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What command structure is used to execute conditional commands in the given script?
Which file descriptor represents standard output (STDOUT)?
In the command 'ls -l | wc -l', what does the output represent?
What is the significance of using the pipe character '|' in command pipelines?
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Which command would correctly count the number of words in 'food2.txt' using piping?
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What does the permission '2' signify when applied to a file in UNIX?
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Which command is used to change the group ownership of a file in UNIX?
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What role do the files ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bash_login serve in the UNIX shell?
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What does the 'x' permission mean for directories in UNIX?
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Which command would you use to view all currently set environment variables in the shell?
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What is meant by 'globbing' in a UNIX shell context?
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Which of the following statements regarding shell variables is correct?
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In a shell script, what is the purpose of the command 'echo -e'?
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What happens when using the command 'ls -l > l.txt' if 'l.txt' already exists?
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Which command will read input from 'food2.txt' without knowing the filename as an argument?
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What does the command 'ls -l 1> l.txt' achieve?
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What is the function of the command 'cat non_existing.txt 2> l.txt'?
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What wildcard character does '*' represent in Bash globbing?
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What will happen if the command 'ls -l food2.txt massimo' is executed and 'massimo' does not exist?
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Which command redirects both standard output and standard error to the same file?
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What character is used to prevent Bash from interpreting output redirection as a file name?
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What does the command 'ls *.??' do?
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Which special parameter expands to the number of positional parameters?
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What does the arithmetic expansion $((3 * 21 + 2)) evaluate to?
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Which quoting mechanism allows for nested quotes?
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Which command would display the contents of all files in the current directory?
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What is the function of the special parameter $? in a shell script?
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Which symbols must be quoted to use them literally in the shell?
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What does the command 'ls food[1-3].txt' list?
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What does the regex pattern p[aui]nt match?
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Which grep option would you use to count the number of matching lines?
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What is the result of the command 'grep -i "pattern" file.txt'?
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Which character in a regex indicates the end of a string?
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How do you prevent the shell from altering a regex when using grep?
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What will the command 'grep -l foo file1 file2 file3' output if only file1 and file3 contain 'foo'?
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What does the regex \d\d match?
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Which grep option inverts the match to show non-matching lines?
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Study Notes
Basic UNIX Commands
- General syntax:
command [options] [arguments]
- UNIX filesystem access categories: user, group, others
- Permissions for files: readable (r), writable (w), executable (x)
- Permissions expressed in octal:
- 4: readable
- 2: writable
- 1: executable
- 0: none, 5: readable + executable, 6: readable + writable, 7: all
- Files:
- r: can be read
- w: can be modified
- x: can be executed
- Directories:
- r: list files
- w: create/remove files
- x: navigate to the directory
Scripting
- Shell reads configuration files at startup:
~/.profile
,~/.bash_profile
,~/.bash_login
,~/.bash_logout
,~/.bashrc
- Bash features include:
- Shell variables and command substitution
- Arithmetic expression evaluation
- Globbing: pattern matching with wildcards (*, ?, [])
- Redirection, piping, functions, and control structures
- Example script (
display.sh
):- Displays date, time, username, and current directory
- Uses command substitution with
whoami
and iterates through a list of filenames
Piping and Redirection
- Standard input, output, and error:
- STDIN: input from keyboard (file descriptor 0)
- STDOUT: output to screen (file descriptor 1)
- STDERR: error messages (file descriptor 2)
- Piping connects commands using
|
, redirecting output of one to input of another. - Examples:
-
ls -l | wc -l
: counts files and directories -
cat food2.txt | wc -w
: counts words in a file
-
- Redirection to/from files:
-
ls -l > l.txt
: output tol.txt
, overwriting existing content -
cat < l.txt
: input redirected froml.txt
-
ls -l >> l.txt
: appends tol.txt
-
- Standard error redirection:
ls non_existing.txt 2> l.txt
- Combined redirection of standard output and error:
cat l.txt non_existing.txt > l.txt 2>&1
Globbing
- Wildcards in commands for pattern matching:
-
*
: matches any string -
?
: matches any single character -
[...]
: matches any enclosed character
-
- Examples:
-
ls *.txt
: lists all.txt
files -
cat *
: displays content of all files
-
Special Parameters
- Special parameters in the shell include:
-
*
: positional parameters as a single string -
$1
-$9
: individual positional parameters -
@
: positional parameters as separate strings -
#
: number of positional parameters -
?
: exit status of last command -
$
: process ID -
0
: script name
-
Arithmetic Expansion
- Use
$(( ))
for evaluating arithmetic expressions - Example:
echo $((3 * 21 + 2))
outputs65
Quoting
- Quoting mechanisms remove special meaning from characters:
- Escape character (
\
): preserves literal value - Single quotes: preserves every character literally, cannot be nested
- Double quotes: similar, but
$
,`
, and\
retain special meaning
- Escape character (
Grep Command
-
grep
searches files for lines matching a regular expression. - Common options:
-
-c
: count matching lines -
-l
: list names of files with matches -
-i
: ignore case -
-n
: show line numbers
-
- Regular expressions enclosed in single quotes to prevent shell interpretation:
grep -E 'f?' f2
searches for lines matching expressionf?
in filef2
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Explore the fundamentals of UNIX commands and their syntax in this quiz. Understand the UNIX filesystem's user, group, and others access categories. Test your knowledge of file permissions and their representations in octal form.