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# bash
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A `bash` script is a sequence of command that are executed one by one.
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Most of the time we just execute one command and wait for the result to then make a decision and execute an other command.
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We can however create a sequence of commands on the command line.
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```
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(baseline-) ➜ ~ echo hello world
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hello world
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(baseline-) ➜ ~ date
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Wed 16 Mar 2022 07:06:02 PM CET
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(baseline-) ➜ ~ cal
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March 2022
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Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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(baseline-) ➜ ~ echo hello world date cal
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hello world date cal
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(baseline-) ➜ ~ echo hello world; date; cal
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hello world
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Wed 16 Mar 2022 07:06:19 PM CET
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March 2022
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Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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```
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A very visually similar result, but completely different operation, can be obtained by replacing the `;` with `&` or `&&`.
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`&` will launch a new process and send it to the background, `&&` will **evaluate** the return status of your process and only continue **if** the status was `0`, or in other words successful.
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```
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(baseline-) ➜ ~ echo hello world & date & cal
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[1] 3075524
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hello world
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[2] 3075525
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[1] - 3075524 done echo hello world
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Wed 16 Mar 2022 07:06:33 PM CET
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[2] + 3075525 done date
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March 2022
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(baseline-) ➜ ~ echo hello world && date && cal
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hello world
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Wed 16 Mar 2022 07:06:40 PM CET
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March 2022
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Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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(baseline-) ➜ ~
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```
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This should make you think we can create quite complicated logical flows in `bash` and you're right!
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But first things first, let's create our first script!
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```
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(baseline-) ➜ bash file test.sh
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test.sh: Bourne-Again shell script, ASCII text executable
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(baseline-) ➜ bash ls -l test.sh
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-rwxr-xr-x 1 waldek waldek 39 Mar 16 19:13 test.sh
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(baseline-) ➜ bash cat test.sh
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#!/bin/bash
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echo hello world
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cal
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date
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(baseline-) ➜ bash ./test.sh
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hello world
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March 2022
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Wed 16 Mar 2022 07:27:22 PM CET
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(baseline-) ➜ bash bash test.sh
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hello world
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March 2022
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Wed 16 Mar 2022 07:27:25 PM CET
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(baseline-) ➜ bash
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```
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If you observe the output above you can conclude multiple things.
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* the `test.sh` file is a simple text file
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* it has executable permissions for the owner, group and others
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* we can execute the sequence of commands in the script in two ways
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* `./test.sh`
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* `bash test.sh`
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* the content is a series of commands but with a *weird* first line
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That first line is called a [shebang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix)) and is a way of explaining which interpreter understands the lines that follow.
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If you venture out into the python universe you'll encounter the same norm but with a different path to an interpretor, often `/bin/python3` or `/usr/bin/env python3`.
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The later is a sort of shortcut that points to the local python installation, even if it's not in a standard location.
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A shebang is not necessary for a script to function but is **highly** advised.
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The `env` program is actually very interesting!
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Let's try it by itself.
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```
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➜ ~ env
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PAGER=less
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LANGUAGE=en_US:en
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GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN=/org/gnome/Terminal/screen/022a5a78_fe95_445c_9b33_f6dcb35cfd27
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LANG=en_US.UTF-8
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DISPLAY=:0
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SWAYSOCK=/run/user/1000/sway-ipc.1000.1565.sock
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WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0
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AUTOSWITCH_VERSION=3.4.0
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HUSHLOGIN=FALSE
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USER=waldek
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OLDPWD=/home/waldek/bin/bash
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HOME=/home/waldek
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MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1
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VIRTUAL_ENV=/home/waldek/.virtualenvs/baseline-
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DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-acMe3wyyoo,guid=ad1233c6039551be866f78ae61f911b2
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XDG_VTNR=1
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XDG_SEAT=seat0
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I3SOCK=/run/user/1000/sway-ipc.1000.1565.sock
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LESS=-R
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_=/usr/bin/env
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LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.wim=01;31:*.swm=01;31:*.dwm=01;31:*.esd=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.webp=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.m4a=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.opus=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:
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AUTOSWITCH_DEFAULTENV=baseline
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VTE_VERSION=6203
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LSCOLORS=Gxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad
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ZSH=/home/waldek/.oh-my-zsh
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AUTOSWITCH_FILE=.venv
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MAIL=/var/mail/waldek
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LOGNAME=waldek
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PS1=(baseline-) %(?:%{%}➜ :%{%}➜ ) %{$fg[cyan]%}%c%{$reset_color%} $(git_prompt_info)
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GDK_BACKEND=wayland
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PATH=/home/waldek/.virtualenvs/baseline-/bin:/home/waldek/.cargo/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/home/waldek/.local/bin:/home/waldek/bin/python/:/home/waldek/.local/bin:/home/waldek/bin/python/
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XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
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QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland
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XDG_SESSION_ID=2
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XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland
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FPATH=/home/waldek/.oh-my-zsh/functions:/home/waldek/.oh-my-zsh/completions:/home/waldek/.oh-my-zsh/cache/completions:/home/waldek/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/autoswitch_virtualenv:/home/waldek/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/git:/home/waldek/.oh-my-zsh/functions:/home/waldek/.oh-my-zsh/completions:/home/waldek/.oh-my-zsh/cache/completions:/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions:/usr/share/zsh/vendor-functions:/usr/share/zsh/vendor-completions:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Calendar:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Chpwd:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/AIX:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/BSD:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Base:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Cygwin:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Darwin:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Debian:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Linux:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Mandriva:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Redhat:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Solaris:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Unix:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/X:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Zsh:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/openSUSE:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Exceptions:/usr/share/zsh/functions/MIME:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Math:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Misc:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Newuser:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Prompts:/usr/share/zsh/functions/TCP:/usr/share/zsh/functions/VCS_Info:/usr/share/zsh/functions/VCS_Info/Backends:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Zftp:/usr/share/zsh/functions/Zle:/usr/share/zsh:/usr/share/zsh
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SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh
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AUTOSWITCH_SILENT=1
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EDITOR=vim
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MOTD_SHOWN=pam
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SHLVL=2
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GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVICE=:1.10
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COLORTERM=truecolor
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XCURSOR_SIZE=24
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TERM=xterm-256color
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PWD=/home/waldek
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XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
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➜ ~
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```
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What is all of this?
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Well, the are the current **environment variables** defined in your shell.
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You'll probably recognize some of them.
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Let's play around with what we have defined.
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```
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➜ ~ echo SHELL
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SHELL
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➜ ~ echo $SHELL
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/usr/bin/zsh
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➜ ~ echo $USER
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waldek
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➜ ~ echo $HOME
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/home/waldek
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➜ ~ echo $
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zsh: do you wish to see all 223 possibilities (56 lines)?
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```
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Yes, tab complete works!
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Your variables will be slightly different but that's not an issue at all.
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```
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➜ ~ echo $
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! EUID MAILPATH SWAYSOCK
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# fg manpath TERM
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* FG MANPATH termcap
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- fg_bold module_path terminfo
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? fg_no_bold MODULE_PATH TIMEFMT
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@ fignore modules TMPPREFIX
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_ FIGNORE MOTD_SHOWN TRY_BLOCK_ERROR
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$ fpath MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND TRY_BLOCK_INTERRUPT
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0 FPATH nameddirs TTY
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aliases funcfiletrace NULLCMD TTYIDLE
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ARGC FUNCNEST OLDPWD UID
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argv funcsourcetrace OPTARG USER
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AUTOSWITCH_DEFAULTENV funcstack OPTIND userdirs
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AUTOSWITCH_FILE functions options usergroups
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AUTOSWITCH_SILENT functions_source OSTYPE USERNAME
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AUTOSWITCH_VERSION functrace PAGER VENDOR
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bg FX parameters VIRTUAL_ENV
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BG galiases patchars VTE_VERSION
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bg_bold GDK_BACKEND _patcomps watch
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bg_no_bold GID path WATCH
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bold_color GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN PATH WATCHFMT
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builtins GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVICE pipestatus WAYLAND_DISPLAY
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cdpath histchars plugins widgets
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CDPATH HISTCHARS _postpatcomps WORDCHARS
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color HISTCMD PPID XCURSOR_SIZE
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COLORTERM HISTFILE precmd_functions XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
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colour history preexec_functions XDG_SEAT
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COLUMNS historywords prompt XDG_SESSION_CLASS
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commands HISTSIZE PROMPT XDG_SESSION_ID
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_compautos HOME PROMPT2 XDG_SESSION_TYPE
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_comp_dumpfile HOST PROMPT3 XDG_VTNR
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COMPLETION_WAITING_DOTS HUSHLOGIN PROMPT4 zle_bracketed_paste
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_comp_options I3SOCK PS1 ZLS_COLORS
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comppostfuncs jobdirs PS2 ZSH
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compprefuncs jobstates PS3 ZSH_ARGZERO
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_comps jobtexts PS4 ZSH_CACHE_DIR
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_comp_setup key psvar ZSH_COMPDUMP
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CPUTYPE KEYBOARD_HACK PSVAR ZSH_CUSTOM
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d keymaps PWD zsh_eval_context
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DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS KEYTIMEOUT QT_QPA_PLATFORM ZSH_EVAL_CONTEXT
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debian_missing_features LANG RANDOM ZSH_NAME
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dirstack langinfo READNULLCMD ZSH_PATCHLEVEL
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dis_aliases LANGUAGE reset_color zsh_scheduled_events
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dis_builtins _lastcomp reswords ZSH_SUBSHELL
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dis_functions LESS saliases ZSH_THEME
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dis_functions_source LINENO __savecursor ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_CLEAN
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dis_galiases LINES SAVEHIST ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_DIRTY
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dis_patchars LISTMAX SCREEN_NO ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_PREFIX
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DISPLAY LOGCHECK __searching ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_SUFFIX
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dis_reswords LOGNAME _services ZSH_THEME_RUBY_PROMPT_PREFIX
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dis_saliases LS_COLORS SHELL ZSH_THEME_RUBY_PROMPT_SUFFIX
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EDITOR LSCOLORS SHLVL ZSH_THEME_RVM_PROMPT_OPTIONS
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EGID MACHTYPE SHORT_HOST ZSH_THEME_TERM_TAB_TITLE_IDLE
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EPOCHREALTIME MAIL signals ZSH_THEME_TERM_TITLE_IDLE
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EPOCHSECONDS MAILCHECK SPROMPT ZSH_VERSION
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epochtime mailpath status
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➜ ~ echo $
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```
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We can create our own variables as follows.
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Notice how an undefined variable does not throw an error.
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This is very typical for shell scripting, python on the other hand would crash over an undefined variable.
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```
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waldek@helloworld:~$ echo $USER
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waldek
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waldek@helloworld:~$ echo $name
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waldek@helloworld:~$ name="wouter gordts"
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waldek@helloworld:~$ echo $name
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wouter gordts
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waldek@helloworld:~$
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```
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If you open up a new shell this `$name` variable will not be defined because variables are local to each instance of `bash` that is running.
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This can be observed as follows.
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We can *export* variables to children with the `export` keyword.
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```
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waldek@helloworld:~$ name="wouter gordts"
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waldek@helloworld:~$ echo $name
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wouter gordts
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waldek@helloworld:~$ bash
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waldek@helloworld:~$ echo $name
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waldek@helloworld:~$ exit
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exit
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waldek@helloworld:~$ export name
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waldek@helloworld:~$ bash
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waldek@helloworld:~$ echo $name
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wouter gordts
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waldek@helloworld:~$ exit
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exit
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waldek@helloworld:~$
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```
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# Using variables to store the output of command
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Bash only really knows *characters*, both for sending and receiving.
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We can temporarily store the output of a command using variables.
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The syntax is a bit tricky at first but quickly becomes quite natural.
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We can try this out on the command line.
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Next we'll write a small script to leverage the power of variables and pipes.
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```
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waldek@metal:~$ grep $USER /etc/passwd
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waldek:x:1000:1000:waldek,,,:/home/local/waldek:/bin/zsh
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waldek@metal:~$ my_name=$(grep $USER /etc/passwd)
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waldek@metal:~$ echo $my_name
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waldek:x:1000:1000:waldek,,,:/home/local/waldek:/bin/zsh
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waldek@metal:~$
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```
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A little bit more complicated.
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```
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waldek@metal:~$ count=$(grep "/home" /etc/passwd | wc -l)
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waldek@metal:~$ msg="there are $count users on this machine"
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waldek@metal:~$ echo $msg
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there are 4 users on this machine
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waldek@metal:~$
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```
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Now a small script.
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```bash
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#!/bin/bash
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FULLNAME="wouter gordts"
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CITY="Brussels"
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echo "this script was written by $FULLNAME in $CITY"
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IP=$(ip a | grep -v "127.0.0.1" | grep -o -E "[[:digit:]]{1,3}\.[[:digit:]]{1,3}\.[[:digit:]]{1,3}\.[[:digit:]]{1,3}\/[[:digit:]]{1,3}")
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TIME=$(date +%X)
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DAY=$(date +%A)
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YEAR=$(date +%Y)
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echo "this computer has $IP as IP address"
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echo "it is $TIME and we are a $DAY in $YEAR"
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```
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Which if we run it gives us the following output.
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```
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waldek@metal:~$ bash test.sh
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this script was written by wouter gordts in Brussels
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this computer has 10.1.12.53/24 as IP address
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it is 02:17:02 PM and we are a Tuesday in 2022
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waldek@metal:~$
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```
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# Coding challenge - Output system stats
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Write a program that prints information about your computer such as:
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* the hostname
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* the FQDN
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* number of cpus
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* type of cpu
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* amount of RAM
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Write a program that prints information about a given user such as:
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* name
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* UID
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* their default shell
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* groups they are a member of
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* number of files in their home directory
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* amount of disk space they use
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# Getting input into the script
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## With `read`
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Observe the output of the following *program*.
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It's not really complicated but it will demonstrate we can do arithmetic in bash scripts as well!
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```
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waldek@metal:~$ bash test.sh
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In which year where you born?
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1986
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your are probably around 36...
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waldek@metal:~$
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```
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The output above was generated with the following code.
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The **two** things to notice are the `read year` line and the `$(( $this_year - $year ))`.
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The former offers the possibility to **prompt** the user for input, the latter performs a mathematical calculation with two numbers.
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
echo "In which year where you born?"
|
||
read year
|
||
this_year=$(date +%Y)
|
||
echo "your are probably around $(( $this_year - $year ))..."
|
||
waldek@metal:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
# Coding challenge - Secret input
|
||
|
||
Can you create me a secret password prompt?
|
||
Something like this.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ bash test.sh
|
||
what is your secret password?
|
||
hmmm, I don't know how to compare helloworld to supersecret
|
||
waldek@metal:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
We haven't learned how to *evaluate* values but if you're eager and quick you can try to figure it out yourself.
|
||
If not, no worries, we'll get to *conditional logic* soon enough.
|
||
|
||
<details>
|
||
<summary>Spoiler warning!</summary>
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
my_pass="supersecret"
|
||
|
||
read -s -p "what is your secret password? " pass
|
||
echo
|
||
echo "hmmm, I don't know how to compare $pass to $my_pass"
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
</details>
|
||
|
||
### `read` multiple variables
|
||
|
||
`read` can be used to unpack multiple values right on the spot!
|
||
By *unpacking* I mean that each value is separated by **white space**.
|
||
A demonstration can be seen below, plus the actual code right after.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ bash test.sh
|
||
first and last name please: wouter gordts
|
||
hello mr gordts...
|
||
or may I call you wouter?
|
||
waldek@debian:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
read -p "first and last name please: " first last
|
||
echo "hello mr $last..."
|
||
echo "or may I call you $first?"
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
#### Exercise - unpack values
|
||
|
||
It is worth discovering what happens when you supply too many or to little values.
|
||
Please try this out!
|
||
|
||
# Coding challenge - Birthday **day**
|
||
|
||
Write me `bash` program that asks for your date of birth and prints the day of the week that was.
|
||
Like the output below.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@server:~$ bash birthday.sh
|
||
what is your birthday (day month year)? 07 10 1986
|
||
you where born on a Tuesday
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
<details>
|
||
<summary>Spoiler warning!</summary>
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
read -p "what is your date of birth? (day month year) " day month year
|
||
|
||
day_of_the_week=$(date +%A -d "$month/$day/$year")
|
||
|
||
echo "you where born on a $day_of_the_week"
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
</details>
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
## With command line arguments
|
||
|
||
We can create a similar behaviour but with command line arguments.
|
||
By doing so we don't have to answer any questions the script poses at runtime.
|
||
If we create a script that will run for a long time, it doesn't require any interaction mid way!
|
||
All necessary information is supplied by at execution time.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ bash test.sh 1986
|
||
your are probably around 36...
|
||
waldek@metal:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
year=$1
|
||
this_year=$(date +%Y)
|
||
echo "your are probably around $(( $this_year - $year ))..."
