UNIX Scripting Assignment - Part II

This UNIX scripting assignment focuses on creating shell programs using Bash. Students are tasked with writing scripts to display user information (home directory, path, userid, login shell), generate eight random numbers within a specified range, determine the highest and lowest random numbers, and exit the program. The assignment includes detailed explanations and examples for each task, making it a valuable resource for understanding basic UNIX scripting concepts.

Running head: NIT1202 OPERATING SYSTEMS
UNIX Script Assignment 1: Part II
Semester 2, 2017
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
1. Bourne Again Shell Script...........................................................................................................2
1.1. Print the information: the home directory, path, userid, login shell together with the
current date and time...................................................................................................................2
1.2. Shell program to display eight random number between range inputted by the user with
difference of 100..........................................................................................................................3
1.3. Printing the highest and the lowest numbers of the generated eight random numbers........4
1.4. Exit the program...................................................................................................................6
Output Results.................................................................................................................................7
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................10

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1. Bourne Again Shell Script
1.1. Print the information: the home directory, path, userid, login shell together with
the current date and time
#!/bin/bash
#Author's Name: Kiran Gautam
#Student_ID s458158
#Date: Oct 2017
#This script generates different information such as
# home directory, path, userid, login
# shell with the current date and time
# function for displaying a line of asterics
echo "Please choose any of the options"
option=("Option 1" "Option 2" "Option 3" "Option 4")
select option in "${option[@]}"
do
function ln(){
echo "*******************************"
}

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case $option in
"Option 1") clear
echo "Display the home directory : $(ls)"
ln # function called
echo "Diplay the path : $(echo $PATH)"
ln
echo "userid : $(id -u)"
ln
echo "login shell with current date and time:"
who
ln ;;
1.2. Shell program to display eight random number between range inputted by the
user with difference of 100
"Option 2")
#This script is created to accept a range
#from user and diplay eight random numbers between the range
#Author: Student_Name Kiran Gautam
#Student_ID s458158
#Date: Oct 2017

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echo "Enter the range and the difference must be 100:"
read upper
read lower
ln
echo "The random numbers between the range $upper and $lower is as follows: "
IFS=$'\n'
num=($(shuf -i $upper-$lower -n 8))
printf "%s\n" "${num[@]}"
ln
;;
1.3. Printing the highest and the lowest numbers of the generated eight random
numbers
"Option 3")
#The shell script is created for diplaying
#maximum and the minimum number from the random numbers
#generated in the above option
#Author's Name: Kiran Gautam
#Student_ID s458158
#Date: Oct 2017

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echo "The random numbers generated are as follows:"
IFS=$'\n'
#num=($(shuf -i $upper-$lower -n 8))
printf "%s\n" "${num[@]}"
ln
minimum=${num[0]}
maximum=${num[0]}
# Loop for the elements in the created array
for i in "${num[@]}"
do
# Printing the minimum number from the range
if [[ "$i" -lt "$minimum" ]]; then
minimum="$i"
fi
# Printing the maximum number from the range
if [[ "$i" -gt "$maximum" ]];
then
maximum="$i"

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fi
done
echo "The lower number from the range is: $minimum"
ln
echo "The highest number from the range is: $maximum"
ln
;;
1.4. Exit the program
"Option 4")
#This shell script exits the loop
#Author's Name: Kiran Gautam
#Student_ID s458158
#Date: Oct 2017
break
;;
*) echo "Entry is invalid"
;;
esac

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done
Output Results

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Bibliography
Dodis, Y., Pointcheval, D., Ruhault, S., Vergniaud, D., & Wichs, D. (2013, November). Security
analysis of pseudo-random number generators with input:/dev/random is not robust. In
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM SIGSAC conference on Computer & communications
security (pp. 647-658). ACM.
Kochan, S. G., & Wood, P. (2016). Shell Programming in Unix, Linux and OS X. Addison-
Wesley Professional.
Stevens, W. R., & Rago, S. A. (2013). Advanced programming in the UNIX environment.
Addison-Wesley.