Program 1 B.Sc Computer Science BCA Linux and Shell Programming - Lab Bharathiar University - Write a shell script to stimulate the file commands: rm, cp, cat, mv, cmp, wc, split, diff.

 

B.Sc Computer Science 

Linux and Shell Programming - Lab  

Bharathiar University 

Program 1-  Write a shell script to stimulate the file commands: rm, cp, cat, mv, cmp, wc, split, diff. 

Source Code

# Create sample files

echo "Welcome all of you." > f1.txt

echo "Thanks for coming" > f2.txt

# Display the contents of file 1

echo "Contents of file 1:"

cat f1.txt

echo

# Display the contents of file 2

echo "Contents of file 2:"

cat f2.txt

echo

# Copy file 1 to file3

cp f1.txt f3.txt

echo "file 1 copied to file 3."

# Display the contents of file 3

echo "Contents of file 3:"

cat f3.txt

echo

# Rename file 3 to sample.txt

mv f3.txt sample.txt

echo "file 3 renamed to sample.txt."

# Display the contents of sample.txt

echo "Contents of sample.txt:"

cat sample.txt

echo

# Compare file 1 and sample.txt

cmp -s f1.txt sample.txt

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then

    echo "file 1 and sample.txt are identical."

else

    echo "file 1 and sample.txt are different."

fi

echo

# Display the word count of file 1

echo "Word count of file 1: $(wc f1.txt)"

echo

# Split file 1 into two parts

split -n 2 f1.txt file_

echo "file 1 split into two parts: file_aa and file_ab."

echo "Contents of file_aa:"

cat file_aa

echo

echo "Contents of file_ab:"

cat file_ab

echo

# Display the differences between file1.txt and file2.txt

diff f1.txt f2.txt

echo

# Clean up: Remove temporary files

rm f1.txt f2.txt sample.txt file_aa file_ab

echo "Temporary files removed."

Sample OUTPUT: