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Bennett University (The Times Group)
Program- BTech-3rd Semester Type- Sp. Core-I
Course Code- CSET213 Course Name-Linux and Shell Programming
Year- 2025 Semester- Odd
Date- 29/08/2025 Batch- Cyber Security (B15-28)
Lab Assignment 7
Exp No Name CLO Achieved Marks
CO1 CO CO3
2
7 Shell programming loops √ √ 2
Objective: To learn and use shell loops for the development of applications.
Outcomes: After hands-on you will be able to write basic shell scripts using loops for the
development of applications.
Hands-on Learning on loops (45 minutes)
1. For Loops: for loops iterate through a set of values until the list is exhausted
Example:
Method 1: Method 2: Method 3: Method 4:
for i in 1 2 3 4 5 for i in {1..5} echo "Bash version $ # set counter 'c' to 1 and
do do {BASH_VERSION}..." condition
echo " Iteration number echo "Iteration $i for i in {0..10..2} # c is less than or equal to 5
$i" times" do for (( c=1; c<=5; c++ ))
done done echo "Iteration $i times" do
done echo "Iteration $c times"
done
Conditional exit with break
for I in 1 2 3 4 5
do
statements1 #Executed for all values of ''I'', up to a disaster-condition if any.
statements2
if (disaster-condition)
then
break #Abandon the loop.
fi
statements3 #While good and, no disaster-condition.
done
Early continuation with continue statement
for I in 1 2 3 4 5
do
statements1 #Executed for all values of ''I'', up to a disaster-condition if any.
statements2
if (condition)
then
continue #Go to next iteration of I in the loop and skip statements3
fi
statements3
done
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Command substitution
for var in $(command)
do
print "$var"
done
2. while loop: The bash while loop is a control flow statement that allows code or commands to
be executed repeatedly based on a given condition.
while [ condition ] Example:
do Following while loop will print welcome 5 times on
command1 screen:
command2 #!/bin/bash
command3 x=1
done while [ $x -le 5 ]
do
echo "Welcome $x times"
x=$(( $x + 1 ))
done
3. until loop: The until loop is executed as many as times the condition/command evaluates to
false. The loop terminates when the condition/command becomes true.
Syntax:
until [ expression ]
do
code block
...
...
Done
Example: Print and count the number starting with 1 and increment it by 1. When the count is
equal to five, skip it. Similarly, the loop breaks when the count is equal to or greater than 10.
Code:
count=0
until false
do
((count++))
if [[ $count -eq 5 ]]
then
continue
elif [[ $count -ge 10 ]]
then
break
fi
echo "Counter = $count"
done
Hands-on on Arrays: Create an array that stores the first ten prime numbers. Iterate over the array
and print out each element inside it.
#!/bin/bash
prime=(2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29)
for i in "${prime[@]}"; do
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echo $i
done
Scripting Problems for Assessment (60 Minutes)
1. Write a Shell Bash Script for check if a provided number is
Armstrong or not. (15 Minutes) (Even Batch)
2. Write a Shell Script to check if a number entered through
keyboard is prime or not. Create two arrays named as prime and
notPrime. Print the arrays. (Even Batch)
3. Write a shell script that counts the number of lines, words,
and characters in two input files through command line
arguments and lists its size and permissions. (Odd Batch)
4. Write a script using for loop to display N asterisks (*), one
on each line, where N is a number given as command line
arguments. For example, if N is 5, your script should print
out: (Odd Batch)
*
* *
* * *
* * * *
* * * * *
Submission Instructions:
1. Submission requires the screen shots of all the incurred steps to execute a shell script or a video
showing the whole process.
2. All these files are in single zip folder.
3. Use the naming convention: Prog_CourseCode_RollNo_LabNo.docx (Example:
BCA3rdSem_CBCA221_ E21BCA002_Lab1.1)
4. Submission is through LMS only
