Thus:
This is a <emphasis>great</emphasis> bargain.
will become
This is a *great* bargain.
5. Replace the word web with Web everywhere.

6. Replace lines starting with <listing> by ---begin listing
7. Replace lines starting with </listing> by ---end listing
8. Between the <listing> and </listing>, do these things (you must use curly
braces to do this!):
o Replace all occurrences of < with <.
o Replace all occurrences of > with >.
o Replace all occurrences of & with &.
Note: you must do these operations in the order shown above; otherwise, you
will get the wrong results!

AWK EXERCISE
1.
Save the following data in a file named teamlist.txt:
Tom,Red,5,17,22
Joe,Green,3,14,22
Maria,Blue,6,18,21
Fred,Blue,2,15,23
Carlos,Red,-1,15,24
Phuong,Green,7,19,21
Enrique,Green,3,16,20
Nancy,Red,9,12,24
Write an awk script that will compute the average score for every person in the list,
the average score for each test, and the average score for each team. If a score is
negative, that means the person missed the test, and the score must not become part of
the average.
2.
Create a file with following data.
Mike Harrington:(510) 548-1278:250:100:175

Christian Dobbins:(408) 538-2358:155:90:201
Susan Dalsass:(206) 654-6279:250:60:50
Archie McNichol:(206) 548-1348:250:100:175
Jody Savage:(206) 548-1278:15:188:150
Guy Quigley:(916) 343-6410:250:100:175
Dan Savage:(406) 298-7744:450:300:275
Nancy McNeil:(206) 548-1278:250:80:75
John Goldenrod:(916) 348-4278:250:100:175
Chet Main:(510) 548-5258:50:95:135
Tom Savage:(408) 926-3456:250:168:200
Elizabeth Stachelin:(916) 440-1763:175:75:300
a. Print the names of those who contributed between $75 and $200 in the first
month.
b. Print the names and phone numbers of those with an average monthly
contribution greater than $200.
c. Add $10 to Chet’s second contribution and print the changed record.
d. Change Nancy McNeil’s name to Louise McInnes and print the
changed record.

WEEK5
a) Write A shell script that takes a command –line argument and reports on
whether it is directry ,a file,or something else
b) Write a shell script that accepts one or more file name as a arguments and
converts all of thenm to uppercase,provided they exits in the current directory
c) Write a shell script that determines the period for which a specified user is
working on the system
Sol:
a.
#!/bin/csh
if( -f "$argv[1]") then
echo "you have entered a regular file name"
else
if( -d "$argv[1]") then
echo "you have entered a directory file"
else
if( -l "$argv[1]") then
echo "you have entered a symbolic link file"
endif
endif
endif
b.
#!/bin/csh
set c = 1
set x = $#argv
while( $x != 0)
tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]' <$argv[$c]
@ c = $c + 1
@ x = $x - 1
End

WEEK6
(a) Write a shell script that accepts a file name starting and ending line
numbers as arguments and displays all the lines between the given line
numbers
(b) Write a shell script that deletes all lines containing a specified word I one
or more files supplied as arguments to it.
Sol:
a.
#!/bin/csh
head -$argv[3] $argv[1] | tail -n $argv[2]
b.
#!/bin/csh
grep -v $argv[1] $argv[2]

WEEK7
a) Write a shell script that computes the gross salary of a employee according to
the following
1) if basic salary is <1500 then HRA 10% of the basic and DA =90% of the
basic
2) if basic salary is >1500 then HRA 500 and DA =98% of the basic
The basic salary is entered interactively through the key board
(b)Write a shell script that accepts two integers as its arguments and
computes the value of first number raised to the power of the second number
a.
print Enter Basic salary

read bs
if((bs < 1500 ))
then
hra=$( (( bs * 0.1 )) )
print hra=$hra
da=$( (( bs * 0.9 )) )
print dra=$da
else
hra=500
print hra=$hra
da=$( (( bs * 0.98 )) )
print da=$da
fi
gs=$( (( bs + hra + da )) )
print Gross salary=Rs $gs
b.
#!/bin/csh
set c = 1
set result = 1
while($c <= $argv[2])
@ result *= $argv[1]
@ c = $c + 1
end
echo "$argv[1] raised to the power of $argv[2]=$result"

