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th" user ( vi '-'ti Ito,· u~1,,mun~I).
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vi) ·ro,tisplny ( list) cn ntl'l\ls of@ncnl diro1.,1"'')' 01,,I its suhdlrel.)tories. (06 Murk!I)

J a. £xpl:,iu :l shmdnnt 11lcs supp,,rtcll hy UNIX . Alsn p,ivo llorni\s nbout special fi\~s used for
output rcdlrc~tion in l lNIX . (08 Marks)
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i) c.r,m ii) 1101\ 11 •: iii) Pt\TH iv) MA\L (04 Marks)

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ndministrntor? • (Ob Mark~)
c. Explain the folh.)winl', with t~xnmpk ;
i) hl•aJ ii) tuil iii) c ut . (06 \\larks)

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t;.L1;1r'-11J,,;t; . {(', (06 Marks)
Wr;11, n t,/1,f;lt v;dr, t,(J ~pt a string from the term ina l and d isp lay,•-sQ°'rta& Je message if it
11, ~JJ ' f ,~ Y'v a.t k ~ Jr; chMat:.,1-ers using : i) case ii) expr. I'. , •••.; (06 Maf'\s)
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1; '1/lf'AJ. ~It ,:;#;/J-<:faJ.i V<; 11.rra.ys? How tht,-y ~re implemented !~ ~WK? (06 Marits)
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~ :,,. J~/,,P/H_in M 'J thf";<; string fw.ndling C-Unctions in Perl

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1--J W°A h ~ JiJ;;hJJt ,;x.amplc~ <:r..pl.E.in ~pJit and join ~yons in Perl. (06 Man.s)
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:1. f:q,lain the fo !!o) w(mg c~!~11) nanhds with examples :
t,. i) echo > u , .s 111 w o_ iv) date ._ (&4' M.a,,u-,
Writ~ a not e: on man documentation and explain the keyword option and w hat is option'!
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Explain how to display and set the terminal characteristics of a UNlX OS . (06 ~:i.r1u J
2 ll- Exph1 in the contents of /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow file with respect to UN IX O S .
b. (06 Mar1u)
,-:: . £,xplain the commands to add and delete a user. (04 ~:ar1,,.s)

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Explain the different file types available in UNIX . (06 ~:ark,)
a.
b.
With the help ofa neat diagram, explain the parent child relationship with respect to UN I X
file system. (M M a rk&)
c. Explain the following commands with example
i) HOME . ii) cd iii) pwd iv) mkdir v) nndir. (OS Muk:s)

OR
4 3. Explain the following commands with example :
i) cat ii) mv iii) rm iv) cp v) we. (05 Marlu)
b. Explain the seven field output of ts - t command. (05 Marlu)
C. What are different ways of setting file permissions? (06 Marlu)

Module-3
5 c;l. Explain the different modes of vi editor. (04 Mark,)
b. Explain how the text is entered and replaced in input mode of vi editor . (06 Marlo)
C. Discuss the navigation commands in vi editor with example. (06 Mark,)

OR
6 a. Explain Shell' s interpretive life cycle. (0~ Mark\ )
b. Discuss the three standard files supported by UNIX. Also give details about the special fi\es
used for output redirection in UNIX. (Ob Maril,)
C. With the help of example, explain grep command and list its options with the ir s igniftcanci.: .
(06 \\ar k. , )

Module-4
7 a_ Explain the shell features of " while" and " for" with syntax . (OX '1 arln)
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a. Which com1nan<l is used for listing file attributes? Explain the significance of each fid d ,n
the output. \0~ ~tarlu}
h. Files current permissions arc rw - · w - r - - write chrnod expressions required to chJ.n~c
them for th~ following. ·
i) r .. r. - - • x ii) rwxrwx · - x iii) r - xr - xr - x iv) rwxrw x.r - -
Using both relative and Absolute methods of assigning permissions. 1011 Mark ~!

