🔸 Q1.
sed & IPv6
Question:
You have a text file network.txt containing IPv6 addresses.
Write a sed command to replace all IPv6 addresses with the word IPV6.
Example line in file:
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Pinged address: fe80::1ff:fe23:4567:890a
🔸 Q2. awk Domain Mapping
Question:
Given two files:
servers.txt (contains logs with IPs)
dns.txt (contains mappings: IP DomainName)
Write an awk script to replace IPs in servers.txt with their domain names using dns.txt.
🔸 Q3. cron
Question:
Write a cron job that:
Runs a backup script located at /home/student/backup.sh
Every 15 minutes
🔸 Q4. openssl
Question:
Encrypt a file named logs.tar.gz using AES-256 and save the result as logs.secure.
🔸 Q5. Python Log Analysis
Question:
Write a short Python script to:
Read a file access.log
Extract only lines that contain the word admin
Save the result in a new file admin_logs.txt
🔸 Q6. curl
Question:
Using curl, send a POST request to http://test.com/login with these form fields:
username=admin
password=1234
🔸 Q7. Python: IPv6 Count
Question:
You are given a log file with mixed IPs (IPv4 + IPv6).
Write a Python script to:
Count how many unique IPv6 addresses appear
Print the total number
✅ Answers & Explanations
✔️A1. sed Replace IPv6
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sed -E 's/([0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}:){2,7}[0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}/IPV6/g' network.txt
✅ Explanation: Matches standard IPv6 patterns using sed -E and replaces them.
✔️A2. awk Domain Mapping
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awk '
NR==FNR { map[$1] = $2; next }
{
for (ip in map) {
gsub(ip, map[ip])
}
print
}
' dns.txt servers.txt
✅ Explanation: First file builds IP→Domain map, second file uses gsub to replace.
✔️A3. Cron Job
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*/15 * * * * /home/student/backup.sh
✅ Explanation: Runs every 15 minutes, every hour, daily.
✔️A4. Encrypt File
bash
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openssl enc -e -aes256 -in logs.tar.gz -out logs.secure
✅ Explanation: -e encrypts using AES-256, input and output files provided.
✔️A5. Python: Filter Logs
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with open("access.log") as infile, open("admin_logs.txt", "w") as outfile:
for line in infile:
if "admin" in line:
outfile.write(line)
✅ Explanation: Reads line by line and writes matches to new file.
✔️A6. curl POST Request
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curl -X POST -d "username=admin&password=1234" http://test.com/login
✅ Explanation: -d adds form data, default method is POST when -d is used.
✔️A7. Python: Count Unique IPv6
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import re
ipv6_set = set()
with open("access.log") as f:
for line in f:
match = re.findall(r'([0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}:){2,7}[0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}', line)
for m in match:
ipv6_set.add(line.strip())
print("Total unique IPv6:", len(ipv6_set))
✅ Explanation: Uses regex to match IPv6 and adds unique ones to a set.
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Q1. AWK + Array + Loop
You are given a file called students.csv with the following format:
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ID,Name,Grade1,Grade2,Grade3
101,Amal,75,80,90
102,Salem,65,55,40
103,Lina,88,90,92
Task:
Write an awk script that does the following:
For each student, calculate the average grade.
If the average is less than 60, print: ID Name FAIL
Otherwise, print: ID Name PASS
📄 Expected Output:
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101 Amal PASS
102 Salem FAIL
103 Lina PASS
🔸 Q2. Python Log Cleaner + JSON Output
You have a web log file web.log that contains various types of HTTP requests:
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[INFO] 200 OK /index.html
[ERROR] 403 Forbidden /admin
[WARNING] 404 Not Found /missing
[INFO] 302 Redirect /login
Task:
Write a Python script that:
Extracts only the status codes and URLs (e.g., 200 /index.html)
Saves them into a list of dictionaries
Exports the list into a JSON file called cleaned.json
📄 Expected cleaned.json Output:
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[
{"status": "200", "url": "/index.html"},
{"status": "403", "url": "/admin"},
{"status": "404", "url": "/missing"},
{"status": "302", "url": "/login"}
]
🔸 Q3. sed IPv4 Cleaner + Count
You are given a file access.txt containing IPv4 addresses mixed with text:
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Login from 192.168.1.1
Failed login from 10.0.0.2
10.0.0.2 attempted again
Ping to 8.8.8.8 successful
Task:
Write a small bash script using sed and sort | uniq -c that:
Replaces all IPv4 addresses with the word IP
Counts how many times each line occurs (after replacement)
Outputs the result to cleaned_access.txt
📄 Expected Output in cleaned_access.txt:
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2 Failed login from IP
1 Login from IP
1 Ping to IP successful
✅ Answer Key & Explanations
✔️A1. AWK – Student Pass/Fail Script
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awk -F, 'NR>1 {
avg = ($3 + $4 + $5)/3
if (avg < 60)
print $1, $2, "FAIL"
else
print $1, $2, "PASS"
}' students.csv
✅ Explanation:
NR > 1 skips the header.