WEEK 8
(a) Write an interactive file handling shell program. Let it offer the user the
choice of copying ,removing ,renaming or linking files. Once the use has
made a choice, have the program ask the user for necessary information,
such as the file name ,new name and so on.
(b) Write a shell script that takes a login name as command –line argument
and reports when that person logs in
(c) Write a shell script which receives two files names as arguments. It should
check whether the two file contents are same or not. If they are same then
second file should be deleted.
Sol:
a.
#!/bin/csh
echo "MENU"
echo "1.FILE COPYING"
echo "2.FILE RENAMING"
echo "3.FILE REMOVING"
echo "4.FILE LINKING"
echo "ENTER YOUR CHOICE"
set choice = $<
switch ($choice)
case 1:
echo "enter the source file name"
set source = $<
echo "enter the target file name"
set target = $<
if( -f $source ) then
cp $source $target
echo "file copied successfully"
else
echo "source file doesnot exist"
endif
breaksw
case 2:
echo "enter the source file to rename"
set source = $<
echo "enter the new name for the source file"
set target = $<
mv $source $target
echo "file renamed succeessfully"
breaksw
case 3:
echo "enter the source file to remove"
set source = $<
rm $source
echo "file removed successfully"
breaksw
case 4:
echo "enter the source file to provide link"
set source = $<
echo "enter the link name for the source file"
set target = $<
link $source $target
echo "file linked successfully"
breaksw
echo "file linked succeessfully"
breaksw
deefault:
echo " you entered wrong choice"
endsw
b.
#!/bin/csh
echo "the user $argv[1] is logged on to the sytem on"
who|grep "$argv[1]"| cut -c22-38
c.
#!/bin/ksh
if(cmp $1 $2)
then
print "the two files are identical"
rm $2
print "Now $2 is deleted"
else
print "the two files are different"
fi

WEEK 9
(a) Write a shell script that displays a list of all files in the current directory
to which the user has read write and execute permissions
(b) Develop an interactive script that asks for a word and file name and then
tells how many times that word occurred in the file.
(c) Write a shell script to perform the following string operations.
1) To extract a sub string from a given string
2) To find the length of a given string
(a) PROGRAM
#!/bin/csh
ls -l|grep '^.rwx'
(b) PROGRAM
#!/bin/bash
read -p "Enter a file name : " fn
if test -f $fn
then
echo "The contents of the file $fn is :"
cat $fn
echo "No. of Line : `wc -l $fn`"
echo "No. of Words : `wc -w $fn`"
echo "No. of Characters: `wc -c $fn`"
else
echo "$fn is not exists or not a file"
fi
(c) PROGRAM
#!/bin/ksh
print "MENU"
print "1.TO EXTRACT A SUBSTRING FROM AGIVEN STRING"
print "2.TO FIND THE LENGTH OF THE STRING"
print "ENTER YOUR CHOICE"
read choice
print "enter a string"
read string
case $choice in
1) print "enter position1"
read pos1
print "enter position2"
read pos2
print "the extracted substring from $pos1 to $pos2 of $string is"
print $string|cut -c$pos1-$pos2;;
2) print the length of the string $string is
c=$(print $string|wc -c)
((ch=c-1))
print $ch number of characters;;
*) print " wrong choice ";;
esac
ADDITIONAL SHELL PROGRAMMING EXERCISES
1. Write a simple shell script that takes any number of arguments on the
command line, and prints the arguments with “Hello ” in front. For example, if
the name of the script is hello, then you should be able to run it like this:
$ hello Nick Urbanik