Modnle-3
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v i) SearcJ1ing for a pattern in backward direction. .
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?PtJ_?ns based on users choice. Options include a g,-
!) Li st of users ii) List of processes iii) List of files
iv) C~rrent date v) Content of files vi) Display current login users.
b.
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i) if ii) case i1i) while.
b. Distinguish between hard Jinks and soft Jinks with suitable example. 00 l'ttari
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9 a. Write a Perl script to determine whether the given year is a Jesp year 01 ·not.
(1}8 Matt.
b. Explain the mechanisms of process creation.
(06 Marie
C. \Vhat is an associative array? (02 Marki

OR
10 a. Explain the following in PERL with example. i) Split iii) Join. (08 Marks;
b. Explain variables and operators in PERL. (06 Marks)
C. Briefly explain the subroutines in PERL. (02 Marks)

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·· . UNlX architecture explaining the role played by the keme\ and shc\1 in
a. oes~r~be briefly t!:ad. . ( 08 '1arks)
shan.ng th~ work turc of the fl\e system created by the fol\owmg commands (assume you
b . Draw_the ·ht.ree ~~:~tory/usr/office). Why is it not possible- to issue the command
are in l c ... ' .
rmdir/usr/o ffice/t1ght.
$ mkdir left r

$ mkdir middle
$ mkdir right
$ cd left . .
$ mkdir left nuddlc nght
$ cd ··/middle .·
$ mkdir dir l dir2/usr/officc/right/dir}, : .·. (08 Marks)
c. Explain the concept of abso\ute pa_t~ ri~n1f a.!ld relative pathname. (04 Marks)

a. Which command is used for listing file attribut~s? Explain briefly the significance of each
2
field of the output. . . (06 Marin)
b. Assuming that a file's cur,r~t permissions are r w x ;··- - r - x, specify the chmod expression
required to change them_:to : _
i) r w x r w x r -.Ji·:.:= -
ii) r - xr-x ~~~ x. '
iii) - - - r -: ~·-r ..:_ x
iv) - - - r 'w :_ r - -,
using bo)h relative and absolute methods of assigning permissions. (08 Muks)
c. Expl~ii1: the three modes of vi and explain how you can switch from one mode to another .
· i -, (06 Muk,)

3 a. . J;:xplain the three sources of standard input and standard output. (_06 Mark!,)
b. Explain what these wild - card patterns match :
i) [A- Zl??'??*
ii) *(0 - 91*
iii) *L'° - 91
iv) *•(is) (!h]. (08 \hru)
c. What is a process? Mention briefly the role of fork - exec mechanism in process creation.
(06 ~hrks)

a. What are hard-links? Explain two app\ication areas of har<l-\inks. What are the two main
disadvantages of the hard-link? (06 M arks)
b. Explain these commands with examples·. i) umask ii) touch . {06 Marks )
c. Exp\ain the fo\\owing commands :
i) pr ii) tai\ iii) sort iv) tr. (08 ~lark~)
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C. Ex plai n lht: anchoring characters.

6 a. Exp lain the special pnrnmetcrs used by the shell .

b. What is shell script? Explain the following stateme nt s w ith synl.n x and exa mples . (06 ~, ~r\t)
i) if , ii) case iii)whilc.
C. Wh:i't is tllc~ exit status of a command nnd where is it stored?

