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    Linux Coursework

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    This document provides instructions for a Linux assignment that is due on December 12th. It outlines 5 parts to the assignment involving Linux commands and shell scripting. Students are advised to complete the practical sheets first, especially Practical 5, as they provide examples that could help with the assignment questions. The assignment requires writing shell scripts to add numbers, work with an arbitrary number of inputs, print the day of the week for a given number, copy and list text files, and print information about files and directories in the current location. All answers must be submitted as a single document in Word or PDF format by the deadline.

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    This document provides instructions for a Linux assignment that is due on December 12th. It outlines 5 parts to the assignment involving Linux commands and shell scripting. Students are advised to complete the practical sheets first, especially Practical 5, as they provide examples that could help with the assignment questions. The assignment requires writing shell scripts to add numbers, work with an arbitrary number of inputs, print the day of the week for a given number, copy and list text files, and print information about files and directories in the current location. All answers must be submitted as a single document in Word or PDF format by the deadline.

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    This document provides instructions for a Linux assignment that is due on December 12th. It outlines 5 parts to the assignment involving Linux commands and shell scripting. Students are advised to complete the practical sheets first, especially Practical 5, as they provide examples that could help with the assignment questions. The assignment requires writing shell scripts to add numbers, work with an arbitrary number of inputs, print the day of the week for a given number, copy and list text files, and print information about files and directories in the current location. All answers must be submitted as a single document in Word or PDF format by the deadline.

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    Linux Coursework

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    Brian Dean
    This document provides instructions for a Linux assignment that is due on December 12th. It outlines 5 parts to the assignment involving Linux commands and shell scripting. Students are advised to complete the practical sheets first, especially Practical 5, as they provide examples that could help with the assignment questions. The assignment requires writing shell scripts to add numbers, work with an arbitrary number of inputs, print the day of the week for a given number, copy and list text files, and print information about files and directories in the current location. All answers must be submitted as a single document in Word or PDF format by the deadline.

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    CSC8010 Linux Assignment

    Introduction:
    You are advised to work through Practicals 1-5 first.
    Answer all parts. Submit your answers in a single document NESS will be set up to
    accept .doc, .docx, and .pdf files. The deadline is Monday December 12 th, 12:00
    Aim:
    To gain experience with the Linux operating system
    Learning/Skill Outcomes:
    This coursework will enable you to practice the following skills:
    Linux commands
    Linux shell scripting
    Specification:
    Please attempt all parts to the assignment if you are unable to complete an answer in
    its entirety, do include a partial solution in your answer document as it may well score
    some marks. Marks for individual part questions are shown next to the questions.
    Paste all of your answers into a single answer document. See below for details of
    acceptable formats.
    Submission and Deadlines:
    Your coursework must be submitted to the NESS system by the deadline specified.
    Note that NESS imposes deadlines rigorously, and even work that is a few seconds
    late (e.g. because of network delays caused by students all submitting at the last
    moment) will be flagged as late.
    You must submit one file, in Word (.docx or .doc) format or as a PDF file.
    Hints and Tips:
    Before beginning this assignment, make sure you have completed all of the practical
    sheets, in particular, Practical 5. If you are unsure of how to tackle a particular
    question look back through the practical sheets as these may well give you a starting
    point.

    a) Write a shell script which adds up 10 numbers entered by the user and displays the
    result to the screen. You must use the read command to obtain the numbers from
    the user. (4 marks)
    b) Alter the script you wrote in part a) of this question so that it works for an arbitrary
    list of numbers. Again, you must use the read command to obtain all input from
    the user. (5 marks)
    c) Write a script which takes in a number from the user and prints out the
    corresponding day of the week, e.g. Monday for 1 and Sunday for 7. Try, if you can,
    to make sure the program doesnt crash if the user enters something unexpected. (5
    marks)
    d) Write a script which makes a new directory called MyTextFiles, copies all text
    files (i.e. those ending in .txt you can ignore any permutations such as .TXT)
    from the current directory to this new directory, produces a list of files within that
    directory redirected to a new file called DirectoryListing.txt and displays on the
    screen the number of lines in the file, DirectoryListing.txt.
    (5 marks)
    e) Write a shell script which looks at the contents of the current directory and for all
    directories prints out the word Directory followed by the name of the directory and
    a comma-separated list of the directorys contents and for all files prints out the word
    File and the name of the file.
    (6 marks)
    Remember: all answers to this question must be submitted in a single document via
    NESS.

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