Go into the editor and create the following two-line text file called ex6:
Last time I went to the beach I found a sea shell.
While in Kansas I found a corn shell.
Now append this line to your ex6 file:
The National Enquirer says someone gave birth to a shell, called the born shell.
Mail the ex6 file to yourself.
Using a pipe, count the number of lines (wc –l) in your ex6 file.
To list all set options, type the following:
set –o
Do you have the noclobber variable set? If not, type the following:
set –o noclobber
What happened?
Type the following at the command line:
cat << FINIS
How are you $LOGNAME
The time is `date`Bye!!
FINIS
What printed?
Now try this using tabs:
cat <<– END
hello there
how are you
END
What printed?
Type the following at the command line:
kat file 2> error || print kat failed
What happened? Why?
Now type the following at the command line:
cat zombie 2> errorfile || print cat failed
What happened? Why? How does the && operator work? Try your own command to test it.
Use the find command to print all files that begin with an a from the root directory down. Put the standard output in a file called foundit and send the errors to /dev/null.