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Old 10-21-2007, 03:31 PM   #1
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Scripting help please


I am very much a newbie when it comes to Linux scripting. I have however been summoned to write a simple script in which I am having difficulty even getting started. If anyone can help me out it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance

Here are the requirements:

Write a script named file-info that includes the following:

1. Accepts a directory as an optional command line parameter.

2. Clears the screen.

3. Displays an error message and terminates if more than one parameter is provided.

4. Uses the current directory if no parameter is provided.

5. Displays an error message and terminates if the provided parameter is not a directory

6. For the directory to be processed, displays a single line of information about each regular file within it: file name, file size, file owner (in that order). For any file that is zero bytes in length, the script is to offer to delete the file, accepting only y/n responses and then proceeding accordingly.

7. Contains appropriate documentation and error checking. (Hint: the following command can be used to set the values of positional parameters: set -- $(ls –l filename) This may be useful in this script although the script can be written using other commands already in your repertoire.)
 
Old 10-21-2007, 03:35 PM   #2
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From the way the text is phrased it seems fairly clear this is some form of coursework / homework. we aren't here to do your learning for you. we can help you, sure, but that means we can get you past a syntax issue, a confusion over the right tool to do a single task... we can't tell you how to do all that.
 
Old 10-21-2007, 04:11 PM   #3
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This subject is so generic and so well documented on the Internet.
 
Old 10-21-2007, 06:31 PM   #4
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It even looks like cut and paste from the assignment.... ("...using other commands already in your repertoire")

Tell us more about the course, what texts you are using, etc.

How much of the assignment do you know how to do?
 
  


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