Unix programming Term:2008-2009 III B.

Tech II semester

Unit-I PPT Slides

Text Books: (1)unix the ultimate guide by Sumitabha Das (2)Advanced programming in unix environment by Stevens

INDEX UNIT-I PPT SLIDES

Srl. No. Module as per Session planner Lecture No. PPT Slide No.

1. Introduction to Unix file system 2. vi editor 3. file handling utilities-cp, mv,ln 4. Rm, unlink, mkdir, rmdir, find 5. security by file permissions

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6. process utilities
7 .disk utilities 8. ulimit , unmask 9. networking commands

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What is UNIX?
A computer operating system. It is designed to be used by many people at the same time (multi-user). Runs on a variety of processors It provides a number of facilities:
management of hardware resources directory and file system loading / execution / suspension of programs
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1.3. Why Use UNIX?

multi-tasking / multi-user networking capability graphical (with command line) easy to program portable (PCs, mainframes, super-computers)

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 File: s a container for storing information. A file is of 3 types. Ordinary file: It contains data as a stream of characters. It is of 2 types. Text file: contains printable characters. Binary file: contains both printable & non printable characters. Directory file: contains no data but it maintains some details of the files & subdirectories that it contains.
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 Every directory entry contains 2 components. 1.file name. 2.a unique identification number for the file or directory. Device file: It represents the device or peripheral.

The UNIX File System

A simplified UNIX directory/file system:
/
bin ... dev lib usr User
User1

tmp ...
User3

User2

 /Bin: contains executable files for most of the unix commands. /Dev: contain files that control various input & output devices. /Lib: contains all the library functions in binary form. /Usr: contains several directories each associated with a particular user. /Tmp: contain the temporary files created by unix or by any user. /Etc: contains configuration files of the system.
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vi Editor
vi is a full screen text editor. It was

created by Bill Joy. Bram Moolenaor improved it and called it vim (vi improved). Invoking vi: $Vi file name

Modes of operation
Vi has 3 mode of operation. 1.Command mode: In this mode all the keys pressed by the user are interpreted as commands. It may perform some actions like move cursor, save, delete text, quit vi, etc. 2.Input/Insert mode: used for inserting text.
start by typing i; finish with ESC
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Modes of operation
Ex mode or last line mode: Used for giving commands at command line. The bottom line of vi is called the command line.

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Basic Cursor Movements

h

j
k l w b

move cursor one place to left down one up one right one move forward one word back one word

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Finishing a vi Session
Get to command mode (press ESCs) save changes to the file and quit (no RETURN) :q! quit without saving (press RETURN) :wq! Saves the file & quit.
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ZZ

Inserting Text
Move to insertion point Switch to input mode:
i

No RURN

Start typing; BACKSPACE or DELETE for deletion

ESC

finish; back in command mode

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Deletion
Must be in command mode.
x

dd
D

Delete character that cursor is on. Delete current line. Delete from cursor position to end of line Undo last command
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File handling utilities Cp (Copying Files)

To create an exact copy of a file you can use the cp command. The format of this command is: cp [-option] source destination Eg: Cp file1 file2 Here file1 is copied to file2. Eg: Cp file1 file2 dir File1 file2 are copied to dir.
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 Copying Files
Cp turns to interactive when i option is used & destination file also exists. $cp -i file1 file2 overwrite file2 (yes/no)? Y at this prompt overwrites the file.

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 mv (Moving and Renaming Files)

Used to rename the files/directories. $mv test sample Here test is renamed as sample.

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 ln (link): Used to create links (both soft & hard links). It creates the alias & increase the link count by one. $ln file1 file2 ln wont work if the destination file also exists.

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 Rm (Deleting Files and Directories)

To delete or remove a file, you use the rm command. For example, $rm my. listing will delete my.listing. With i option removes the files interactively. $rm i file1 With r option recursively removes directories. $rm r dir1

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 mkdir: used to create one or more directories. $mkdir book Creates the directory named book. $mkdir dbs doc dmc Creates three directories.

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 rmdir (remove directories ): Removes empty directories. $rmdir book removes directory named book if it is empty. $rmdir dbs doc dmc Removes 3 directories.

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 find: It recursively examines a directory tree to look for matching some criteria and then takes some action on the selected files. Syntax: find path_list selection_criteria action To locate all files named a. out use $find / -name a. out print / indicates search should start from root directory.
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 To locate all c files in current directory $find . -name *.c print To find all files begin with an uppercase letter use $find . name [A-Z]* print Find operators: Find uses 3 operators !,-a ,-o

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Security by file permissions

Unix follows a 3-tiered file protection system.
owners permission others permission

-rwx
Type of file

r-x r-groups permissions

Each group represents a category. There are 3 categories-owner ,group ,others.