Hello Nick Urbanik
$ hello Edmund
Hello Edmund
2. Write a simple shell script that takes two numbers as parameters and uses a
while loop to print all the numbers from the first to the second inclusive, each
number separated only by a space from the previous number. Example, if the
script is called jot, then
$ jot 2 8
2345678
3. Write a script which displays “Good morning”, “Good afternoon” or “Good

evening”, on the monitor, depending on the time of running the script.
4. Write a script which reads a number in units of seconds and converts it to the
units hours:minutes:seconds and prints the result to standard output. Your
script must prompt for re-input if a negative value is input
Enter number of seconds: 12345

Result:
12345 seconds in hours:minutes:seconds is 3:25:45
5. Suppose that the script you wrote for question 2 is called jot. Then run it
calling sh yourself. Notice the difference:
sh jot 2 5
sh -v jot 2 5
sh -x jot 2 5
Do you notice any difference in the output from last two?
6. Write a script calculate, which accepts 4 arguments a, b, c, d and prints the

value of a × 20 − b × 2 + c ÷ d to standard output.
$ calculate 2 12 5 2
The value of "2*20 - 12*2 + 5/2" is 18

WEEK 10
Write a C program that takes one or more file or directory names as command
line input and reports the following information on the file.
1. file type
2. number of links
3. read, write and execute permissions
4. time of last access
(Note: use /fstat system calls)
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/mkdev.h>
#include <stdio.h>
char *typeOfFile(mode_t);
char *permOfFile(mode_t);
void outputStatInfo(char *, struct stat *);
int
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
char *filename;
struct stat st;
/*
* For each file on the command line...
*/
while (--argc) {
filename = *++argv;
/*
* Find out about it.
*/
if (lstat(filename, &st) < 0) {
perror(filename);
putchar('\n');
continue;
}
/*
* Print out the information.
*/
outputStatInfo(filename, &st);
putchar('\n');
}
exit(0);
/*
* outputStatInfo - print out the contents of the stat structure.
*/
void
outputStatInfo(char *filename, struct stat *st)
{
printf("File Name: %s\n", filename);
printf("File Type: %s\n", typeOfFile(st->st_mode));
/*
* If the file is not a device, print its size and optimal
* i/o unit; otherwise print its major and minor device
* numbers.
*/
if (((st->st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFCHR) &&
((st->st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFBLK)) {
printf("File Size: %d bytes, %d blocks\n", st->st_size,
st->st_blocks);
printf("Optimum I/O Unit: %d bytes\n", st->st_blksize);
}
else {
printf("Device Numbers: Major: %u Minor: %u\n",
major(st->st_rdev), minor(st->st_rdev));
}
/*
* Print the permission bits in both "ls" format and
* octal.
*/
printf("Permission Bits: %s (%04o)\n", permOfFile(st->st_mode),
st->st_mode & 07777);
printf("Inode Number: %u\n", st->st_ino);

printf("Owner User-Id: %d\n", st->st_uid);
printf("Owner Group-Id: %d\n", st->st_gid);
printf("Link Count: %d\n", st->st_nlink);
/*
* Print the major and minor device numbers of the
* file system that contains the file.
*/
printf("File System Device: Major: %u Minor: %u\n",
major(st->st_dev), minor(st->st_dev));
/*
* Print the access, modification, and change times.
* The ctime() function converts the time to a human-
* readable format; it is described in Chapter 7,
* "Time of Day Operations."

*/
printf("Last Access: %s", ctime(&st->st_atime));
printf("Last Modification: %s", ctime(&st->st_mtime));
printf("Last I-Node Change: %s", ctime(&st->st_ctime));
}
/*
* typeOfFile - return the english description of the file type.
*/
char *
typeOfFile(mode_t mode)
{
switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
case S_IFREG:
return("regular file");
case S_IFDIR:
return("directory");
case S_IFCHR:
return("character-special device");
case S_IFBLK:
return("block-special device");
case S_IFLNK:
return("symbolic link");
case S_IFIFO:
return("FIFO");
case S_IFSOCK:
return("UNIX-domain socket");
}
return("???");
}
/*
* permOfFile - return the file permissions in an "ls"-like string.
*/
char *
permOfFile(mode_t mode)
{
int i;
char *p;
static char perms[10];
p = perms;
strcpy(perms, "---------");
/*
* The permission bits are three sets of three
* bits: user read/write/exec, group read/write/exec,
* other read/write/exec. We deal with each set
* of three bits in one pass through the loop.

