Lab 8 Shell Script Reference: Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial v1.05r3 A Beginner's handbook

if condition if condition which is used for decision making in shell script, If given condition is true then command1 is executed. Syntax: if condition then then command1... command1... fi fi $ vi showfile #Script to print file # if cat $1 then echo -e "\n\nFile $1, found and successfully echoed" fi $ chmod 755 showfile $./showfile file-name

if condition $ vi trmif # Script to test rm command and exist status # if rm $1 then echo "$1 file deleted" fi $ chmod 755 trmif $./trmif file-name

test command or [ expr ] - -True  return zero(0) Is used to see if an expression is true - -False  returns nonzero test expression OR [ expression ] Syntax: test expression OR [ expression ] $ vi ispositive # Script to see whether argument is positive # if test $1 -gt 0 then echo "$1 number is positive" fi Run it as follows: $ chmod 755 ispositive $./ispositive 5

test command or [ expr ] For test statement with if commandFor [ expr ] statement with if command Mathematical Operator in Shell Script Meaning if [ 5 -eq 6 ]if test 5 -eq 6 is equal to -eq if [ 5 -ne 6 ]if test 5 -ne 6 is not equal to -ne if [ 5 -lt 6 ]if test 5 -lt 6 is less than -lt if [ 5 -le 6 ]if test 5 -le 6 is less than or equal to -le if [ 5 -gt 6 ]if test 5 -gt 6 is greater than -gt if [ 5 -ge 6 ]if test 5 -ge 6 is greater than or equal to -ge

test command or [ expr ] String Comparisons MeaningOperator string1 is equal to string2 string1 = string2 string1 is NOT equal to string2 string1 != string2 string1 is NOT NULL or not defined string1 string1 is NOT NULL and does exist -n string1 string1 is NULL and does exist -z string1

test command or [ expr ] Logical Operators MeaningOperator Logical NOT ! expression Logical AND expression1 -a expression2 Logical OR expression1 -o expression2

if …else…fi If given condition is true then command1 is executed otherwise command2 is executed. Syntax: if condition thenconditionelse if condition is not true then execute all commands up to fi fi

if …else…fi $ vi isnump_n # Script to see whether argument is positive or negative if [ $# -eq 0 ] then echo "$0 : You must give/supply one integers" exit 1 fi if test $1 -ge 0 then echo "$1 number is positive" else echo "$1 number is negative" fi $ chmod 755 isnump_n $./isnump_n 5

myscript $0 foo $1 Bar $2 Special shell variables $0…$9 $# tells you how many parameter your script was given Positional parameters or command line arguments myscript foo bar

if …else…fi Syntax: if condition Then if condition if conditionthen do this else fielse do this fi

Nested if-else-fi $ vi nestedif osch=0 echo "1. Unix (Sun Os)" echo "2. Linux (Red Hat)" echo -n "Select your os choice [1 or 2]? " read osch if [ $osch -eq 1 ] ; then echo "You Pick up Unix (Sun Os)" else if [ $osch -eq 2 ] ; then echo "You Pick up Linux (Red Hat)" else echo "error only 1 or 2" fi fi $ chmod 755 nestedif $./ nestedif

Multilevel if-then-else Syntax: if condition then condition is zero (true - 0) execute all commands up to elif statement execute all commands up to elif statement elif condition1 then condition1 is zero (true - 0) execute all commands up to elif statement elif condition2 then condition2 is zero (true - 0) execute all commands up to elif statement execute all commands up to elif statement else else None of the above condtion,condtion1,condtion2 are true (i.e. all of the above nonzero or false) (i.e. all of the above nonzero or false) execute all commands up to fi execute all commands up to fifi

$ vi elf # Script to test if..elif...else # if [ $1 -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1 is positive" elif [ $1 -lt 0 ] then echo "$1 is negative" elif [ $1 -eq 0 ] then echo "$1 is zero" else echo "Opps! $1 is not number, give number" fi $ chmod 755 elf $./ elf 8 $./ elf -3 $./ elf 0 $./ elf a

for Loop $ vi testfor for NUMBER in do echo "Welcome $NUMBER times" done Syntax: for { variable name } in { list } Do execute one for each item in the list until the list is not finished (And repeat all statement between do and done) execute one for each item in the list until the list is not finished (And repeat all statement between do and done)done $ vi for2 LIMIT = 10 for (( i = 1 ; i <= LIMIT; i++ )) do echo "Welcome $i times" done

for Loop $ vi nestedfor for (( i = 1; i <= 5; i++ )) ### Outer for loop ### do for (( j = 1 ; j <= 5; j++ )) ### Inner for loop ### do echo -n "$i " done echo "" #### print the new line ### done