Chapter 2 answers

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• Write a program that prints your favorite movie name. It should print director name on the next line.

#!/bin/bash
echo "The Shawshank Redemption"
echo "Frank Darabont"

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• Write a shell script that prints out your name and waits for the user to press the [Enter] key before the script ends.

#!/bin/bash
echo "Vivek Gite"
read -p "Press [Enter] key to continue..." fakeEnterKey

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• List 10 builtin and external commands.

A: Use type command and which command to find out builtin and external commands.

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• cd to /etc/init.d and view various system init scripts.

cd /etc/init.d
ls
vi ssh

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