7 n. Explain awk ·s build-in vari;1blcs. .• 0

b. Write n progrrul'\ in awk to store the totnls of the bnsic pay, da,.,l1'ra .and gross pay 0~ \~""'•l
and markding p~o·plc. · t e salts
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- (08 Markt)

8 a. Write a Perl script to..det¢r~ine whether the given yeVk..is

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(Oi :\iaru)
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PAR'f-A
in the Architecture of UNIX opcratin,g system v/th ct· ;:·, ..,
f:J<P Ia r fi tur f U I a neat 1agram. ;- . _ 1os Martu)
~ , ribc the sa ient ea es o N1X operating system. ., '•. (Oi M:11"1' ~)
p~ te OD man command. -~,,,.
i,. v,Jr'rte a no · - :-.~ J (04 Marlu)
C· 1nin the different type~ of files supported Ill lJNlX .- ·, ) .
EtPID nd · d c 1. . · \ 1 ...7 (06 Marks)
a.. .-.T\,,;ch
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• p am s1gm l\,ance{f
of cac h fi1e\d .m t he
b. 0 utpu1- . . · · (03 Mu-ks)
Explain wrth a neat diagram the three modes of Vi - editor:· (06 Maro)
C,
\Vl}at are standard input, sta ndard output and standard erro?? Explain in detail with example.
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Define the term pr~ccss. Explain t~e mechanisrq,-uf l>rocess creation in UN IX. (1)6 Marks)
b. Explain the ~ollo:1-'m~ command with an exam.p}e; ~ '
c. i) Runmng Jobs m background (& and no}.ltrp)
ii) Execute later (at and batch) _,.. ~ (08 Maro)
a. Write a ~te on sort and find _co~~-•J . . (OS Marks)
4 Differentiate betw~ Hard link \l}d_$oft link m UN1X with example.
~: Explain the f~llo~mg co~~~ with example
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5 a. What is the differen<;e'between a wild card and regular expression? Explain ' grep' cormnand
using n, ! and f og9§n\vith example. (06 M:aru)
b. What are Ext~ded Regular Expressions? Explain any four ERE set used by grep and egre-p.
· f'_l-.,_: (06 Marks)
c. Explain ~~"adressing and context addressing in sed with example. (08 Marks)
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6 a. Whaf'_~"~bell programming? Write a shell program to create a menu which displays,
i) · List of files ii) Current date iii) Process status
_· iv) Current user of the system and v) Quit to UN1X (08 '.\-\:arks)
b-,.,, Explain shell features of 'wbile' and ' for ' with syntax. (06 Marks)
c. Explain the use of test and ( 1to evaluate an expression in sbe\\. (06 Marks)

1 a. What is AWK? Explain any three built - in function in AWK. t06 Marks)
b. Write an AWK sequence to find HR.A, DA and Netpay of an employee, where DA is 50% of
basic, HRA is 12% of basic and the Netpay is the sum ofHRA, DA and Basic 'P'd'i·
(08 ~\ark~)
c. Briefly describe buih in variables in AWK. (06 Muks)

8 a. Explain with example the string handling function supported by perL (08 Muk.s)
b. Explain Lists, Arrays and Associative Arrays with respect to per\. t06 Marls)
c. Write a perl script to convert decimal number to binary number. (06 Mn\.s)

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' at least TWO questions from each part.

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I a. With a neat diagram, explain the architecture of unix oper~ting sys_tcm. . 108M :
b. With · the help of a neat diagram, explain the parent-child rclat10nsh1p. Explain unix
system. , (06 ~ ..
C. · Explain briefly absolute pathname and relative pathname with examples. (06 '11

2 a. Give the significanse 9fthe seven fields of the "ls - r' command. (07 M.
b. What is file permission?, Explain how to use "Chmod'.' command to set the permissions
relative manner with an example. (07 Ma
C. Explain the three. difTererit'nfodes in which "V;" editor works. (06 Ma

3 a. Explain .the standard input, . standard output and standard error with respect to U1
operating system. , (07 M1
b. Explain the mechanism of process ~rc~(i~n. (07 Ma
C. What are environment variables?ExpJain any four. (06 Ma
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4 • a. DilTerentiate ·between hard link and soft link with·examples. (06 Ma

.b. Explain "sort" command briefly. Also discuss its important options with examples (
five). - · (06 Ma
C. Explain the foJlowing commands with example:
i) head ii) -.tt. iii) uniq iv) fmd (08Ma

