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Shell Script for Palindrome Check

The document provides a shell script that prompts the user to enter a number, reverses it, and checks if it is a palindrome. It includes steps for creating and editing the script using the vi editor, making it executable, and running it. The script uses a while loop to reverse the number and compares the original and reversed values to determine if the number is a palindrome.

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Shell Script for Palindrome Check

The document provides a shell script that prompts the user to enter a number, reverses it, and checks if it is a palindrome. It includes steps for creating and editing the script using the vi editor, making it executable, and running it. The script uses a while loop to reverse the number and compares the original and reversed values to determine if the number is a palindrome.

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5.

Write a shell script to reverse a given number and check whether it is


palindrome or not.

STEP 1: CREATE AND EDIT FILE USING vi EDITOR

STEP 2: CREATE SCRIPT


#!/bin/bash

# Prompt user to enter a number


echo "Enter a number:"
read num

# Store original number for later comparison


original=$num
reverse=0

# Reverse the number


while [ $num -gt 0 ]
do
digit=$(( num % 10 ))
reverse=$(( reverse * 10 + digit ))
num=$(( num / 10 ))
done

# Print the reversed number


echo "Reversed number is: $reverse"
# Check if the number is a palindrome
if [ $original -eq $reverse ]
then
echo "$original is a Palindrome number."
else
echo "$original is Not a Palindrome number."
fi
STEP 4: CHANGE THE FILE INTO EXECUTABLE
chmod +x [Link]
STEP 5: RUN THE SCRIPT
EXPLAINATION:
echo "Enter a number:"
read num

Prompts the user to enter a number.


The read command takes the input and stores it in a variable named num.

bash
original=$num
reverse=0

original stores the original value of num (because num will be modified during reversal).
reverse is initialized to 0. It will be used to store the reversed number.

bash
while [ $num -gt 0 ]
do
digit=$(( num % 10 ))
reverse=$(( reverse * 10 + digit ))
num=$(( num / 10 ))
done

This is the main logic that reverses the number:


while [ $num -gt 0 ]: Runs the loop while num is greater than 0
digit=$(( num % 10 )): Gets the last digit of the number using modulo.
reverse=$(( reverse * 10 + digit )): Builds the reversed number step by step.
num=$(( num / 10 )): Removes the last digit of num by dividing it by 10.
For example, if input is 123:
Step 1: digit = 3, reverse = 0 * 10 + 3 = 3
Step 2: digit = 2, reverse = 3 * 10 + 2 = 32
Step 3: digit = 1, reverse = 32 * 10 + 1 = 321

bash
echo "Reversed number is: $reverse"
Prints the reversed number for the user to see.

bash
if [ $original -eq $reverse ]
then
echo "$original is a Palindrome number."
else
echo "$original is Not a Palindrome number."
Fi

This checks if the original number is equal to the reversed number.


If yes, it's a palindrome.
Otherwise, it's not a palindrome.

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