*/
for (i=0; i < 3; i++) {
if (mode & (S_IREAD >> i*3))
*p = 'r';
p++;
if (mode & (S_IWRITE >> i*3))

*p = 'w';
p++;
if (mode & (S_IEXEC >> i*3))

*p = 'x';
p++;
}
/*
* Put special codes in for set-user-id, set-group-id,
* and the sticky bit. (This part is incomplete; "ls"
* uses some other letters as well for cases such as
* set-user-id bit without execute bit, and so forth.)
*/
if ((mode & S_ISUID) != 0)
perms[2] = 's';
if ((mode & S_ISGID) != 0)

perms[5] = 's';
if ((mode & S_ISVTX) != 0)

perms[8] = 't';
return(perms);
}

WEEK 11
Write C program that simulate the following unix commands

(a) mv
(b) cp
a.
int mv(char *src, char *dest)

{
int errcount = 0;
char buf[FILENAME_MAX];
const char *generr = "ERROR: mv - couldn't %s %s %s\n";
if (':' == dest[1] && *dest != *getcwd(buf, FILENAME_MAX))

{
if (file_copy(src, dest))
{
printf(generr, "move", src, dest);
++errcount;
}
else if (unlink(src))
{
printf(generr, "delete", src, "");
++errcount;
}
}
else
{
if (rename(src, dest))
{
printf(generr, "rename", src, dest);
++errcount;
}
}
return errcount;
}
/*
** Enter here
*/
int main(int argc, char **argv)

{
int src, errcount = 0;
char target[FILENAME_MAX];
puts("mv 1.3 (4 jun 93) - Ray L. McVay/Bob Stout");

if (argc < 3)
help("Not enough parameters");
/*
** Handle cases where target is a directory
*/
else if (isdir(argv[argc -1]))

{
for (src = 1; src < argc - 1; src++)
{
char termch;
strcpy(target, argv[argc - 1]);

termch = target[strlen(target) - 1];
if ('\\' != termch && ':' != termch)
strcat(target, "\\");
if (strrchr(argv[src], '\\'))
strcat(target, strrchr(argv[src], '\\') + 1);
else if (argv[src][1] == ':')
strcat(target, argv[src] + 2);
else strcat(target, argv[src]);
errcount += mv(argv[src], target);

}
}
/*
** Nothing left except 2 explicit file names
*/
else if (argc == 3)
errcount += mv(argv[1], argv[2]);
return errcount;
}
b.
#defineBSIZE 512
#include <stdio.h>
struct stat stbuf1, stbuf2;
char iobuf[BSIZE];
main(argc, argv)
char *argv[];
{
register i, r;
if (argc < 3)
goto usage;
if (argc > 3) {
if (stat(argv[argc-1], &stbuf2) < 0)
goto usage;
if ((stbuf2.st_mode&S_IFMT) != S_IFDIR)
goto usage;
}
r = 0;
for(i=1; i<argc-1;i++)
r |= copy(argv[i], argv[argc-1]);
exit(r);
usage:
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: cp: f1 f2; or cp f1 ... fn d2\n");
exit(1);
}
copy(from, to)
char *from, *to;
{
int fold, fnew, n;
register char *p1, *p2, *bp;
int mode;
if ((fold = open(from, 0)) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "cp: cannot open %s\n", from);
return(1);
}
fstat(fold, &stbuf1);
mode = stbuf1.st_mode;
/* is target a directory? */
if (stat(to, &stbuf2) >=0 &&
(stbuf2.st_mode&S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
p1 = from;
p2 = to;
bp = iobuf;
while(*bp++ = *p2++)
;
bp[-1] = '/';
p2 = bp;
while(*bp = *p1++)
if (*bp++ == '/')
bp = p2;
to = iobuf;
}
if (stat(to, &stbuf2) >= 0) {
if (stbuf1.st_dev == stbuf2.st_dev &&
stbuf1.st_ino == stbuf2.st_ino) {
fprintf(stderr, "cp: cannot copy file to itself.\n");

