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| − | | It returns | + | | It returns 0 (zero) for '''True''' and '''1''' (one) for '''False'''. |
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| − | | '''Return '''value | + | | '''Return''' value depends on the evaluation of the expression. |
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| − | | '''opening square bracket space 4 space hyphen eq space 4 space closing square bracket semicolon space echo space | + | | '''opening square bracket space 4 space hyphen eq space 4 space closing square bracket semicolon space echo space''' dollar sign and a question mark. Press '''Enter'''. |
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| − | | Let's take another expression | + | | Let's take another expression. Type: |
| − | '''test space 4 space hyphen eq space 5 semicolon space echo space dollar sign question mark. | + | '''test space 4 space hyphen eq space 5 semicolon space echo space''' dollar sign question mark. |
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| − | | | + | | opening square bracket space '''4''' space hyphen '''eq''' space '''5''' space closing square bracket semicolon space '''echo''' space dollar sign and a question mark. Press '''Enter'''. |
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| − | | On the next line, type: '''commands''' or statements that you want to execute. | + | | On the next line, type: '''commands''' or '''statements''' that you want to '''execute'''. |
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| − | | Lastly, end the '''if | + | | Lastly, end the '''if''' loop with '''fi.''' |
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Revision as of 14:36, 10 July 2015
Title of script: Conditional Execution in BASH
Author: Lavitha Pereira
Keywords: video tutorial, Bash shell, Simple if, else-if.
| Time | Narration |
|---|---|
| 00:01 | Dear friends, welcome to the spoken tutorial on Conditional execution in Bash. |
| 00:08 | In this tutorial, we will learn: |
| 00:10 | * Use of test command and |
| 00:13 | * Conditional statements. |
| 00:15 | We will do this using a few examples. |
| 00:19 | To follow this tutorial, |
| 00:21 | You should be familiar with GNU/Linux Operating System. |
| 00:26 | If not, for relevant tutorials, please visit our website which is as shown. |
| 00:32 | For this tutorial, I am using: |
| 00:35 | * Ubuntu Linux 12.04 OS and |
| 00:39 | * GNU Bash version 4.1.10 |
| 00:43 | GNU Bash version 4 or above is recommended for practice. |
| 00:49 | Let us start with an introduction to test. |
| 00:52 | test is a built-in command which returns the exit status. |
| 00:57 | It returns 0 (zero) for True and 1 (one) for False. |
| 01:02 | Return value depends on the evaluation of the expression. |
| 01:07 | One can get the return status by typing Dollar and question mark sign ($?). |
| 01:14 | An expression can be evaluated in two ways- |
| 01:18 | One- by using the keyword test. |
| 01:21 | And other by using the expression enclosed within square brackets. |
| 01:27 | Now, open the terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt and T keys simultaneously. |
| 01:35 | Type: test space 4 space hyphen eq space 4 semicolon space echo space dollar sign and a question mark. Press Enter. |
| 01:53 | It returns zero which means True. |
| 01:57 | 4 is equal to 4. |
| 02:00 | Next, type: |
| 02:02 | opening square bracket space 4 space hyphen eq space 4 space closing square bracket semicolon space echo space dollar sign and a question mark. Press Enter. |
| 02:22 | It returns zero which means True. |
| 02:25 | i.e.4 is equal to 4. |
| 02:28 | Let's take another expression. Type:
test space 4 space hyphen eq space 5 semicolon space echo space dollar sign question mark. Press Enter. |
| 02:48 | It returns one which means False. |
| 02:52 | i.e.4 is not equal to 5. |
| 02:56 | Now let's write the same expression within square brackets. Type: |
| 03:01 | opening square bracket space 4 space hyphen eq space 5 space closing square bracket semicolon space echo space dollar sign and a question mark. Press Enter. |
| 03:21 | It also returns one which means False. |
| 03:25 | i.e. 4 is not equal to 5. |
| 03:29 | This can be extended for other kind of testing. |
| 03:33 | Please type: man space test and explore its usage. |
| 03:40 | Now, let us go back to our slides. |
| 03:43 | Now we will see the syntax for if statement- |
| 03:48 | if space opening square bracket space expression space closing square bracket semicolon space then |
