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

L1

1-8

2. vi editor

L2

9-15

3. file handling utilities-cp, mv,ln

L3

16-19

4. Rm, unlink, mkdir, rmdir, find

L4

20-24

5. security by file permissions

L5

25-30

6. process utilities

L6

31-33

7 .disk utilities

L7

34-38

8. ulimit , unmask

L8

39-40

9. networking commands

L9

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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)
continued
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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

User2

tmp
...
User3

 /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.
ZZ

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Inserting Text

No RURN

Move to insertion point

Switch to input mode:

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
u

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

r-x r--

Type of file

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
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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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