Unix Shell Programming subject shell scripting ppt

UNIT 5
Branching Control Structures,
Loop-Control Structure, and
Continue and break Statements,
Expressions,
Command Substitution,
Command Line Arguments and
Functions.

Branching Control Structures
• Branching control structures allow you to control the flow of execution based
on certain conditions. The main branching control structures in shell
scripting are:
• if-else statements: These statements evaluate a condition and execute
one block of code if the condition is true, and another block of code if the
condition is false.
• case statements: Also known as switch statements in other programming
languages, case statements provide multiple conditional branches based on
the value of a variable.

Examples
#!/bin/bash
# Example script to check if a number is even or odd
echo "Enter a number:"
read number
if [ $((number % 2)) -eq 0 ]; then
echo "$number is even."
else
echo "$number is odd."
fi
OUTPUT:
Enter a number:
7
7 is odd.

Examples
#!/bin/bash
# Example script to determine the day of the
week based on a number
echo "Enter a number (1-7):"
read day
case $day in
1)
echo "Monday"
;;
2)
echo "Tuesday"
;;
3)
echo "Wednesday"
;;
4)
echo "Thursday"
;;
5)
echo "Friday"
;;
6)
echo "Saturday"
;;
7)
echo "Sunday"
;;
*)
echo "Invalid input. Please enter a number
between 1 and 7."
;;
esac
OUTPUT:
Enter a number (1-7):
3
Wednesday

Loop-Control Structure
• Loop-control structures allow you to execute a block of code
repeatedly until a certain condition is met. The main loop-control
structures in shell scripting are:
• for loops: These loops iterate over a sequence of values or
elements.
• while loops: These loops execute a block of code repeatedly as
long as a specified condition is true.
• until loops: These loops execute a block of code repeatedly until
a specified condition becomes true.

FOR
• A for loop construct can be used to execute a set of statements repeatedly as
long as a given condition is true.
• Here, expr1 contains initialization statement expr2 contains limit test
expression expr3 contains updating expression
• Firstly, expr1 is evaluated. It is executed only once.
• Then, expr2 is evaluated to true or false.
• If expr2 is evaluated to false, the control comes out of the loop w/o executing
the body of the loop.
• If expr2 is evaluated to true, the body of the loop (i.e. statement1) is executed.
• After executing the body of the loop, expr3 is evaluated.
• Then expr2 is again evaluated to true or false. This cycle continues until
expression becomes false.
Syntax:
for(expr1;expr2;expr3)
{
statement1;
}

EXAMPLE
#!/bin/sh
for i in 1 2 3 4 5
do
echo “welcome $i times”
done
OUTPUT

Iterate over all files in the current directory
#!/bin/bash
# Iterate over all files in the current directory
for file in *; do
echo "Processing file: $file"
done OUTPUT:
Processing file: file1.txt
Processing file: file2.txt
Processing file: directory

Nested loop
#!/bin/bash
# Nested loop example
for (( i=1; i<=3; i++ )); do
echo "Outer loop iteration: $i"
for (( j=1; j<=2; j++ )); do
echo "Inner loop iteration: $j"
done
done
OUTPUT:
Outer loop iteration: 1
Inner loop iteration: 1

WHILE
SYNTAX:
while (expression)
{
statement1
}
• A while loop construct can be used to execute a set of
statements repeatedly as long as a given condition is true.
• Firstly, the expression is evaluated to true or false.
• If expression is evaluated to false, the control comes out of the
loop w/o executing the body of loop.
• If the expression is evaluated to true, the body of the loop is
executed.
• After executing the body of the loop, the expression is again
evaluated to true or false. This cycle continues until expression
becomes false.

EXAMPLE
}
OUTPUT
#!/bin/sh
a=0
while [$a –lt 10]
do
echo “$a”
a=$(($a+1))
done

#!/bin/bash
# Prompt the user to enter a number
echo "Enter a number (0 to exit):"
# Initialize the variable to store user input
number=1
# Execute the loop until the user enters 0
while [ $number -ne 0 ]; do
read -r number
echo "You entered: $number"
done
• echo "Exiting the loop "
OUTPUT:
Enter a number (0 to exit):
5
You entered: 5
10
You entered: 10
0
You entered: 0
Exiting the loop.
Reading user input until a specific condition is met

#!/bin/bash
# Prompt the user to enter the length of the Fibonacci sequence
echo "Enter the length of the Fibonacci sequence:“
# Read the user input
read -r length
# Initialize variables for Fibonacci sequence
a=0
b=1
count=1
Generating a Fibonacci sequence