PART-B
5 a Explain 'grep' command with its options. (08 M11
~.. Explain line addressing and context addressing in "sed" with examples. (06 rt-br
d. What are extended regular expression (ERE)? Explain any four ERE set used by "grep'' ,
"egrep". (06 Mar

6 a. Explain the use of "test" and [] to evaluate an expression in shell. (06 Mai
b. Explain the shell features of "while" and "for'' with syntax. (06 ~b i
c. Explain the "expr" command applicable to computation and string functions. (OS "'"

7 a. What is A WK? Explain any three built-in functions in A WK. (07 :\bl
u b. Write short notes on operators and expressions in A WK. (06 ~,.,
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b. Expfo in "chop()" and "split( )" functions with exa mp les. ({)o -' 1''.
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;xplain the fo_llowing cnvir_~_nment var~ables, with examples:
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b. Write a short note on -find conm1and. (06 Marks)
c. Explain the following filters with examples :
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a. Explain grep command with a1l options. (10 Marks)

b. What is sed? With example, explain line addressing and context addressing. (10 Marks)

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a. Describe the sa\ient features ofUN\X operatin~system. (03 Marks) ·
b. With the help of a diagram, cx-p\ai.n the UNIX file system. (06 Marks)
c. Explain briefly absolute pathname and relative -pathnames with ex.anrp\es. (06 Marks)

a. Which command is used for listing fi\e attributes? Briefly describe the significance of each
field of the out-put. (03 Marks)
b. What are fl\e. permissions? How do you use Chmod to set the permissions in a re\ative
manner? (08 Mar\.s)
c. Briefly explain S(Substitute) command in ex. mode of a Vi editor. (04 Mar\.s)

a. What are wi\d cards? Explain the she\\s wi\d cards with ex.amp\e. (08 Mar\.s)
b. Exp\ain the command ' PS' . Discuss different options used by 'PS' . (08 Mar\.s)
c. What are environment variables? Ex.p\ain any three. (M Mar\.s)

a. What are hard \inks? Explain 'Ln' command. \06 Mar\.s)

b. Exp\ain briefly the significance of read, write and execute pem1ission for a directory .
(061\\arks)
c. Exp\ain the sort command. Briefly discuss the important sort options. (OS Mnrks)

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b. What arc ex.tended reg,u\ar expressions? Ex.p\ain any four ERE set used by gre-p and egrep.
{OSMar\.s)
c. Briefly cxp\ain the different ways of addressing used in sed, with example. {06 Mnks)

6 a. Explain the significance of special parame~e~ used b~ she\\. . {OS Mulls)

b. How test can be used to test the ft\e perm1ss1on? Wnte a she\\ scnpt to check whether a fi\e
has executable permission OT no\. \06 Msrks)
c. Exp\ain the usage of 'ex.pr' command in she\\ programming. (06 Marks)

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PART-A
1 a. With a neat diagram, ~xplain the architecture of UNIX. (06 Marks)
b. List and briefly ex~lau~ the features of UNIX. . . (06 Marks)
C. Describe the orgamzat1on of man documentat10n and a typical man page. Hoe do you direct
man to use a specific pager, say, less. (08 Marks)

2 a. What is a file? Describe different types of files in UNIX . (07 Marks)

b. Clearly bring out the command structure, usage and behavior (with respect to absolute and
relative pathnames) of the following commands with suitable examples: i) mkdir ; ii) rmdir.
(06 Marks)
C. Explain the significance of /s-1 output. (07 Marks)

3 a. How do you use chmod command to change file permissions? Explain with illustrative
examples. (06 Marks)
b. Explain the two commands for changing file ownership. (04 Marks)
c. With i1Justrative examples, explain the three modes used by vi editor. (10 Marks)

