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Mastering Linux Shell Scripting - Second Edition

By : Mokhtar Ebrahim, Andrew Mallett
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Book Image

Mastering Linux Shell Scripting - Second Edition

5 (1)
By: Mokhtar Ebrahim, Andrew Mallett

Overview of this book

In this book, you’ll discover everything you need to know to master shell scripting and make informed choices about the elements you employ. Grab your favorite editor and start writing your best Bash scripts step by step. Get to grips with the fundamentals of creating and running a script in normal mode, and in debug mode. Learn about various conditional statements' code snippets, and realize the power of repetition and loops in your shell script. You will also learn to write complex shell scripts. This book will also deep dive into file system administration, directories, and system administration like networking, process management, user authentications, and package installation and regular expressions. Towards the end of the book, you will learn how to use Python as a BASH Scripting alternative. By the end of this book, you will know shell scripts at the snap of your fingers and will be able to automate and communicate with your system with keyboard expressions.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Questions

  1. Suppose you have a file with the following content:
Hello, sed is a powerful editing tool. I love working with sed
If you master sed, you will be a professional one

And suppose you use the following command:

$ sed 's/Sed/Linux sed/g' myfile 

How many lines will be substituted?

  1. Suppose you have the same file that was used in the previous question and you use the following command:
$ sed '2d' myfile  

How many lines will be deleted from the file?

  1. What is the location of the inserted line in the following example?
$ sed '3a\Example text' myfile  
  1. Suppose you have the same previous sample file and you run the following command:
$ sed '2i\inserted text/w outputfile' myfile  

How many lines will be saved to the output file?