Module # 14

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Few Shell Scripts for Reference:

Script-1: String Processing

clear
echo "STRING MANIPULATION PROGRAM"
echo "1. COMPARE STRING"
echo "2. JOINT TWO STRING"
echo "3. LENGTH OF STRING"
echo "4. OCCOURANCE OF CHARACTER"
echo "5. OCCOURANCE OF WORD"
echo "6. REVERSE STRING"
echo "ENTER CHOICE:"
read ch
case $ch in
1)
echo "ENTER FIRST STRING:"
read str1
echo "ENTER SECOND STRING:"
read str2

len1=`echo $str1 | wc -c`

len2=`echo $str2 | wc -c`

if [ $len1 -eq $len2 ];then

echo "BOTH STRINGS ARE OF SAME LENGTH"
elif [ $len1 -gt $len2 ];then
echo "$str1 is greater than $str2"
else
echo "$str2 is greater than $str1"
fi

;;
2)
echo "ENTER FIRST STRING:"
read str1
echo "ENTER SECOND STRING:"
read str2
str1="$str1$str2"
echo "COMBINED STRING : $str1"
;;
3)
echo "ENTER STRING:"
read str
len=`echo $str | wc -c`
echo "Length of string is $len"
;;
4)
echo "ENTER STRING:"
read str
echo "ENTER character of word to search:"
read search
len=`echo $str | wc -c`
i=1
while [ $i -lt $len ]
do
ch=`echo $str | cut -c $i`
echo $ch
i=`expr $i + 1`
done
;;
5)
echo "NOT THERE"
;;
6)
echo "ENTER STRING:"
read str
echo "REVERSE STRING IS : "`echo $str | rev`
;;
*)
echo "ENTER PROPER CHOICE"
echo "NOT THERE"
;;
esac

Script-2: Display of Greeting Message

clear
HH=`date +%H`
time=`date +"%S %p"`
if [ $HH -ge 12 ];then
HH=`expr $HH % 12`
if [ $HH -lt 5 ];then
msg="GOOD AFTERNOON"
elif [ $HH -ge 5 ] && [ $HH -lt 9 ];then
msg="GOOD EVENING"
else
msg="GOOD NIGHT"
fi
echo "$msg ,CURRENT TIME $HH:$time"
exit 1
else
if [ $HH -lt 5 ];then
msg="GOOD NIGHT"
else
msg="GOOD MORNING"
fi
echo "$msg ,CURRENT TIME $HH:$time"
exit 1
fi

Script-3: Display of All words of a file in ascending order

clear
echo "Ascending order of word in File"
echo " ==============================="
echo "Enter File Name "
read filename
echo "\n\n\t\t\t Main File "
echo "\t\t\t ========="
echo `cat $filename`
for i in `cat $filename`
do
echo $i >> tempfile.txt
done
`sort tempfile.txt>$filename`
echo "\n\n\t\t\tSorted Word in File "
echo "\t\t\t ===================\n"
echo `cat $filename`
rm tempfile.txt

Script-4: Delete Zero sized file from current directory

clear
`echo ls`>filelist
for filename in `cat filelist`
do
if [ ! -d $filename ];then
size=`ls -s $filename`
size=`echo $size|cut -d " " -f 1`
if [ $size -eq 0 ];then
echo "Want to Remove $filename:"
rm -i $filename
fi
fi
done

Script-5: Calculate Gross Salary from basic, DA=20% and HRA=10%

clear
echo " GROSS SALARY CALCULATOR"
echo " ======================="
echo "ENTER BASIC SALARY:"
read basic
hra=`expr 10 \* $basic / 100`
da=`expr 20 \* $basic / 100`
gs=`expr $basic + $hra + $da`
echo "GROSS SALARY IS $gs"

Script-6: A shell script illustrating the use of the case construct.

echo” MENU\n
1. Long List of files\n2. Today’s Date\n3. Process status\n4.Users of the
System\n5. Display the present working directory and \n 6. Quit to
Unix\nEnter your option : \c”
read choice
case “$choice” in
1) Is –I ;;
2) date ;;
3) ps -ef;;
4) who -Hu;;
5) pwd ;;
6) exit;;
*) echo “Invalid Choice”
exit ;;
esac

Script-7: Sample for loop

for x in 1 3 5 7 # four members in the list
do
echo “The value of x is $x”
done

Script-8: A shell script illustrating the use of the break and continue.
ans=y
while [ “$ans” = “y” ]
echo” MENU\n
1. List of files\n2. Today’s Date\n3. Process Status\n4. Users of the
System\n5. present working directory\n6. Quit to Unix\n Enter your option :
\c”
read choice
case “$choice” in
l) ls I ;;
2) date ;;
3) ps ;;
4) who ;;
5) pwd ;;
6) break ;;
*) echo “Invalid Choice”
continue ;;
esac

Script-9: A shell script to calculate area using bc and scale

$cat triangle_area.sh
echo “\n Enter a value for base : \c”
read base
echo “\n Enter a value for height \c”
read height
area=‘echo “scale=2 \n 1/2*$base*$height” | bc’
echo “The area of the tri4angle is $area”

Script-10: A shell script that uses bc

$cat degree_conv.sh
echo “\n Enter a Fahrenheit value : \c”
read fahr
cel=‘echo “scale=2 \n 5/9*($fahr_32)” I bc’
echo “The equivalent degree Celsius = $cel”