Tutorial10: Shell Scripting - Part 1

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INTRODUCTION TO SHELL SCRIPTING


Main Objectives of this Practice Tutorial

  • Understand the process for planning prior to writing a shell script.
  • Understand the purpose of a she-bang line contained at the top of a shell script.
  • Setting permissions for a shell script and properly execute a shell script.
  • Understand and use environment and user-defined variables within a shell script.
  • Understand the purpose of control flow statements used with shell scripts.
  • Use the test command to test various conditions.
  • Use the if logic statement and the for loop statement within shell scripts.

Tutorial Reference Material

Course Notes
Linux Command/Shortcut Reference
YouTube Videos
Course Notes:


Shell Scripting
  • Purpose
  • Planning a Shell Script
  • Executing a Shell Script

Variables

  • Environment
  • User Defined
Control Flow Statements
  • Purpose
  • test command
  • if statement
  • for loop
Brauer Instructional Videos:

KEY CONCEPTS

Creating & Executing Shell Scripts

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Using Variables in Shell Scripts

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Using Control Flow Statements in Shell Scripts

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INVESTIGATION 1: CREATING A SHELL SCRIPT


In this section, you will learn how to ...



Perform the Following Steps:

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In the next investigation, you will ...

INVESTIGATION 2: USING VARIABLES IN SHELL SCRIPTS

In this section, you will learn how to ...


Perform the Following Steps:

  1. x

In the next investigation, you will ...

INVESTIGATION 3: USING CONTROL FLOW STATEMENTS IN SHELL SCRIPTS

In this section, you will learn how to ...


Perform the Following Steps:

  1. x

LINUX PRACTICE QUESTIONS

The purpose of this section is to obtain extra practice to help with quizzes, your midterm, and your final exam.

Here is a link to the MS Word Document of ALL of the questions displayed below but with extra room to answer on the document to simulate a quiz:

https://ict.senecacollege.ca/~murray.saul/uli101/uli101_week10_practice.docx

Your instructor may take-up these questions during class. It is up to the student to attend classes in order to obtain the answers to the following questions. Your instructor will NOT provide these answers in any other form (eg. e-mail, etc).


Review Questions:

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