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ASSIGNMENT

Using VI-EDITOR do the following exercise

1. In a file:-
i. Replace the word ‘has’ with ‘has not’
Coding:-
To replace the word use the following ex mode command:
:1,Ss/has/has not/g

ii. Locate 20th character in a file.

Coding:-
H #to go to top of file
20| # to reach 20th character

iii. Sort lines 21 to 40 in a file using vi-editor.

Coding:-
To sort lines use the following ex mode command
:21,40 !sort

2. In a file copy/cut and paste following text:-

i. At ith line, n lines to jth line.
Coding:-
Copy lines 3 to 7 and paste them at line 11 in a file using vi-editor
3G # to go to 3rd line
4yy # to copy 4 line
11G # to go to 11th line
p # to paste

ii. Yank a few words.

Coding:-

To yank a few words to new position use following command mode

command:
5yw
P

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3. Open two files ‘txtfile’ and ‘newfile’ and copy/cut 5 lines from
txtfile and paste them in newfile using vi-editor.
Coding:-

$ vi txtfile newfile # to open 2 files

“a5yy # to copy 5 lines in buffer
:e new file # switch to newfile
“ap # to paste

4. Open ‘txtfile’ and copy/cut following and paste to the ‘newfile’.

I. Ith to the last line in it
Coding:-

15L # to reach 15th line to the last line (command mode0

“add # to cut line into buffer(command mode)
:e newfile # to switch to newfile (ex mode)
“ap # to paste (command mode)

5. Create macro
i. To paste your name at any position in the file
Coding:-
To create the macro use the following ex mode command:
:map M bhawana

ii. To remove all leading spaces in file

Coding:-
To create the macro use the following ex mode command:
:map r : 1,$s/ //c

iii. To save and quit vi-editor in input mode

Coding:-
To create the macro use the following ex mode command:
:map! Q ^M: wq

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WRITE COMMANDS
i. List all files that match a class.
Coding:-
Use the following command:
$ grep –l “[aA]c[tT]iv” *.*

ii. List all files that do not match a class.

Coding:-
Use the following command:
$ grep –L “[aA][cC]tive” *.*

iii. Change the file permissions.

Coding:-
Use the following command:
$ chmod
g+w+x,o+x,a+r sort

iv. Display the lines in a file that contain a particular word.

Coding:-
$ grep”echo” Search

v. Append the contents of two files in a file JABC.

Coding:-
To append the content of files in other file we will use the following shell
commands:
$ cat txtfile newfile | cat>>JABC

vi. Count the number of files in a directory.

Coding:-
To count the number of files in a directory use the following command:
$ ls |we –l

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Write Shell programs

i. Display all users currently logged in detail with column headers.

Coding:-
echo
tput clear
echo
echo “Current Users:
$who –Hu
echo

Output:-

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ii. List all files in current directory and save the list in a file ABC.
Also save the contents of the files in ABC and display the contents in
ABC in sorted order.

Coding:-
echo
tput clear
echo
ls | cat>ABC
sort | cat ABC
echo

Output:-

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iii. Sort the contents of a file ABC and save it in OABC.

Coding:-
tput clear
echo
sort ABC | cat>OABC
cat OABC
echo

Output:-

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iv. To save current date and time, number of files & directories in the
current directory and contents of all the files to a single file NFL.

Coding:-
tput clear
echo Today’s date is : `/bin/date`>Nfl
echo Number of file in current directory is : `/bin/ls|we –l`>>Nfl
for x in `/bin/ls`
do
if [ -f $x ]; then
echo $x>>Nfl
cat $x>>Nfl
fi
done
Output:-

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v. To input a number and test whether it is +ve, -ve or zero

Coding:-
tput clear
echo “ Enter any no: “
read num
if [ $num -lt 0 ] ; then
echo “ The no is negative “
elif [ $ num -gt 0 ] ; then
echo “ The no is positive “
else
echo “ The no is zero “
fi

Output:-

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vi. To test whether a file name is a regular file or a directory or of

other type

Coding:-
tput clear
echo “ Enter the file name: “
read file
if [ !-e$file ] ; then
echo “File does not exit!!”
elif [ -d$file ] ; then
echo “It is a directory.”
elif [ -f$file ] ; then
echo “It is a regular file”
else
echo “It is of other type”
fi

Output:-

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vii. To list only the directories in current path.

Coding:-
tput clear
echo “The directories in current path are:”
for f in `ls`
do
if [ -d $f ] ; then
echo $f
fi
done

Output:-

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viii.To print the greatest of three numbers.

