FAIRFIELD INSITTUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

PRACTICAL FILE
Subject:- OS AND LINUX
Subject Code:- BCA 371

Submitted to:- Submitted by:-

MS. TARUNNA RANA BHAVYA PUROHIT
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BCA 5TH SEM
IT DEPARTMENT 00390102021

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 TABLE OF CONTENT

S.No PRACTICAL LIST PAGE NO.

1 Connect to the Linux Server and understand the basic Directory Structure of Linux. 3-4
2 To understand help commands like:-man,info,help,whatis,apropos 5-7

3 To understand basic directory navigation commands like cat,cd, mv, cp, rm, mkdir,rmdir 8-11
,file, pwd command.
4 To understand basic commands like:- 12-13
date,cal,echo,bc,ls,who,whoami,hostname,uname,tty,aliase
5 To understand vi basics, Three modes of vi Editor, how to write, save, execute a shell 14
script in vi editor.
6 To understand process related commands like: -ps, top, pstree, nice, renice in Linux. 15-16

7 To understand how to examine and change File permissions. 17

8 Write basic shell script to display the table of a number. 18
9 Write basic shell script to input a character from user and then check whether it is 19
uppercase, lowercase or digit
10 Write basic shell script to calculate factorial of a number. 20

11 Write basic shell script to input the month number and generate corresponding 21
calendar.
12 Write basic shell script to list all directories 22
13 Write basic shell script to display greatest of three numbers. 23
14 Write basic shell script to check whether the number entered by user is prime or not 24
15 Set a file to be read-only with the chmod command. Interpret the file permissions 25
displayed by the ls -l command.

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Practical 1: Connect to the Linux Server and understand the basic Directory Structure of Linux.
1. /bin directory

Output:

2. /boot directory

Output:

3. /dev directory

Output:

4. /etc directory:

Output:

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5. /home directory

Output:

6. /lib and /lib64 directory

Output:

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Practical 2. To understand help commands like:-man,info,help,whatis,apropos

1. Man

Command:

Output:

2. Info

Command:

Output:

3. help
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 Command:

Output:

4. whatis

Command:

Output:

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5. apropos

Command:

Output:

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Practical 3. To understand basic directory navigation commands like cat,cd, mv, cp, rm, mkdir,rmdir ,file,
pwd command.

1. Cat

Text-file-example.txt:

Command:

Output:

2. Cd

Output:

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3. Mv

Output:

4. cp

Output:

5. rm

Output:

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6. mkdir

Output:

7. rmdir

Output:

8. file

Output:

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9. pwd

Output:

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Practical 4. To understand basic commands like:- date,cal,echo,bc,ls,who,whoami,hostname,uname,tty,aliase

1. date

Output:

2. cal

Output:

3. echo

Output:

4. Is

Output:

5. who

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 Output:

6. whoami

Output:

7. hostname

Output:

8. uname

Output:

9. tty

Output:

10. aliase

Output:

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Practical 5. To understand vi basics, Three modes of vi Editor, how to write, save, execute a shell script in vi
editor.

1. Write

Output:

2. Excute

Output:

3. Save

Output:

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Practical 6. To understand process related commands like: -ps, top, pstree, nice, renice in Linux.

1. Ps

Output:

2. Top

Output:

3. Pstree

Output:

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4. Nice

Output:

5. Renice

Output:

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Practical 7. To understand how to examine and change File permissions.

Single permission at once:

Multiple permission at once:

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Practical 8. Write basic shell script to display the table of a number

Output:

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Practical 9. Write basic shell script to input a character from user and then check whether it is uppercase,
lowercase or digit

Output:
Input: “A”

Input “b”

Input: “7”

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Practical 10. Write basic shell script to calculate factorial of a number.

Output:

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Practical 11. Write basic shell script to input the month number and generate corresponding calendar.

Output:

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Practical 12. Write basic shell script to list all directories.

Output:

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Practical 13. Write basic shell script to display greatest of three numbers

Output:

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Practical 14. Write basic shell script to check whether the number entered by user is prime or not.

Output:

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Practical 15. Set a file to be read-only with the chmod command. Interpret the file permissions displayed by
the ls -l command.

Chmod command:

Is- command:

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