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
The magic behind is the `$1` variable.
|
||
This variable represents the *first* argument on the command line.
|
||
Knowing this, what would `$4` mean?
|
||
Indeed, the *fourth* argument...
|
||
|
||
# Coding Challenge - output the exact output below
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ bash test.sh hello world 1986 35 foo bar linux rulez...
|
||
hello waldek, my name is test.sh
|
||
you supplied 8 arguments on the command line...
|
||
here are all of them on one line: hello world 1986 35 foo bar linux rulez...
|
||
waldek@metal:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
<details>
|
||
<summary>Spoiler warning!</summary>
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
echo "hello $USER, my name is $0"
|
||
echo "you supplied $# arguments on the command line..."
|
||
echo "here are all of them on one line: $@"
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
</details>
|
||
|
||
# More math!
|
||
|
||
## The `let` keyword
|
||
|
||
TODO
|
||
|
||
## The `expr` keyword
|
||
|
||
TODO
|
||
|
||
## Double parenthesis
|
||
|
||
We've already seen the basic syntax before but here are some more examples.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ a=11
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ b=202
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ echo $(( $a + $b ))
|
||
213
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ echo $(( $a - $b ))
|
||
-191
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ echo $(( $a * $b ))
|
||
2222
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ echo $(( $a / $b ))
|
||
0
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ echo $(( $a % $b ))
|
||
11
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
Incrementing variables can also be done with the double parenthesis syntax.
|
||
We can't use the `$` to reference the variable though.
|
||
This is a *classic* example of bash's finicky behaviour.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ echo $(( b++ ))
|
||
202
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ echo $(( b++ ))
|
||
203
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ echo $(( b++ ))
|
||
204
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ echo $(( b++ ))
|
||
205
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ echo $(( b++ ))
|
||
206
|
||
waldek@metal:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
## Variable length
|
||
|
||
As bash only *knows* characters it has a built in feature to determine a variable's length.
|
||
You can print the length of a variable, or use it to calculate something, with the following syntax.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ test="hello world! bash is pretty sweet..."
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ echo ${#test}
|
||
36
|
||
waldek@metal:~$ echo $(( ${#test} + 1986 ))
|
||
2022
|
||
waldek@metal:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
[Ryan's tutorials](https://ryanstutorials.net/bash-scripting-tutorial/bash-arithmitic.php)
|
||
|
||
# If Statements - How to make decisions within your Bash script.
|
||
|
||
The small *password* checker we made before could use some [conditional logic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_(computer_programming)).
|
||
We can easily implement this in `bash` with the following syntax.
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
my_pass="supersecret"
|
||
|
||
read -s -p "what is your secret password? " pass
|
||
echo
|
||
|
||
if [ $pass == $my_pass ]; then
|
||
echo "access granted!"
|
||
fi
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
The `[ $pass == $my_pass ]` is the actual *evaluation* and will **always** evaluate to either `true` or `false`.
|
||
If the statement is `true`, the following code get's executed.
|
||
If **not**, currently nothing happens.
|
||
We can introduce a second keyword `else` to handle this.
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
my_pass="supersecret"
|
||
|
||
read -s -p "what is your secret password? " pass
|
||
echo
|
||
|
||
if [ $pass == $my_pass ]; then
|
||
echo "access granted!"
|
||
else
|
||
echo "access denied..."
|
||
fi
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
The script above gives us the following behaviour.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@helloworld:~$ bash test.sh
|
||
what is your secret password?
|
||
access denied...
|
||
waldek@helloworld:~$ bash test.sh
|
||
what is your secret password?
|
||
access granted!
|
||
waldek@helloworld:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
We can add a bit more complexity to our possible branches with the `elif` keyword.
|
||
This keyword allows us to construct a second and third branch of execution.
|
||
Consider the sentence below.
|
||
|
||
> If you are younger than 27 you are still young so if you're older than 27 you're considered old, but if you are 27 on the dot your life might be at risk!
|
||
|
||
This sentence can be converted to a conditional logic block as follows.
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
read -p "how old are you? " age
|
||
echo
|
||
|
||
if [ "$age" -lt "27" ]; then
|
||
echo "you are so young! enjoy it"
|
||
elif [ "$age" -gt "27" ]; then
|
||
echo "you're sooo old!"
|
||
elif [ "$age" -eq "27" ]; then
|
||
echo "your life might be at risk..."
|
||
else
|
||
echo "I'm not sure I understand you."
|
||
fi
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
There is a little problem here though!
|
||
We can input anything we want, not only numbers, and this creates some error messages.
|
||
Bash is a bit special, compared to a language like `python3`, because it doesn't *crash* on an error.
|
||
It just *keeps going*.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@helloworld:~$ bash test.sh
|
||
how old are you? helloworld
|
||
|
||
test.sh: line 6: [: helloworld: integer expression expected
|
||
test.sh: line 8: [: helloworld: integer expression expected
|
||
test.sh: line 10: [: helloworld: integer expression expected
|
||
I'm not sure I understand you.
|
||
waldek@helloworld:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
We can check if the input is *really* a number and redirect the error to `/dev/null`.
|
||
If the number is not a real number we can't continue so we `exit` the script.