| 03:59 | On the next line, type: commands or statements that you want to execute. |
| 04:05 | Lastly, end the if loop with fi. |
| 04:11 | The basic rules of condition are: |
| 04:14 | * Always keep spaces between the brackets and the expression. |
| 04:19 | * Always terminate the line using semicolon before keyword “then”. |
| 04:25 | * Semicolon is used to terminate the statement or an expression. |
| 04:31 | It is recommended to quote string variables, if you use them in conditions. |
| 04:38 | Don't forget to close the conditional block with “fi”. |
| 04:43 | Let us see an example on if statement. |
| 04:46 | Come back to the terminal. |
| 04:49 | I will open an already existing script file named simpleif.sh. |
| 04:58 | This Bash script displays the message “count is 100” when the count equals to 100. |
| 05:06 | This is first line of Bash shell script known as shebang line. |
| 05:12 | An integer 100 is assigned to a variable count. |
| 05:17 | Note that there should not be any space between count, = and 100. |
| 05:24 | This expression checks whether count is equal to hundred. |
| 05:30 | Here, -eq is comparison operator . |
| 05:35 | If the condition is true, it will display the message count is 100, |
| 05:41 | fi is to end if block. |
| 05:45 | Save the file by pressing “Ctrl + s” |
| 05:49 | Go back to the Terminal. |
| 05:51 | To make the file executable, type: chmod space plus x space simpleif.sh and press Enter. |
| 06:04 | Let me clear the prompt. |
| 06:06 | Now type: dot slash simpleif.sh press Enter. |
| 06:14 | Here it is displayed: |
| 06:16 | Count is 100. |
| 06:18 | Try changing the value of variable count and execute the script. |
| 06:24 | Switch back to slides. |
| 06:26 | We will see if-else condition. |
| 06:30 | The general syntax is: if space opening square bracket space condition space closing square bracket space semicolon space then |
| 06:44 | On the next line, type commands. |
| 06:47 | On the next line, there is else statement. |
| 06:51 | And again type 'some other commands'. |
| 06:55 | on the next line, type fi to end if block. |
| 07:00 | Let us study the usage of if-else with an interesting password program. |
| 07:06 | Come back to the terminal. |
| 07:09 | I will open the file ifelse.sh |
| 07:14 | This is the shebang line. |
| 07:17 | Here,abc123 is stored in the variable PASS. |
| 07:23 | As abc123 is a string, it should be written within double-quotes. |
| 07:29 | The read command reads one line of data from the standard input. |
| 07:35 | In this case, standard input is our keyboard. |
| 07:39 | Hyphen s is for silent mode. |
| 07:43 | Which means the entered password will not be displayed as we type. |
| 07:48 | We don't want others to see our password. |
| 07:52 | Hyphen p is for prompt. |
| 07:55 | It will display a string “'Enter password: ” before it takes input from user. |
| 08:01 | mypassword is a variable. |
| 08:04 | It stores the string, in this case the password entered by the user. |
| 08:10 | This checks that the entered password matches the value of the variable PASS. |
| 08:17 | It is stored in a variable mypassword. |
| 08:21 | If the password matches, it will display the message: |
| 08:25 | “Password accepted” |
| 08:27 | else it will display “Access denied”. |
| 08:31 | fi is the end of if-else loop. |
| 08:34 | Now save the file by pressing “Ctrl s”. |
| 08:38 | Come back to our terminal, make the file executable type:
chmod space plus x space ifelse.sh. Press Enter. |
| 08:52 | Type: dot slash ifelse.sh . Press Enter. |
| 08:57 | Here it is displayed : |
| 08:59 | Enter password: |
| 09:00 | I will type abc press Enter. |
| 09:05 | As the password entered is wrong, it displays the message as “Access denied”. |
| 09:11 | Let's execute again but this time we will enter password as abc123. |
| 09:21 | It is displayed as: Password accepted |
| 09:25 | This brings us to the end of this tutorial. |
| 09:28 | Come back to our slides and summarize. |
| 09:31 | In this tutorial, we have covered usage of test command , simple if statement and if else statement. |
| 09:41 | As an assignment- |
| 09:43 | # Write a script , take your name as an input. |
| 09:46 | # It should check this name with your system's username. |
| 09:51 | If the username matches, it should greet you by displaying “Hello”. |
| 09:56 | # Else, it should display “Try again”. |
| 10:00 | HINT: Your system's username is stored in a variable $USER. |
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| 10:56 | This is Ashwini from IIT Bombay, signing off. |
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