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Security by file permissions

Each category contains read ,write ,execute permissions . rwx->presence of all permissions. r-x->absence of write permission r-- -> absence of write ,execute permission Chmod: changing file permission chmod sets a files permissions (read, write and execute) for all three categories of users (owner, group and others)
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 Syntax:
chmod category operation permission file(s)

The command contains three components: category of a user (owner, group or others) operation to be performed (assign or remove a permission) Permission type (read, write or execute)

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 Abbreviations used by chmod: Category operation u-user +-assign permission g-group --remove permission o-others =-assigns absolute permission a-all permissions r-read permission w-write permission x-execute permission
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 Absolute assignment: Absolute assignment by chmod is done with the = operator. Unlike the + or operator s, it assigns only those permissions that are specified along with it and removes other permissions. If u want to assign only read permission to all three categories and remove all other permissions from the file small use chmod g-wx,o-x small Or simply use = operator in any of the 29 following ways.

chmod ugo=r small chmod a=r small Chmod =r small The octal notation: Chmod also takes a numeric argument that describes both the category and the permission. The notation uses octal numbers. Each permission is assigned a number like read permission-4, write permission-2, execute permission-1
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Process utilities
Ps (process status): Display some process attributes. $ps PID TTY TIME CMD 1078 pts/2 0:00 bash Ps presents a snapshot of the process table.
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Process utilities
Ps with f option displays a fuller listing that includes the PPID. Ps with u option followed by user-id displays the processes owned by the userid. Ps with e option displays the system processes.

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 Who: know the users Displays the users currently logged in the system. $who Whoami: Show you the owner of this account $whoami W: Tell you who is logging in and doing what! $w
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 Finger: Displays the information about the users. $finger user Find out the personal information of a user $finger name Try to find the persons info. by his/her name finger email-address Try to find the persons info across the network
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Disk utilities
Du: disk usage Du estimate the file space usage on the disk. It produces a list containing the usage of each subdirectory of its argument and finally produces a summary. $du /home/usr1

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Disk utilities
Df: displays the amount of free space available on the disk. The output displays for each file system separately. $df Mount: Used to mount the file systems. Takes 2 arguments-device name ,mount point.
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Disk utilities
Mount uses an option to specify the type of file system. To mount a file system on the /oracle directory on Linux system use $mount t ext2 /dev/hda3 /oracle $mount t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt /cdrom $mount t vfat /dev/hda1 /msdos $mount t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy
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Disk utilities
Umount: unmounting file systems Unmounting is achieved with the umount command. which requires either file system name or the mount point as argument. $umount /oracle $umount /dev/hda3 Unmounting a file system is not possible if the file is opened.
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 ulimit: user limit It contains a value which signifies the largest file that can be created by the user in the file system. When used by itself it displays the current setting. $ulimit unlimited User can also set the ulimit value by using $ulimit 10
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unmask: When u create files and directories, the default permissions that are assigned to them depend on the systems default setting. Actually this default is transformed By subtracting the user mask from it to remove one or more permissions. This value is evaluated by umask without arguments. $umask 022
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Networking commands
ftp: file transfer protocol ftp is used to transfer files. It can be used with host name. $ftp Saturn Connected to Saturn 220 Saturn ftp server Name (Saturn: summit ): Henry Password: ******
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 To quit ftp use close and then bye or quit. ftp>close 221 good bye ftp>bye Transferring files: Files can be of 2 types. Uploading( put & mput): To upload ur web pages & graphic files to website. The put command sends a single file to the remote machine.
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 ftp>binary 200 type set to I ftp>put penguin. gif To copy multiple files use mput. ftp>mput t*.sql Downloading files: get & mget To download the files from remote machine use get & mget. ftp>get ls-lR.gz ftp>_
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Networking commands
telnet: Remote login
If u have an account on the host in a local network (or on internet ),u can use this with the host name or the ip address as argument. $telnet Saturn Trying to 192.168.0.1 Connected to Saturn
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 Login:--- Password:---- U can quit telnet by using exit command. telnet prompt: When telnet used without Ip address the system displays a telnet> prompt . U can invoke a login session from here with open. telnet> open 192.168.0.8 Trying to 192.168.0.8 Connected to 192.168.0.8
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Networking commands
rlogin: remote login without password rlogin is the Berkley's implementation of the remote login facility. U can log on to ur own identical remote account without using either the user name or password. $rlogin Jupiter Last login :. rlogin is terminated with ctrl+d or exit or logout.

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