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
read -p "how old are you? " age
|
||
echo
|
||
|
||
if ! [ "$age" -eq "$age" ] 2> /dev/null
|
||
then
|
||
echo "Sorry integers only"
|
||
exit 1
|
||
fi
|
||
|
||
if [ "$age" -lt "27" ]; then
|
||
echo "you are so young! enjoy it"
|
||
elif [ "$age" -gt "27" ]; then
|
||
echo "you're sooo old!"
|
||
elif [ "$age" -eq "27" ]; then
|
||
echo "your life might be at risk..."
|
||
fi
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
## How does it work behind the scenes?
|
||
|
||
## exit status
|
||
|
||
Every command you execute on the command line has an **exit code**.
|
||
You can [read up](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_status) a bit on what they are but the most important things to know are:
|
||
|
||
* the code is always a **number**
|
||
* on our systems it's a [uint8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_(computer_science)#Common_integral_data_types) which means a value between **0** and **255**
|
||
* the [**convention**](https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exitcodes.html) is that `0` means **success**, everything else is an **error**
|
||
|
||
In your bash shell, the variable `$?` always references the *last* exit status code.
|
||
We can discover it's behaviour as follows.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ ls does_exist
|
||
does_exist
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ echo $?
|
||
0
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ ls does_not_exist
|
||
ls: cannot access 'does_not_exist': No such file or directory
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ echo $?
|
||
2
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ echo $?
|
||
0
|
||
waldek@debian:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
The **first** `echo $?` prints the exit code of `ls does_exist`.
|
||
The **second** prints the exit code of the *failed* command `ls does_not_exist`.
|
||
The **third** prints the exit code of the `echo $?` that failed!
|
||
|
||
## `test`
|
||
|
||
The presence of exit codes means we can **evaluate** their value and make **decisions** based on the outcome.
|
||
The main workhorse for this is a builtin called `test`.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ whatis test
|
||
test (1) - check file types and compare values
|
||
waldek@debian:~$
|
||
```
|
||
I **highly** recommend you take some time to read the `man test`.
|
||
Because the convention of exit codes is *no news, good news* there are two tiny programs that just serve to output `true` and `false`, where true is `0` and false is `1`.
|
||
A little demonstration.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ which true
|
||
/usr/bin/true
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ which false
|
||
/usr/bin/false
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ whatis true
|
||
true (1) - do nothing, successfully
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ whatis false
|
||
false (1) - do nothing, unsuccessfully
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ true
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ echo $?
|
||
0
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ false
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ echo $?
|
||
1
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ test true == true
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ echo $?
|
||
0
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ test true == false
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ echo $?
|
||
1
|
||
waldek@debian:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
Again, I highly advise you to read the `man test`.
|
||
If you did this then the following will make a lot of sense.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ test -a does_exist
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ echo $?
|
||
0
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ test -d does_exist
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ echo $?
|
||
1
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ test -a does_not_exist
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ echo $?
|
||
1
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ test ! -a does_not_exist; echo $?
|
||
0
|
||
waldek@debian:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
The table below is taken from the bash reference manual you can find [here](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#Bash-Conditional-Expressions).
|
||
|
||
| <div style="width:300px">command</div> | status |
|
||
| --- | --- |
|
||
| -a file | True if file exists. |
|
||
| -b file | True if file exists and is a block special file. |
|
||
| -c file | True if file exists and is a character special file. |
|
||
| -d file | True if file exists and is a directory. |
|
||
| -e file | True if file exists. |
|
||
| -f file | True if file exists and is a regular file. |
|
||
| -g file | True if file exists and its set-group-id bit is set. |
|
||
| -h file | True if file exists and is a symbolic link. |
|
||
| -k file | True if file exists and its "sticky" bit is set. |
|
||
| -p file | True if file exists and is a named pipe (FIFO). |
|
||
| -r file | True if file exists and is readable. |
|
||
| -s file | True if file exists and has a size greater than zero. |
|
||
| -t fd | True if file descriptor fd is open and refers to a terminal. |
|
||
| -u file | True if file exists and its set-user-id bit is set. |
|
||
| -w file | True if file exists and is writable. |
|
||
| -x file | True if file exists and is executable. |
|
||
| -G file | True if file exists and is owned by the effective group id. |
|
||
| -L file | True if file exists and is a symbolic link. |
|
||
| -N file | True if file exists and has been modified since it was last read. |
|
||
| -O file | True if file exists and is owned by the effective user id. |
|
||
| -S file | True if file exists and is a socket. |
|
||
| file1 -ef file2 | True if file1 and file2 refer to the same device and inode numbers. |
|
||
| file1 -nt file2 | True if file1 is newer (according to modification date) than file2, or if file1 exists and file2 does not. |
|
||
| file1 -ot file2 | True if file1 is older than file2, or if file2 exists and file1 does not. |
|
||
| -o optname | True if the shell option optname is enabled. The list of options appears in the description of the -o option to the set builtin (see The Set Builtin). |
|
||
| -v varname | True if the shell variable varname is set (has been assigned a value). |
|
||
| -R varname | True if the shell variable varname is set and is a name reference. |
|
||
| -z string | True if the length of string is zero. |
|
||
| -n string string | True if the length of string is non-zero. |
|
||
| string1 == string2 | True if the strings are equal. When used with the [[ command, this performs pattern matching as described above (see Conditional Constructs). ‘=’ should be used with the test command for POSIX conformance. |
|
||
| string1 = string2 | True if the strings are equal. When used with the [[ command, this performs pattern matching as described above (see Conditional Constructs). ‘=’ should be used with the test command for POSIX conformance. |
|
||
| string1 != string2 | True if the strings are not equal. |
|
||
| string1 < string2 | True if string1 sorts before string2 lexicographically. |
|
||
| string1 > string2 | True if string1 sorts after string2 lexicographically. |
|
||
|
||
## Nested `if` statements
|
||
|
||
It's worth pointing out we can *nest* `if` statements *inside* other `if` statements.
|
||
There is no real theoretical limit to how *deep* we can go, but it's advised to keep the limit to two or three levels.