# Execute the loop to generate the Fibonacci sequence
echo "Fibonacci sequence:“
while [ $count -le $length ]; do
echo -n "$a "
fn=$((a + b))
a=$b
b=$fn
((count++))
Done
echo "" # Print a newline after the sequence
OUTPUT:
Enter the length of the Fibonacci sequence:
8
Fibonacci sequence:
0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13

Until Loop
• In an "until" loop, the loop continues executing the code
block until the specified condition evaluates to true.
• It is essentially the opposite of a "while" loop.
• Syntax:
until [ condition ]; do
# Code to be executed as long as the condition is false
done

UNTIL LOOP
#!/bin/bash
counter=0
until [ $counter -eq 5 ]; do
echo "Counter: $counter"
((counter++))
done
echo "Loop finished."
OUTPUT:
Counter: 0
Counter: 1
Counter: 2
Counter: 3
Counter: 4
Loop finished.

Squares using Until Loop
#!/bin/bash
target=10
current=1
until [ $current -ge $target ]; do
echo "Current Value: $current"
((current *= 2))
done
echo "Loop finished."
OUTPUT:
Current Value: 1
Current Value: 2
Current Value: 4
Current Value: 8
Loop finished.

Continue and break Statements
• These statements are used within loops to control the
flow of execution.
• continue: This statement causes the loop to skip the
rest of the current iteration and move to the next
iteration.
• break: This statement causes the loop to terminate
immediately, regardless of the loop's condition.

CONTINUE STATEMENTS
• The continue statement is similar to the break command, except that it
causes the current iteration of the loop to exit, rather than the entire
loop.
• This statement is useful when an error has occurred but you want to try
to execute the next iteration of the loop.
• Syntax:
continue [n]
//if n is mentioned then it continues from the nth enclosing loop.

Example
#!/bin/sh
for i in $(seq 1 5)
do
if (($i==3))
then
continue
fi
echo $i
done
OUTPUT:
1
2
4
5

Print even numbers between 1 and 10,
skipping odd numbers
#!/bin/bash
echo "Even numbers between 1 and 10:“
for ((i = 1; i <= 10; i++)); do
# Check if the number is odd
if [ $((i % 2)) -ne 0 ]; then
# Skip to the next iteration if the number is odd
continue
fi
# Print the even number
echo "$i"
OUTPUT:
Even numbers between 1 and 10:
2
4
6
8
10

BREAK STATEMENT
• The break statement is used to terminate the execution of the entire loop,
after completing the execution of all of the lines of code up to the break
statement.
• It then steps down to the code following the end of the loop.
• Syntax:
break [n]
// n is number of nested loops .
// By default the value of n is 1.

Example
#!/bin/sh
for i in $(seq 1 10)
do
if (($i==5))
then
break
fi
echo $i
done
OUTPUT:
1
2
3
4

Find the first negative number in a list of numbers
#!/bin/bash
echo "Finding the first negative number in the list:"
numbers=(5 10 -3 8 -6 2 4)
for num in "${numbers[@]}"; do
# Check if the number is negative
if [ $num -lt 0 ]; then
# Print the first negative number and exit the loop
echo "The first negative number is: $num"
break
fi
done
OUTPUT:
Finding the first negative number in the list:
The first negative number is: -3

Expressions
• Expressions in shell scripting are
combinations of operators, variables, and
values that evaluate to a single value.
• They are commonly used in conditions and
assignments.

Arithmetic Expressions
#!/bin/bash
result=$((10 + 5 * 2))
echo "Result of arithmetic expression: $result"
OUTPUT:
Result of arithmetic expression: 20

String Concatenation
#!/bin/bash
greeting="Hello"
name="John“
message="$greeting, $name!"
echo "$message"
OUTPUT:
Hello, John!

Comparison Expressions
#!/bin/bash
value1=10
value2=20
if [ $value1 -eq $value2 ]; then
echo "Values are equal"
else
echo "Values are not equal"
fi
OUTPUT:
Values are not equal

Logical Expressions
#!/bin/bash
age=25
if [ $age -ge 18 ] && [ $age -lt 60 ];
then
echo "You are an adult"
else
echo "You are not an adult"
fi
OUTPUT:
You are an adult

Command Substitution
• Command substitution allows you to use the
output of a command as part of another command
or expression.
• It can be done using backticks (`) or the $() syntax.