Coding:-
tput clear
echo “Enter 1st number:”
read a
echo “Enter 2nd number:”
read b
echo “Enter 3rd number:”
read c
echo
if [ $a –ge $b ]; then
if [ $a –gt $c ] ; then
echo “$a is greatest.”
else
echo “$c is greatest number”
fi
else
if [ $b –gt $c ] ; then
echo “$b is greatest number”
else
echo “$c is greatest number”
fi
fi

Output:-

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ix. To print 12 terms of Fibonacci series.

Coding:-
echo “12 terms of Fibonacci series are”
let a=0 b=1
echo $a
echo $b
let n=1
while [ $n –ne 12 ]
do
let c=a+b
echo $c
let a=b
let b=c
let n=n+1
done

Output:-

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x. To display all users currently logged in and also check particular

user every 30 second until he logs in.

Coding:-
echo
echo
tput clear
echo
echo
who –Hu
until [ who | grep “BCA2” ]
do
sleep 30
done
echo “ $ just logged in ”
echo

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Output:-

xi. To save current date & time, number of files in the current
directory and contents of all the files matching a pattern to a single file
NPFL.

Coding:-
echo
echo
echo today’s date is `date`>NPEL
echo number of files in the directory is `ls|wc –l` >>NPEL
grep –l ‘for’ `ls`>l
for x in `cat l`
do
cat $x>>NPEL
done
echo
echo

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Output:-

xii. To display particular messages depending on the weekday.

Coding:-
echo “Today’s date is `date +%D` ”
echo
echo “Today’s day is `date +%A` ”
echo
case “ `date +%u` ” in
1) echo “It is my working day”;;
2) echo “It is resting day”;;
3) echo “It is mid day”;;
4) echo “It is very expensive time”;;
5) echo “It is cool day”;;;
6) echo “It is about to weekend”;;
7) echo “It is weekend”
Esac

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Output:-

xiii.To display common messages for following group of days –

Monday & Wednesday, Tuesday & Thursday and Friday & Saturday
and other day.

Coding:-
tput clear
echo “ `date +%D` “
echo “ `date +%A` “
case “ `date +%u` ” in
1|3) echo “It is sunny day”;;
2|4) echo “It is rainy day”;;
5|6) echo “It is cool day”;;
*) echo “It is weekend”
Esac

Output:-

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xiv. To accept a string from the terminal and echo a suitable message if
it doesn’t have at least 9 characters.
Coding:-
echo
echo
tput clear
echo
echo
echo “Enter any String”
read str
if [ `exp $str : ‘.*’` -lt 9 ] ; then
echo “You must enter string having least 9 characters”
else
echo “Your string is accepted”
fi
echo
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echo

xv. Write a shell script to find the factorial of a number.

Coding:-
tput clear
echo “Enter any number: “
read num
let i=1
let fact=1
let a=num+1
while [ $i –ne $a ]
do
let fact=fact*$i
let i=i+1
done
echo “Factorial of $num is $fact”

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Output:-

xvi. Write a shell script to swap two numbers using third variable.
Coding:-
tput clear
echo “Program for swapping two numbers”
echo “Enter 1st number:”
read a
echo “Enter 2nd number:”
read b
let t=$a
let a=$b
let b=$t
echo “Swapped numbers are”
echo “1st number:” $a
echo “2nd number:” $b

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Output:-

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xvii. Write shell script to print prime numbers between 1 to 20.

Coding:-
Echo “enter the no. upto which you want prime no.”
Read n
For(( i=1; i<=n; i++))
Do
Flag=0
For((j=2;j<i; j++))
Do
If[`expr $i % $j` -eq 0]; then
Flag=1
Fi
Done
If [$flag –eq 0 ]
Then
Echo $i
Fi
Done

Output:-

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xviii. Write a shell script to greatest of three numbers.

Coding:-
Echo “enter first no.”
Read a
Echo “enter second no.”
Read b
Echo “enter third no.”
Read c
If test $a –gt $b ;
Then
Echo “first no. is greatest number”
Elif test $b –gt $c;
Then
Echo “second no. is greatest number”
Elif test $c –gt $a;
Then
Echo “third no. is greatest number”
Fi

Output:-

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xix. Write a shell script to sort the content of a file XYZ and save it in
BCAII.

Coding:-
Echo “enter the content to be searched:\c”
Read content
Echo “enter file to be searched:\c”
Read flname
Echo “searching for $content from file $flname”
Grep “$content” $flname

Output:-

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xx. Write a shell script to display mathematical table of any number in

the format 3 * 1 = 3.

Coding:-
tput clear
echo “Enter any number: “
read num
let n=1
while [ $n –ne 11 ]
do
let i=num*$n
echo “$num * $n = $i”
let n=n+1
done

Output:-

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