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
num="40"
|
||
|
||
if [ "$num" -lt "300" ]; then
|
||
echo "$num is a small number"
|
||
if [ "$(( $num % 2))" -eq 0 ]; then
|
||
echo "and it is even"
|
||
else
|
||
echo "$num is not even"
|
||
fi
|
||
fi
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
## A *modern* version of `test`
|
||
|
||
I'll be the first to admit that the syntax of `bash` can be confusing and is rarely reader friendly.
|
||
A nice, but brief, explication of the nuances of single and double brackets can be found in [this](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/306111/what-is-the-difference-between-the-bash-operators-vs-vs-vs) stack overflow post.
|
||
The double bracket command are called [compound commands](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Compound-Commands.html).
|
||
|
||
### `[[ ]]`
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ [[ 3 = [[:digit:]] ]] ; echo $?
|
||
0
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ [ 3 = [[:digit:]] ] ; echo $?
|
||
1
|
||
```
|
||
TODO
|
||
|
||
### `(( ))`
|
||
|
||
TODO
|
||
|
||
### `&&` and `||`
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ test true == true && echo "yes sir!" || echo "nope..."
|
||
yes sir!
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ test true == false && echo "yes sir!" || echo "nope..."
|
||
nope...
|
||
waldek@debian:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
[Ryan's tutorials](https://ryanstutorials.net/bash-scripting-tutorial/bash-if-statements.php)
|
||
|
||
# Coding challenge - File information
|
||
|
||
Write a script that takes one argument which should be a valid file path.
|
||
The program should print out what type of file this is, and if it is readable, print the first and last 5 lines.
|
||
If the file does not exist, an error message should be shown.
|
||
Something along these lines.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@helloworld:~$ bash test.sh .bashrc
|
||
.bashrc exists, I'll dig a little deeper
|
||
it is indeed a file
|
||
and I can read it!
|
||
here are the first 5 lines
|
||
# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
|
||
# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files (in the package bash-doc)
|
||
# for examples
|
||
|
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# If not running interactively, don't do anything
|
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and here are the last 5 lines
|
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elif [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
|
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. /etc/bash_completion
|
||
fi
|
||
fi
|
||
. "$HOME/.cargo/env"
|
||
waldek@helloworld:~$ bash test.sh .not_a_file
|
||
that's not a file!
|
||
waldek@helloworld:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
<details>
|
||
<summary>Spoiler warning!</summary>
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
filepath=$1
|
||
|
||
if [ -e "$filepath" ]; then
|
||
echo "$filepath exists, I'll dig a little deeper"
|
||
if [ -f "$filepath" ]; then
|
||
echo "it is indeed a file"
|
||
if [ -r "$filepath" ]; then
|
||
echo "and I can read it!"
|
||
echo "here are the first 5 lines"
|
||
head -n 5 $filepath
|
||
echo "and here are the last 5 lines"
|
||
tail -n 5 $filepath
|
||
fi
|
||
fi
|
||
else
|
||
echo "that's not a file!"
|
||
fi
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
</details>
|
||
|
||
# Coding challenge - pipe or argument?
|
||
|
||
Can you code me a script that depending on how it is called, with argument or via pipe, prints a different message?
|
||
Along these lines...
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ bash test.sh
|
||
No input was found on stdin, skipping!
|
||
No input given!
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ bash test.sh shopping.list
|
||
No input was found on stdin, skipping!
|
||
Filename specified: shopping.list
|
||
Doing things now..
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ cat shopping.list | bash test.sh
|
||
Data was piped to this script!
|
||
waldek@debian:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
<details>
|
||
<summary>Spoiler warning!</summary>
|
||
|
||
**It might take you some time but we've seen all the necessary building blocks!**
|
||
|
||
<details>
|
||
<summary>Spoiler warning!</summary>
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
if [ -p /dev/stdin ]; then
|
||
echo "Data was piped to this script!"
|
||
else
|
||
echo "No input was found on stdin, skipping!"
|
||
if [ -f "$1" ]; then
|
||
echo "Filename specified: ${1}"
|
||
echo "Doing things now.."
|
||
else
|
||
echo "No input given!"
|
||
fi
|
||
fi
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
</details>
|
||
|
||
</details>
|
||
|
||
# Loops - A variety of ways to perform repetitive tasks.
|
||
|
||
Up until now all our scripts run from top to bottom, executing each line as they are read.
|
||
Most, if not all, programming languages offer some form of looping to **repeat** lines of code either based on a **condition** or for a predefined number of *items*.
|
||
|
||
## `while` loop
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
counter=0
|
||
|
||
while [[ counter -lt 10 ]]; do
|
||
echo $counter
|
||
(( counter++ ))
|
||
done
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
### Read from a file with a `while` loop
|
||
|
||
Below you can see I have two files, one is my *shopping list*, the other my script.
|
||
The script loops over each item I have to buy and prints me a verbose message.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ cat shopping.list
|
||
6 eggs
|
||
1 bread
|
||
2 milk
|
||
4 pasta
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ bash test.sh shopping.list
|
||
you need to buy: 6 eggs
|
||
you need to buy: 1 bread
|
||
you need to buy: 2 milk
|
||
you need to buy: 4 pasta
|
||
waldek@debian:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
One way to do this is with a `while` loop.
|
||
The syntax is a follows.
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
while read line; do
|
||
echo "you need to buy: $line"
|
||
done < $1
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
The syntax is not what I would call *pretty* but it is quite effective.
|
||
The **file** `$1` is redirected **into** the `while` loop which performs a `read`.
|
||
**When** there are no more lines in the file, the condition **fails** and the loop exits.
|
||
|
||
### Read from a pipe with a `while` loop
|
||
|
||
We can use a *very* similar construct to read data from a pipe.
|
||
The utilisation is as follows.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ cat shopping.list | ./test.sh
|
||
you need to buy: 6 eggs
|
||
you need to buy: 1 bread
|
||
you need to buy: 2 milk
|
||
you need to buy: 4 pasta
|
||
waldek@debian:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
And the code that does this as such.
