Operating System Lab Practice

Shell Scripting Programs

Mejbah Ahammad
May 11, 2026

Contents
1 Program 1: Hello World 3

2 Program 2: Addition of Two Numbers 3

3 Program 3: Even or Odd Number 3

4 Program 4: Factorial of a Number 3

5 Program 5: Fibonacci Series 4

6 Program 6: Prime Number Check 4

7 Program 7: Largest of Three Numbers 5

8 Program 8: Palindrome Number 5

9 Program 9: Reverse a Number 6

10 Program 10: Sum of Digits 6

11 Program 11: Multiplication Table 7

12 Program 12: Armstrong Number 7

13 Program 13: Swap Two Numbers 8

14 Program 14: Check Leap Year 8

15 Program 15: Simple Calculator 8

16 Program 16: Count Characters in a String 9

17 Program 17: File Existence Check 9

18 Program 18: Count Lines, Words and Characters 10

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19 Program 19: Display Current Date and Time 10

20 Program 20: Student Grade Calculation 10

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 1 Program 1: Hello World
Code

1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Hello World "

2 Program 2: Addition of Two Numbers

Code

1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter first number : "

4 read a
5

6 echo " Enter second number : "

7 read b
8

9 sum = $ (( a + b ) )
10

11 echo " Sum = $sum "

3 Program 3: Even or Odd Number

Code

1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter a number : "

4 read n
5

6 if [ $ (( n %2) ) - eq 0 ]
7 then
8 echo " Even Number "
9 else
10 echo " Odd Number "
11 fi

4 Program 4: Factorial of a Number

Code

3
 1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter a number : "

4 read n
5

6 fact =1
7

8 for (( i =1; i <= n ; i ++ ) )

9 do
10 fact = $ (( fact * i ) )
11 done
12

13 echo " Factorial = $fact "

5 Program 5: Fibonacci Series

Code

1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter limit : "

4 read n
5

6 a =0
7 b =1
8

9 echo " Fibonacci Series : "

10

11 for (( i =0; i < n ; i ++ ) )

12 do
13 echo -n " $a "
14

15 fn = $ (( a + b ) )
16 a = $b
17 b = $fn
18 done

6 Program 6: Prime Number Check

Code

1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter a number : "

4 read n
5

6 flag =0
7

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 8 for (( i =2; i <= n /2; i ++ ) )
9 do
10 if [ $ (( n % i ) ) - eq 0 ]
11 then
12 flag =1
13 break
14 fi
15 done
16

17 if [ $flag - eq 0 ]
18 then
19 echo " Prime Number "
20 else
21 echo " Not Prime Number "
22 fi

7 Program 7: Largest of Three Numbers

Code

1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter three numbers : "

4 read a b c
5

6 if [ $a - ge $b ] && [ $a - ge $c ]
7 then
8 echo " $a is largest "
9 elif [ $b - ge $a ] && [ $b - ge $c ]
10 then
11 echo " $b is largest "
12 else
13 echo " $c is largest "
14 fi

8 Program 8: Palindrome Number

Code

1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter a number : "

4 read n
5

6 rev =0
7 temp = $n
8

9 while [ $temp - gt 0 ]

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10 do
11 rem = $ (( temp %10) )
12 rev = $ (( rev *10+ rem ) )
13 temp = $ (( temp /10) )
14 done
15

16 if [ $n - eq $rev ]
17 then
18 echo " Palindrome "
19 else
20 echo " Not Palindrome "
21 fi

9 Program 9: Reverse a Number

Code

1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter number : "

4 read n
5

6 rev =0
7

8 while [ $n - gt 0 ]
9 do
10 rem = $ (( n %10) )
11 rev = $ (( rev *10+ rem ) )
12 n = $ (( n /10) )
13 done
14

15 echo " Reverse = $rev "

10 Program 10: Sum of Digits

Code

1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter number : "

4 read n
5

6 sum =0
7

8 while [ $n - gt 0 ]
9 do
10 rem = $ (( n %10) )
11 sum = $ (( sum + rem ) )

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12 n = $ (( n /10) )
13 done
14

15 echo " Sum of digits = $sum "

11 Program 11: Multiplication Table

Code

1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter a number : "

4 read n
5

6 for (( i =1; i <=10; i ++ ) )

7 do
8 echo " $n x $i = $ (( n * i ) ) "
9 done

12 Program 12: Armstrong Number

Code

1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter number : "

4 read n
5

6 temp = $n
7 sum =0
8

9 while [ $temp - gt 0 ]
10 do
11 rem = $ (( temp %10) )
12 sum = $ (( sum + rem * rem * rem ) )
13 temp = $ (( temp /10) )
14 done
15

16 if [ $n - eq $sum ]
17 then
18 echo " Armstrong Number "
19 else
20 echo " Not Armstrong Number "
21 fi

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 13 Program 13: Swap Two Numbers
Code

1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter first number : "

4 read a
5

6 echo " Enter second number : "

7 read b
8

9 temp = $a
10 a = $b
11 b = $temp
12

13 echo " After swapping : "

14 echo " a = $a "
15 echo " b = $b "

14 Program 14: Check Leap Year

Code

1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter year : "

4 read year
5

6 if [ $ (( year %400) ) - eq 0 ] ||
7 { [ $ (( year %4) ) - eq 0 ] && [ $ (( year %100) ) - ne 0 ]; }
8 then
9 echo " Leap Year "
10 else
11 echo " Not Leap Year "
12 fi

15 Program 15: Simple Calculator

Code

1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter two numbers : "

4 read a b
5

6 echo " 1. Addition "

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 7 echo " 2. Subtraction "
8 echo " 3. Multiplication "
9 echo " 4. Division "
10

11 echo " Choose option : "

12 read ch
13

14 case $ch in
15 1) echo " Result = $ (( a + b ) ) " ;;
16 2) echo " Result = $ (( a - b ) ) " ;;
17 3) echo " Result = $ (( a * b ) ) " ;;
18 4) echo " Result = $ (( a / b ) ) " ;;
19 *) echo " Invalid Choice " ;;
20 esac

16 Program 16: Count Characters in a String

Code

1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter a string : "

4 read str
5

6 len = $ { # str }
7

8 echo " Length = $len "

17 Program 17: File Existence Check

Code

1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter filename : "

4 read file
5

6 if [ -f $file ]
7 then
8 echo " File exists "
9 else
10 echo " File does not exist "
11 fi

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 18 Program 18: Count Lines, Words and Characters
Code
1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter filename : "

4 read file
5

6 wc $file

19 Program 19: Display Current Date and Time

Code
1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Current Date : "

4 date
5

6 echo " Current Calendar : "

7 cal

20 Program 20: Student Grade Calculation

Code
1 # !/ bin / bash
2

3 echo " Enter marks : "

4 read marks
5

6 if [ $marks - ge 80 ]
7 then
8 echo " Grade A + "
9 elif [ $marks - ge 70 ]
10 then
11 echo " Grade A "
12 elif [ $marks - ge 60 ]
13 then
14 echo " Grade A - "
15 elif [ $marks - ge 50 ]
16 then
17 echo " Grade B "
18 else
19 echo " Fail "
20 fi

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