Lesson 10: Writing Scripts
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Objectives covered
o 105.2 Customize or write simple scripts (weight: 4)
o 107.2 Automate system administration tasks by scheduling jobs
(weight: 4)
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Customize or write simple scripts
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Global environment variables
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Local environment variables
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Setting local and global variables
Local variables Global variables
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Locating System Environment Variables
1. /etc/profile
2. $HOME/.bash_profile $HOME/.bashrc $BASH_ENV variable
3. $HOME/.bash_login
4. $HOME/.profile
Login shell Interactive shell Noninteractive shell
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Using Command Aliases
Using Command Aliases
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Shell features
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Shell script format
Shebang sign
Commands Comment
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Running shell scripts
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Shell variables
Global environment variables
Local variables
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Shell script arguments
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Time for labs
Execise 20: Writing scripts – Part 1
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Shell script – Accept input from user
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Shell script – Accept input from user
Limit the character for reading
Timing out reading
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Shell script – Accept input from user
Silent reading
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Shell script – Exit status
Command completed successfully have the exit value 0
Control the exit value of shell script with exit command
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Shell script programming
Command subtitution
Performing math
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Shell script programming
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Shell script programming
if [ condition ]
then
commands
fi
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Shell script programming
if [ condition ]
then
commands
fi
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Shell script programming
case variable in
pattern1) commands1;;
pattern2 | pattern3) commands2;;
*) default commands;;
esac
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Time for labs
Execise 21: Writing scripts – Part 2
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Shell script programming
for variable in series ; do
commands
done
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Shell script programming
while [ condition ] ; do
commands
done
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Shell script programming
function name {
commands
}
Or
name() {
commands
}
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Running script in background
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Automate system administration
tasks by scheduling jobs
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Scheduling script to run – at
at [-f filename] time
Time format
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Scheduling script to run – at
at send output of the script via mail
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Scheduling script to run – at
List pending jobs
Remove job
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Scheduling script to run – cron table
min hour dayofmonth month dayofweek command
Command Description
$ crontab –l List all the entries on the cron table of your
user
$ export Set the EDITOR variable value to vi editor
EDITOR=vi for using when edit the crontab
$ crontab –e Edit the crontab with the EDITOR pre set
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Time for labs
Execise 22: Writing scripts – Part 3
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Question...!
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