return(1);
}
}
if ((fnew = creat(to, mode)) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "cp: cannot create %s\n", to);
close(fold);
return(1);
}
while(n = read(fold, iobuf, BSIZE)) {
if (n < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "cp: read error\n");
close(fold);
close(fnew);
return(1);
} else
if (write(fnew, iobuf, n) != n) {
fprintf(stderr, "cp: write error.\n");
close(fold);
close(fnew);
return(1);
}
}
close(fold);
close(fnew);
return(0);
}

WEEK 12
Write a c program that simulates ls command

(Use system calls /directory API)
#include <sys/mkdev.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <stdio.h>
char typeOfFile(mode_t);
char *permOfFile(mode_t);
void outputStatInfo(char *, char *, struct stat *);
int
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
DIR *dp;
char *dirname;
struct stat st;
struct dirent *d;
char filename[BUFSIZ+1];
/*
* For each directory on the command line...
*/
while (--argc) {
dirname = *++argv;
/*
* Open the directory.
*/
if ((dp = opendir(dirname)) == NULL) {
perror(dirname);
continue;
}
printf("%s:\n", dirname);
/*
* For each file in the directory...
*/
while ((d = readdir(dp)) != NULL) {
/*
* Create the full file name.
*/
sprintf(filename, "%s/%s", dirname, d->d_name);

/*
* Find out about it.
*/
if (lstat(filename, &st) < 0) {
perror(filename);
putchar('\n');
continue;
}
/*
* Print out the information.
*/
outputStatInfo(filename, d->d_name, &st);
putchar('\n');
}
putchar('\n');
closedir(dp);
}
exit(0);
}
/*
* outputStatInfo - print out the contents of the stat structure.
*/
void
outputStatInfo(char *pathname, char *filename, struct stat *st)
{
int n;
char slink[BUFSIZ+1];
/*
* Print the number of file system blocks, permission bits,
* number of links, user-id, and group-id.
*/
printf("%5d ", st->st_blocks);
printf("%c%s ", typeOfFile(st->st_mode), permOfFile(st->st_mode));
printf("%3d ", st->st_nlink);
printf("%5d/%-5d ", st->st_uid, st->st_gid);
/*
* If the file is not a device, print its size; otherwise
* print its major and minor device numbers.
*/
if (((st->st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFCHR) &&
((st->st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFBLK))
printf("%9d ", st->st_size);
else
printf("%4d,%4d ", major(st->st_rdev), minor(st->st_rdev));
/*
* Print the access time. The ctime() function is
* described in Chapter 7, "Time of Day Operations."
*/
printf("%.12s ", ctime(&st->st_mtime) + 4);
/*
* Print the file name. If it's a symblic link, also print
* what it points to.
*/
printf("%s", filename);
if ((st->st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK) {

if ((n = readlink(pathname, slink, sizeof(slink))) < 0)
printf(" -> ???");
else
printf(" -> %.*s", n, slink);
}
}
/*
* typeOfFile - return the letter indicating the file type.
*/
char
typeOfFile(mode_t mode)
{
switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
case S_IFREG:
return('-');
case S_IFDIR:
return('d');
case S_IFCHR:
return('c');
case S_IFBLK:
return('b');
case S_IFLNK:
return('l');
case S_IFIFO:
return('p');
case S_IFSOCK:
return('s');
}
return('?');
}
/*
* permOfFile - return the file permissions in an "ls"-like string.
*/
char *
permOfFile(mode_t mode)
{
int i;
char *p;
static char perms[10];
p = perms;
strcpy(perms, "---------");
/*
* The permission bits are three sets of three
* bits: user read/write/exec, group read/write/exec,
* other read/write/exec. We deal with each set
* of three bits in one pass through the loop.
*/
for (i=0; i < 3; i++) {
if (mode & (S_IREAD >> i*3))
*p = 'r';
p++;
if (mode & (S_IWRITE >> i*3))

