Os Lab File

Operating System and Shell Programming Lab –II
1. What is vi editor and its modes?

2. What is shell scripting?
3. What is shell scripting programming?
4. Write a shell scripting program to demonstrate the use of variables.
5. Write a program to implement input /output operations in shell scripting.
6. Write and execute the shell script files.
7. Write a program to implement loops using shell scripting.
8. Write a program to implement control statements using shell scripting.
9. Write a program to implement the concept of subprograms / functions using shell
scripting.
10. Write the syntax and example of the following shell scripting commands.
 $ clear : clear screen

 $ cal : display calendar
 $ who : display list of users who are currently logged into the computer
 $ date : displays current time stamp
 File related commands in unix
 $ touch filename : create a new file

 $ cat > filename : create a new file and enter content
 $ cat >> filename : append content in file
 $ cat filename : display content of the file
 $ cat file1 file2 > file3 : concatenate file 1 and file2 and store in file3
 $ cp file1 file2 : copy content from file1 into file2
 $ rm filename : remove file
 $ mv old-name new-name : rename file
 $ wc file_name : counts number of lines, words, and characters in specified
files
 $ grep string filename :search for a particular string in a file
 $ sort filename : arrange lines in a file in sorted order
 $ sort -m file1 file2 : displays merged content
 $ sort - filename : combine contents of a file with the input from keyboard and
then carry out the sorting.
 $ cut : picks up a given number of character or fields from the specified file.
 Directory related commands in unix
 $ pwd : present working directory
 $ mkdir directory_name : make directory
 $ rmdir directory_name : remove directory
 $ cd dir_name : change directory to dir_name
 Listing files and directories
 $ ls : display all files and directories in a particular file

 $ ls p* : display all file stating with character p
 $ ls [aeiou]* : display all files whose name start with a/e/i/o/u
 $ ls [!aeiou]* : display all files whose name doesn’t start with a/e/i/o/u
 $ ls –l : long listing – display all information about files
 (file type, permissions, no of links, owner, group, size in bytes, date and time,
file name)
 $ chmod : used to change permission(read / write / execute) of a file
 Example of chmod:
 $ chmod +w filename : give write permission to all users of the file
 $ chmod go-x filename : take away execute permission from group and other
users
 $ chmod 700 filename : give read write and execute permission only to owner.
Groups and others do not have any permission
 Commands related to vi editor
 $ vi filename : invoke the vi editor

 :w – save file/ write text
 :q – quit the editor return to shell.
 :m,n s/str1/str2/g – replace all occurrences of str1 with str2 from lines m to n
 :set nu – set display of line numbers on.
 :set nonu – set display of line numbers off(default).
 :set eb – beep the speaker when an error occurs.(default)
 :set noeb – do not beep the speaker when error occurs.
 :set ai – set auto indent on
 :set noai – set auto indent off (default)
 :set ic – ignore case while searching a pattern
 :set noic – do not ignore case while searching a pattern
 :set terse – make message terse.
 :set noterse – do not make error messages terse. (default)
 :set mesg – permit receipt of messages from other terminal.
 :set nomesg – don’t receive messages from other terminal. (default)
 :set showmode – display mode in which we are working
 :set noshowmode – don’t display current working mode. (default)
 :set aw – automatically write buffer contents to disk before switching to next
file during multiple file editing.
 :set noaw – do not write buffer contents to disk before switching to next file
during multiple file editing. (default)
 dd – delete the current line
 ndd – delete n lines from current line
 yy – yanks/copies line from current cursor position
 y$ – yanks/copies line from current cursor position to end of file.
 P – pastes the last deleted or yanked element

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Operating System and Shell Programming Lab –II

1. What is vi editor and its modes?

 $ clear : clear screen

 File related commands in unix

 $ touch filename : create a new file

 Listing files and directories

 $ ls : display all files and directories in a particular file

 Commands related to vi editor

 $ vi filename : invoke the vi editor

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