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Shell scripts

1. Automating daily tasks


2. Automating repetitive tasks
3. Customizing work environment
4. Executing system procedures
Shell scripts

1. Interactive

2. Non-interactive (cron jobs)


Shell scripts
1. First line of script #!/bin/bash
2. # beginning is always taken
comment
3. Make script executable $chmod
700 <file>
4. No compilers required
Shell variables

1. Combination of alphabets
2. No commas or blanks
3. First character must be alphabet
4. Variables are case-sensitive
5. Variables can be of any length
Shell variables

1. name, Name, NAME are different


2. si_int, m_hra are valid
3. 123, 345 are not valid
4. Variables are assigned with “=“
5. user defined and system variables
Shell variables

1. HOME, LOGNAME PATH are


system variables
2. a=10, b=15 are user defined
variables
Shell variables

1. variable die after shell execution


2. s=20 here 20 is treated as string
3. a=“”, a=‘’, a= are null variables
4. Shell ignores null variables
echo command

$name=johny age=20
echo $name $age

Output: johny 10
Arithmetic in shells

$a=20 b=30
echo `expr $a+$b`
echo `expr $a-$b
echo `expr $a\*$b`
echo `expr $a/$b`

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