Basic Command Substitution
#!/bin/bash
current_date=$(date)
echo "Current date and time: $current_date"
OUTPUT:
Current date and time: <current_date_and_time>

Using Command Output in a Loop
#!/bin/bash
echo "Files in the current directory:"
for file in $(ls); do
echo "$file"
done
OUTPUT:
Files in the current directory:
file1.txt
file2.txt
directory

Command Substitution with Pipe
#!/bin/bash
# Command substitution with pipe example
cpu_info=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "model name" | uniq)
echo "CPU information: $cpu_info"
OUTPUT:
CPU information: model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz

Command Substitution in Arithmetic Expression
#!/bin/bash
total_files=$(ls | wc -l)
echo "Total number of files in the current directory:
$total_files"
OUTPUT:
Total number of files in the current directory: <number_of_files>

Command Line Arguments
• Command line arguments are values provided to a script
or program when it is executed from the command line.
• They can be accessed within the script using special
variables like $1, $2, etc., which represent the first,
second, and subsequent arguments passed to the script.

Basic Command Line Argument
#!/bin/bash
echo "First argument: $1"
OUTPUT:
./script.sh hello
First argument: hello

Multiple Command Line Arguments
#!/bin/bash
echo "First argument: $1"
echo "Second argument: $2"
echo "Third argument: $3"
OUTPUT:
./script.sh hello world 123
First argument: hello
Second argument: world
Third argument: 123

Using Command Line Arguments in a Loop
#!/bin/bash
echo "Command line arguments:“
for arg in "$@"; do
echo "$arg"
done
OUTPUT:
./script.sh one two three
Command line arguments:
one
two
three

Arithmetic Operation with Command Line
Arguments
#!/bin/bash
result=$(( $1 + $2 ))
echo "Sum of $1 and $2 is: $result"
OUTPUT:
./script.sh 5 10
Sum of 5 and 10 is: 15

Functions
• Functions in shell scripting allow you to encapsulate
blocks of code for reuse.
• They are defined using the function keyword or by
simply declaring them with their names followed by
parentheses.
• Functions can take arguments and return values.

Basic Function
#!/bin/bash
greet() {
echo "Hello, World!"
}
# Call the function
greet
OUTPUT:
Hello, World!

Function with Parameters
#!/bin/bash
greet() {
echo "Hello, $1!"
}
# Call the function with an argument
greet "John"
OUTPUT:
Hello, John!

Function with Return Value
#!/bin/bash
add() {
result=$(( $1 + $2 ))
echo $result
}
# Call the function and store the result in a variable
sum=$(add 5 10)
echo "Sum: $sum"
OUTPUT:
Sum: 15

Function with Local Variables
#!/bin/bash
calculate() {
local a=5
local b=10
local result=$(( a * b ))
echo "Result inside function: $result"
}
# Call the function
calculate
OUTPUT:
Result inside function: 50

Function Calling Another Function
#!/bin/bash
say_hello() {
echo "Hello!"
}
say_goodbye() {
echo "Goodbye!"
}
greet() {
say_hello
say_goodbye
}
• # Call the parent function
OUTPUT:
Hello!
Goodbye!

Recursive Function
#!/bin/bash
factorial() {
if [ $1 -eq 1 ]; then
echo 1
else
local prev=$(factorial $(( $1 - 1 )))
echo $(( $1 * prev ))
fi
}
# Calculate factorial of 5
result=$(factorial 5)
echo "Factorial of 5 is: $result"
OUTPUT:
Factorial of 5 is: 120

Function with Default Parameter
#!/bin/bash
greet() {
name=${1:-"World"}
echo "Hello, $name!"
}
# Call the function with and without argument
greet
greet "John"
OUTPUT:
Hello, World!
Hello, John!

Function Returning Multiple Values
#!/bin/bash
get_system_info() {
os=$(uname -s)
kernel=$(uname -r)
echo "$os $kernel"
}
# Call the function and store the result in variables
info=$(get_system_info)
echo "System information: $info"
OUTPUT:
System information: Linux 5.4.0-91-generic

Function with Error Handling
#!/bin/bash
divide() {
if [ $2 -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Error: Division by zero"
exit 1
fi
result=$(( $1 / $2 ))
echo "Result: $result"
}
# Call the function with different arguments
divide 10 2
divide 10 0
OUTPUT:
Result: 5
Error: Division by zero

Practice Programs
• Write a shell script that uses a for loop to print the multiplication table of a given
number.
• Create a script that iterates over a list of cities and prints a welcome message
for each city.
• Create a script that prompts the user for three numbers and prints their average
using a for loop.
• Write a shell script that displays the calendar for each month of a given year
using a for loop.
• Create a script that generates a random password of a specified length using a
for loop.
• Write a shell script that calculates the sum of digits of a given number using a
while loop.
• Create a script that reads numbers from the user until a negative number is
entered, then calculates and prints their sum.

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