*p = 'w';
p++;
if (mode & (S_IEXEC >> i*3))

*p = 'x';
p++;
}
/*
* Put special codes in for set-user-id, set-group-id,
* and the sticky bit. (This part is incomplete; "ls"
* uses some other letters as well for cases such as
* set-user-id bit without execute bit, and so forth.)
*/
if ((mode & S_ISUID) != 0)
perms[2] = 's';
if ((mode & S_ISGID) != 0)

perms[5] = 's';
if ((mode & S_ISVTX) != 0)

perms[8] = 't';
return(perms);
}

BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. David Medinets, Unix Shell Programming Tools, McGraw-Hill,
2. Bill Rosenblatt, Learning the Korn Shell, O'Reilly and Associates
3. Arnold Robbins, Effective Awk Programming, Free Software Foundation /

O'Reilly and Associates
4. Anatole Olczak, Bourne Shell Quick Reference Guide, ASP, Inc.,
5. UNIX Shell Programming, 4th Edition , Lowell Jay Arthur, Ted Burns
6. Mastering Unix Shell Scripting , by Randal K. Michael
7. The UNIX Operating System, 3rd Edition, by Kaare Christian, Susan Richter

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6. Make a Shell script executable.

7. Create a ".profile" script to customize the user environment.

8. Use advanced features of File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

9. Compile source code into object and executable modules.

10. Execute programs written in C under UNIX environment

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How to Run Shell Scripts

Step 1 : create the script using vi, ex or ed

echo Here is the date and time

Step 1 : create the script using vi, ex or ed

echo Here is the date and time

Step 2 : Make the file executable

$ chmod u+x script_file

Step 3 : To run the script, just type the filename

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How to run C programs

For example, the file show.c contains the following lines :

Step 2 : Submit the file to GCC ( the GNU C Compiler )

$ gcc –o show show.c

Step 3 : To run the program, type show.out

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LIST OF LAB EXERCISES

1. Log in to the system

a) Log into the system

a) log into the system

a) log in the system

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1) To extract a sub string from a given string

(Note: use /fstat system calls)

Write C program that simulate the following unix commands

Write a c program that simulates ls command

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BASIC UNIX COMMANDS

Description “cat" is short for concatenate. This command is used

This command displays the "/etc/passwd" file on your

This command displays the "/etc/profile" file on your

cat file1 file2 file3 > file4

This command combines the contents of the first three files

Description "pwd" stands for print working directory. It displays

There are no options (or arguments) with the "pwd"

Description "ls" stands for list. It is used to list information about

This is the basic "ls" command, with no options. It provides

directory. Filenames beginning with a decimal are

The -a option tells the ls command to report information

The -l option tells the "ls" command to provide a long

This command provides a long listing of information about

This command lists long information about all files in the

ls -alR /usr | more

This command lists long information about all files in the

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Options -b backup files that are about to be overwritten or

Description The "mv" command is used to move and rename

This command renames the file "Chapter1" to the new

This command renames the file "Chapter1" to the new

This command moves the file "Chapter1" into the directory

Assuming in this case that tmp is a directory, this example

Options -d, --directory

-r, -R, --recursive

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Description The "rm" command is used to remove files and

This command deletes the file named "Chapter1.bad"

rm Chapter1 Chapter2 Chapter3

This command deletes the files named "Chapter1",

rm -i Chapter1 Chapter2 Chapter3

This command prompts you before deleting any of the three

This command deletes all files in the current directory

This command deletes all files in the current directory

This command deletes the directory named "new-novel".

cp [options] files directory

Options -b backup files that are about to be overwritten or

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-i interactive mode; if dest exists, you'll be asked whether

Description The "cp" command is used to copy files and directories.