$3, $4, $5 are the grades.
Calculates average and prints based on condition.
✔️A2. Python – Log Extract to JSON
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import json
import re
logs = []
with open("web.log") as f:
for line in f:
match = re.search(r'\[(INFO|ERROR|WARNING)\] (\d{3}) .* (/.*)', line)
if match:
status = match.group(2)
url = match.group(3)
logs.append({"status": status, "url": url})
with open("cleaned.json", "w") as outfile:
json.dump(logs, outfile, indent=2)
✅ Explanation:
Uses regex to extract status and URL.
Adds them to a list of dictionaries.
Dumps JSON to a file.
✔️A3. sed + uniq – IPv4 Replacement and Count
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#!/bin/bash
# Script Name: clean_ipv4.sh
sed -E 's/([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}/IP/g' access.txt | sort | uniq -c >
cleaned_access.txt
✅ Explanation:
Replaces all IPv4 with IP
Sorts the lines
Uses uniq -c to count repeated lines
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Socket programming
curl headers
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Q1. Python Socket Server & Client
You need to create a simple Python TCP server and client.
Task:
Write a Python TCP server script that:
o Listens on localhost and port 12345
o Accepts a connection from a client
o Receives a message, prints it, and sends back "ACK" to client
o Closes the connection
Write a Python TCP client script that:
o Connects to the server at localhost:12345
o Sends the message "Hello Server"
o Receives the response and prints it
🔸 Q2. Python HTTP GET Request
You want to fetch data from a website and print response details.
Task:
Write a Python script that:
o Sends a GET request to https://httpbin.org/get
o Prints the status code
o Prints the response headers line by line
o Prints the response body as text
🔸 Q3. cURL: POST with Custom Header
You want to test sending JSON data with an authorization token.
Task:
Write a curl command that:
o Sends a POST request to https://httpbin.org/post
o Sends JSON data: { "user": "test", "pass": "123" }
o Adds a custom header: Authorization: Bearer abc123token
o Prints the full response headers and body
✅ Solutions & Explanations
✔️A1. Python TCP Server
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# server.py
import socket
# Create socket object
server_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
# Bind to localhost and port 12345
server_socket.bind(('localhost', 12345))
# Listen for incoming connections (max 1 client)
server_socket.listen(1)
print("Server listening on port 12345...")
conn, addr = server_socket.accept()
print(f"Connected by {addr}")
# Receive message from client (1024 bytes max)
data = conn.recv(1024)
print("Received from client:", data.decode())
# Send acknowledgement
conn.sendall(b"ACK")
# Close connection
conn.close()
server_socket.close()
✔️A1. Python TCP Client
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# client.py
import socket
# Create socket object
client_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
# Connect to server on localhost and port 12345
client_socket.connect(('localhost', 12345))
# Send message to server
client_socket.sendall(b"Hello Server")
# Receive response
response = client_socket.recv(1024)
print("Received from server:", response.decode())
# Close connection
client_socket.close()
✔️A2. Python HTTP GET Request
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import requests
response = requests.get("https://httpbin.org/get")
# Print status code
print("Status Code:", response.status_code)
# Print response headers
print("Headers:")
for header, value in response.headers.items():
print(f"{header}: {value}")
# Print response text (body)
print("\nResponse Body:")
print(response.text)
✔️A3. cURL POST with Custom Header
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curl -X POST https://httpbin.org/post \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer abc123token" \
-d '{"user": "test", "pass": "123"}' \
-i
-X POST specifies method
-H adds headers (Content-Type & Authorization)
-d sends JSON data
-i includes response headers in output
🎯 How to Run:
For Q1:
o Run server.py in one terminal
o Run client.py in another terminal
For Q2:
o Run the Python script with python script.py
For Q3:
o Run the curl command directly in your shell
