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Shell Scripting

The document provides an overview of shell scripting, including its definition, basic structure, and various components such as variables, arrays, string operations, and control flow statements like loops and conditionals. It also covers advanced topics like debugging, running scripts in the background, and scheduling tasks with 'at' and 'crontab'. Overall, it serves as a comprehensive guide for understanding and utilizing shell scripts effectively.
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Shell Scripting

The document provides an overview of shell scripting, including its definition, basic structure, and various components such as variables, arrays, string operations, and control flow statements like loops and conditionals. It also covers advanced topics like debugging, running scripts in the background, and scheduling tasks with 'at' and 'crontab'. Overall, it serves as a comprehensive guide for understanding and utilizing shell scripts effectively.
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1. What is a SHELL SCRIPT?

a. shell script it made up of a set of commands to


perform a specific task.
b. all the commands execute sequentially
c. some tasks like file manipulation, program
execution, user interaction, automation of task etc
can be done
2. First basic script
#!/bin/bash
echo "Hello World"

3. What is a Shebang?
a. the first line of the shell script (optional if
your shell is bash)
b. makes another shell compatible with bash
4. How to run a script:
5. Comments

6. Variables

Constant Variable

7. Arrays
NOTE: space separated values hoti hain array mein.
arrayek variable hai jisme multiple values store karte
hain hum

Array key-value

8. String Operations
9. Getting value from a user

10. Arithmetic Operations


How to use expressions

11. IF-ELSE
12. OPERATORS

13. ElIF

14. CASE
Jo aap enter karoge choice mein wo hi ) ke left mein
rakhna.
15. LOGICAL OPERATORS
string comparison is done by using = and not -eq.
 Combine condition1 and condition2
TERNARY OPERATOR

16. LOOPS
FOR:
NOTE: Never use backticks for FILE PATHS in linux.
eg: FILE=`/home/aditya/file` because backticks are for
an arithmetic operation and not for path assignment.

17. WHILE LOOPS


18. UNTIL LOOP

Q: Why do we even use the until loop when we have a


while loop?

A:
19. INFINITE LOOP

Q: How to stop an infinite loop?


A: Ctrl + C

20. While Loop with File


Use NR!=1

cat file.csv | awk -F ',' 'NR!=1{print}'


21. FUNCTIONS
 call the function welcomeNote three times
22. Argument passing in Shell Scripting
Using for-loop to print all the arguments entered using
the command line argument

 SHIFTING THE ARGUMENTS


23. BREAK AND CONTINUE
BREAK

CONTINUE

SLEEP & EXIT


SLEEP
EXIT

24. CONNECTIVITY SCRIPT


CHECK IF FILE DIR EXIST
agar script file dependant hai ya directory dependant
hai to we use the file/dir check

Agar file exist nahi karti hai to use bana do

Aapke code mein kuch errors hain, particularly where


you are trying to use basename directly within the cat
and echo commands. basename ko direct use nahi kiya ja
sakta bina command substitution ke.
25. BASH VARIABLES
RANDOM

UID

 UID of Root is 0
 RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION

 ROOT USER CHECK

26. DEV/NULL in SHELL SCRIPT


 Idhar jo $site &> /dev/null means ki jo beech mein
dikhati hai na ping command, pura process packet loss
wagerah to wo sab show nahi hoga idhar, direct hamara
output ayega.
 kaam ki cheez print hogi baaki nahin hogi

PRINT THE NAME OF THE SCRIPT


27. LOGGING IN SHELL

28. DEBUGGING SCRIPTS


cd /root pe permission denied hogi to set -e hone ke
falswaroop ye file wahi ruk jayegi

 RUNNING SCRIPT IN THE BACKGROUND


sleep lagake let’s say humne loop print kiya to jab tak
sari values iterate nahin ho jaati tab tak wo hog kar
lega terminal ko aur aap koi dusra kaam nahi kar sakte
so it is a waste of time and resources, so run this in
background.
- script terminal se judi hui hai, terminal band ho
gaya to apki script chalti rehni chahiye.
use: nohup ./script

29. AT & CRONTAB (automate your script, REDUCE manual


interference)
 at command tab use hota hai jab tumhe ek specific
time pe ek hi baar koi command ya script run karni
ho. Jaise tumne bola, ek script ek baar chalani hai,
to at perfect hai uske liye. 🕒

 cron command ya crontab tab use hota hai jab tumhe


koi command ya script baar-baar, regular intervals pe
chalani ho. Jaise har din, har hafte, ya har mahine,
crontab us case mein kaafi useful hota hai. 📅🔄

atq se aap jobs dekhte ho jo scheduled hain


agar at kisi date pe chalani hai to:

CRONTAB:

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