4 a. What activities are typically performed by the shell in its interpretive cycle? (04 Marks)
b. With suitable examples, discuss how wild-cards can be used for pattern matching in UNIX.
(07 Marks)
C. Explain the importance of three special files for redirection. How UNIX commands can be
grouped based on their use of the standard input and standard output? (09 Marks)

PART-B
5 a. Define a process. Explain the mechanism of process creation. (06 M:irks)
Explain the following environment variables:
b.
i) PATH ; ii) CDPATH ; iii) PS 1 ; iv) TERM. (04 Marks)
c. Explain the significance of the directory permissions. (06 Marks)
d. Explain the pr command with its different options. (04 Marks)

6 a. What are hard links and sofi links? Explain the difference between them with suitable
examples. . (06 Marks)
b. Explain various options of grep with examples. (08 Marks)
C. Explain line addressing and context addressing, using sed, each with an example. (06 Marks)

7 a. What is the purpose of test statement? Explain three ways of using test statement. (07 Marks)
b. Write a note on the "here" document. (04 Marks)
C. With syntax and suitable example, describe how awk works. (04 Marks)
d. State and brief any five (05) built-in functions in awk. (05 Maoo)

8 a. Explain the following functions with suitable examples: i) Split; ii) Join; iii) Splice.
(06 Marks)
b. Write a per1 script that adds the numbers specified as command-line arguments and displays
the result. (06 Msrks)
c. Explain how file handling is managed in perl. Write a perl script to copy contents of a source
file, "sample.in" to a destination file, "sample.out" . (08 l\brk.'i)
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UNIX and Shell Programming
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b. · 1 .J, . , ' · (Ii, Mar\u)
c. Briefly clc~cr;i~c~
i) System call~;' ii) PATH iii) HOME. r (04 Mar-b)
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2 a. Explain the significr.v\p~ of a\\ the field s of /s - I ~put:- Which of the auributes can be
changed only by the sop~~scr? (~ )J (08 Mar1t.s)
b. With a neat diagram, cxpfa'µ1 Jhe thr~ modes of,v~ editor. (06 Marki)
c. Assuming that a file ' s currcfit_.~[missions ar~~ J. t - x r - -, ~-pecify the chmod express ion
(using both relative and absolu~f;netho<ls) requied to change them to:
i) rwx rwx rwx. · ,,<· .
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iii) - - - r - - r - -
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3 a. Devise wild - card patterns tq:~t~h filenames/ ....
i) Comprising of at least tl{jce chara<-1ers whcn~;_ttfe··first char is numeric and the last char is
not alphabetic. f~_, (J
ii) With three charai::te~~xtl-"llsions except the ones ~it~J?g ex.tension.
iii) Containing 2~'5~
an embedded string except at the.beginning or end.
b. Explain the t~J.et,Q1stinct ~hases of ~rocess cre~ion. How illh~}ielt created?
c. What are env,ronment variables? Briefly describe any five ofthtin:-. (06 Mar1's )
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4 a. Disti.,!}gujsH between hard links and symbolic links with suitable cxa•niplcs. (08 Martu)
b. D,esa,ti6'e' the sort filter and illustrate its usage with -~ -u. - n. -r aoo -c ()ptions. (CM> Maru)
c. i)-'.'-,b;e find to locate all files named a.out and all C source files in your home directory tree
· ·. and remove them interactively.
1i) Display only the names of all users who are logged in and also store ·,~;esult in
uscrs.txt. ~/ · .-.
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iii) In.vokc the vi editor with the last modified file . (Of,~•~~ )

PART-B
5 a. Explain with suitable examples, the scd filter along with its two forms of addressing. Abo
describe in brief the substitution feature provided by secL (031'1arlu)
b. Describe the grep filter along with any five options. (06 Marlu)
c. i) Use sed to delete all blank lines from a file named sample.
ii) Use grep to list only the sub-directories in the current directory.
iii) Replace all occurrences of the word "UNIX" with "UN\JX" in a file named samp\e.
(O<, Marks)

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