1. Explain the following unexpected result: $ whereis date date: /bin/date ... $ echo $PATH .:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin $ cat > date echo "This is my own version of date." $ ./date Sunday April 14 10:00:49 PDT 2020
1. Explain the following unexpected result:
$ whereis date
date: /bin/date ...
$ echo $PATH
.:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
$ cat > date
echo "This is my own version of date."
$ ./date
Sunday April 14 10:00:49 PDT 2020
2. What are two ways you can execute a shell script when you do not have execute
permission for the file containing the script? Can you execute a shell
script if you do not have read permission for the file containing the script?
3. What is the purpose of the PATH variable?
a. Set the PATH variable so that it causes the shell to search the following
directories in order:
• /usr/local/bin
• /usr/bin
• /bin
• /usr/kerberos/bin
• The bin directory in your home directory
• The working directory
b. If there is a file named doit in /usr/bin and another file with the same
name in your ~/bin directory, which one will be executed? (Assume that
you have execute permission for both files.)
c. If your PATH variable is not set to search the working directory, how
can you execute a program located there?
d. Which command can you use to add the directory /usr/games to the end
of the list of directories in PATH?
4. Assume you have made the following assignment:
$ person=zach
Give the output of each of the following commands:
a. echo $person
b. echo '$person'
c. echo "$person"
5. The following shell script adds entries to a file named journal-file in your
home directory. This script helps you keep track of phone conversations
and meetings.
$ cat journal
# journal: add journal entries to the file
# $HOME/journal-file
file=$HOME/journal-file
date >> $file
echo -n "Enter name of person or group: "
read name
echo "$name" >> $file
echo >> $file
cat >> $file
echo "----------------------------------------------------" >> $file
echo >> $file
a. What do you have to do to the script to be able to execute it?
b. Why does the script use the read builtin the first time it accepts input
from the terminal and the cat utility the second time?
6. Assume the /home/zach/grants/biblios and /home/zach/biblios directories
exist. Give Zach’s working directory after he executes each sequence of
commands given. Explain what happens in each case.
a.
$ pwd
/home/zach/grants
$ CDPATH=$(pwd)
$ cd
$ cd biblios
b.
$ pwd
/home/zach/grants
$ CDPATH=$(pwd)
$ cd $HOME/biblios
7. Name two ways you can identify the PID number of the login shell.
8. Give the following command:
$ sleep 30 | cat /etc/inittab
Is there any output from sleep? Where does cat get its input from? What
has to happen before the shell displays another prompt?
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