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
while IFS= read line; do
|
||
echo "you need to buy: $line"
|
||
done
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
What on earth is this `IFS=`?
|
||
I'm glad you [asked](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/184863/what-is-the-meaning-of-ifs-n-in-bash-scripting)!
|
||
|
||
## `for` loop
|
||
|
||
Ah, my favorite loop!
|
||
While the `while` loop runs as long as a condition is `true`, the `for` loop **iterates** over *items*.
|
||
The simplest way to visualize it would be as follows.
|
||
For each *friend* in my list of friends I'll say hello.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ ./test.sh
|
||
these are my friends: adam camille alice bob steve
|
||
hello adam!
|
||
hello camille!
|
||
hello alice!
|
||
hello bob!
|
||
hello steve!
|
||
waldek@debian:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
The syntax to achieve this goes as follows.
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
friends="adam camille alice bob steve"
|
||
echo "these are my friends: $friends"
|
||
for f in $friends; do
|
||
echo "hello $f!"
|
||
done
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
### Counter loops with `for`
|
||
|
||
We can do a counter loop as well via a `for` loop.
|
||
An easy way to do this is by using the `seq` program.
|
||
Remember to read the `man seq` for more information.
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
for number in $(seq 0 10); do
|
||
echo "number is $number"
|
||
done
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
### Finicky behaviour
|
||
|
||
`bash` is not the prettiest language and the difference between single and double quotes can be a bit confusing.
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
for animal in dog cat horse 'racing horse' whale; do
|
||
echo "$animal says: I'm an animal..."
|
||
done
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
Which gives the following output.
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ ./test.sh
|
||
dog says: I'm an animal...
|
||
cat says: I'm an animal...
|
||
horse says: I'm an animal...
|
||
racing horse says: I'm an animal...
|
||
whale says: I'm an animal...
|
||
waldek@debian:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
## `break` and `continue`
|
||
|
||
When we consider the `secret.sh` password checker we made, we have a problem.
|
||
The program always exits, either with a success code `0` or with an error of `1`.
|
||
In order to *break* a loop conditionally we need a new keyword, `break`.
|
||
I rewrote the same script but with a more logical flow of operation.
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
secret="test123"
|
||
tries=3
|
||
|
||
while true; do
|
||
read -s -p "your password please: " password
|
||
if [[ $password == $secret ]]; then
|
||
echo "access granted!"
|
||
break
|
||
else
|
||
(( tries-- ))
|
||
if [[ $tries -eq 0 ]]; then
|
||
echo "access denied!"
|
||
exit 1
|
||
fi
|
||
echo "wrong password, you have $tries left..."
|
||
fi
|
||
done
|
||
|
||
echo "we're in!"
|
||
echo "the code keeps on flowing..."
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
`continue` is very similar to `break`.
|
||
It *breaks* the current iteration and **continues** to the next cycle.
|
||
Consider the example below.
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
counter=0
|
||
value=0
|
||
|
||
while [[ $counter -lt 100 ]]; do
|
||
if (( $counter % 2 )); then
|
||
echo "$counter is even"
|
||
random=$(( $RANDOM % 20 ))
|
||
echo "adding $random to the counter"
|
||
counter=$(( $random + $counter ))
|
||
echo "and I'll loop again"
|
||
continue
|
||
fi
|
||
echo "incrementing $counter by just one..."
|
||
(( counter++ ))
|
||
done
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
# Functions - Reuse code to make life easier.
|
||
|
||
## defining a function
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
function say_hello() {
|
||
echo "hello world"
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
say_hello
|
||
say_hello
|
||
say_hello
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
## function arguments
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
function say_hello() {
|
||
echo "hello $1"
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
say_hello
|
||
say_hello "Alice"
|
||
say_hello "Steve" "Camille"
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
## global vs local variable
|
||
|
||
### global example
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
default="my friend"
|
||
|
||
function say_hello() {
|
||
if ! [[ -z $1 ]]; then
|
||
default=$1
|
||
fi
|
||
echo "hello $default"
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
say_hello
|
||
say_hello "Alice"
|
||
say_hello
|
||
```
|
||
### local example
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
default="my friend"
|
||
|
||
function say_hello() {
|
||
if ! [[ -z $1 ]]; then
|
||
local name=$1
|
||
else
|
||
local name=$default
|
||
fi
|
||
echo "hello $name"
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
say_hello
|
||
say_hello "Alice"
|
||
say_hello
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
## return values
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
function add_two_numbers() {
|
||
if [[ -z $1 ]] && [[ -z $2 ]]; then
|
||
echo "I need two arguments!"
|
||
return 1
|
||
elif ! [[ "$1" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || ! [[ "$2" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
|
||
echo "arguments need to be numbers!"
|
||
return 2
|
||
fi
|
||
echo "$1 + $2 = $(( $1 + $2 ))"
|
||
return 0
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
add_two_numbers
|
||
echo $?
|
||
add_two_numbers "Alice" "Bob"
|
||
echo $?
|
||
add_two_numbers 3 4
|
||
echo $?
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
## the `command` builtin
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
function ls () {
|
||
echo "I'm a function..."
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
ls
|
||
command ls /etc/ssh/
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
# Coding challenge - pipe or argument plus action!
|
||
|
||
Can you expand the previous coding challenge, where you perform a conditional logic on the input of the script and actually *use* the incoming data?
|
||
For example, print a shopping list or make a sum of all items you need to purchase.
|
||
|
||
# Coding challenge - Rename files
|
||
|
||
Rename all files from [this](../assets/simple_sort_01.tar.gz) file with an prefix or postfix.
|
||
Can you give the files that start with an **uppercase** letter a different pre or postfix?
|
||
Can you move the files with lowercase into a different folder?
|
||
If you did it with a prefix, now try with a postfix.
|
||
|
||
# Coding challenge - Rename jpeg files
|
||
|
||
Download [these](../assets/jpeg_ext.tar) files, which are all `jpeg` files.
|
||
The extensions however are not really uniform.
|
||
Find the most common extension type and rename all files with that extension.
|
||
|
||
# Coding challenge - Remove duplicate files
|
||
|
||
Find all duplicate files from [this](../assets/shasum.tar) and move them to a different directory.
|
||
How certain are you that they are duplicates?
|
||
|
||
# Coding challenge - File tree
|
||
|
||
Download [this](../assets/tree.tar) file and use the content of the directory to write me a program that prints the content as a tree structure.
|
||
You can be *creative* but it's interesting to learn how to perform these action by hand.
|
||
As an extra challenge I would like you to add different behaviour to the script, depending on the input.
|
||
For example, if the input file is a `tar.gz` file, the program will automatically uncompress and then show the tree.
|
||
|
||
[hint](https://www.shellscript.sh/eg/directories/)
|
||
|
||
# Coding challenge - Compare and move
|
||
|
||
Compare [these](../assets/) files from `one` directory with `second` directory and if they exist in the second directory, copy them to a `third` directory.
|
||
|
||
|
||
<details>
|
||
|
||
<summary>Spoiler warning!</summary>
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
dir1=directory1
|
||
dir2=directory2
|
||
dir3=directory3
|
||
v=v # change to v= to make it quieter
|
||
shopt -s globstar
|
||
mkdir -p$v "$dir3"
|
||
for f1 in "$dir1"/*.dll; do
|
||
for f2 in "$dir2"/**/"${f1##*/}"; do
|
||
if [[ -f "$f2" ]]; then
|
||
cp ${v:+-v} "$f1" "$dir3/"
|
||
break
|
||
fi
|
||
done
|
||
done
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
</details>
|
||
|
||
# Coding challenge - Guess the number
|
||
|
||
Can you make me a small guessing game like the one below?
|
||
|
||
```
|
||
waldek@debian:~$ ./test.sh
|
||
I have a number in mind between 0 and 100
|
||
your quess: 10
|
||
my number is smaller...
|
||
your quess: 5
|
||
my number is bigger...
|
||
your quess: helloworld
|
||
I don't understand you...
|
||
your quess: 6
|
||
disco! I had 6 in mind...
|
||
waldek@debian:~$
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
<details>
|
||
|
||
<summary>Spoiler warning!</summary>
|
||
|
||
```bash
|
||
#!/bin/bash
|
||
|
||
difficulty=100
|
||
computernumber=$(( $RANDOM % ( $difficulty + 1)))
|
||
echo "I have a number in mind between 0 and $difficulty"
|
||
|
||
while true; do
|
||
read -p "your quess: " usernumber
|
||
if [ $usernumber -lt $computernumber ] 2> /dev/null; then
|
||
echo "my number is bigger..."
|
||
elif [ $usernumber -gt $computernumber ] 2> /dev/null; then
|
||
echo "my number is smaller..."
|
||
elif [ $usernumber -eq $computernumber ] 2> /dev/null; then
|
||
echo "disco! I had $computernumber in mind..."
|
||
break
|
||
else
|
||
echo "I don't understand you..."
|
||
fi
|
||
done
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
</details>
|
||
|
||
# Coding challenge - Student reports
|
||
|
||
With the [following](../assets/scores.csv) file write me a program that prints:
|
||
|
||
* the total average score for each student
|
||
* individual scores for each student
|
||
* list of passed student or list of failed students
|
||
|
||
# User Interface - Make your scripts user friendly.
|
||
|
||
* `case` for command line arguments
|
||
* `select` for small menu's
|
||
* [dialog tutorial](https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2807)
|
||
* [better dialog tutorial](https://linuxcommand.org/lc3_adv_dialog.php)
|
||
* [Ryan's tutorials](https://ryanstutorials.net/bash-scripting-tutorial/bash-user-interfaces.php)
|
||
|
||
# Coding challenge - Address book
|
||
|
||
* one file db or folder db
|
||
* use [recutils](https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/manual/) for an easy to use text based database
|
||
* case insensitive search
|
||
* edit record when found
|
||
* format cell phone number to standard representation
|
||
|
||
# Arrays in `bash`
|
||
|
||
TODO
|
||
|
||
## Python
|
||
|
||
[This](https://gitea.86thumbs.net/waldek/python_course_doc) repository has a twenty day course to learn python written by me.
|
||
The main file you need to follow is [this](https://gitea.86thumbs.net/waldek/python_course_doc/src/branch/master/learning_python3.md) one.
|
||
Some practical exercises can be found [here](https://gitea.86thumbs.net/waldek/linux_course_doc/src/branch/master/modules/qualifying/exercise_python.md) together with the needed [source files](https://gitea.86thumbs.net/waldek/linux_course_doc/src/branch/master/modules/qualifying/assets/files.tar.gz).
|
||
|
||
## Vim as an IDE
|
||
|
||
I made a tutorial on the essentials of [vim customization](https://gitea.86thumbs.net/waldek/linux_course_doc/src/branch/master/modules/qualifying/learning_vim_configuration.md).
|
||
My real world configuration can be found at [this](https://gitea.86thumbs.net/waldek/vimrc) repository.
|
||
|