Some Shell Script Examples

Shell Script to find the sum of n even numbers

Let us look into how to write shell scripts to:

  1. Find the sum of the n natural number
  2. Swap the two values using only two variables
  3. To find the sum of n even numbers
  4. To print the multiplication table of a given number

Shell scripting is programming through which we write several lines of command together to execute. We can either have extension .sh, .bash, etc. depending on the type of shell we use.

Here, let us look into shell scripts with extension .sh which is used with the Bourne Shell.

1. Find the sum of the n natural number

Sample Code:

#to find sum of n numbers
#! /bin/sh
echo "Enter n"
read n
i=1
sum=0
while [ $i -le $n ]
do
read p
sum=$(expr $sum + $p)
i=$(expr $i + 1)
done
echo $sumCode language: PHP (php)

Sample Output:

Shell script to print sum of n numbers
Shell script to print the sum of n numbers

2. Swap the two values using only two variables

Sample Code:

#!bin/sh
echo 'Enter value of x'
read x
echo 'Enter value of y'
read y
y=$((y+x))
x=$((y-x))
y=$((y-x))
echo "The value of x and y after swap is x=$x and y=$y"Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

Sample Output:

Shell script to swap values of two variables using only two variables
Shell script to swap values of two variables using only two variables

3. To find the sum of n even numbers

Sample Code:

#! /bin/sh
#sum of even numbersE
read n
sum=0
for ((i=1;i<=n;i++))
do
if ((i%2==0))
then
sum=$((sum+i))
fi
done
echo $sumCode language: PHP (php)

Sample Output:

Shell Script to find the sum of n even numbers
Shell Script to find the sum of n even numbers

4. To print the multiplication table of a given number

Sample Code:

#!bin/sh
i=1;
echo 'Enter the multiplier number'
read n
echo 'Enter the limit of the multiplication number'
read limit
echo "The multiplication table of $n":
for ((i=1;i<=limit;i++))
do
pro=$((n*i))
echo "$n * $i = $pro"
doneCode language: PHP (php)

Sample Output:

Shell Script To print the multiplication table of a given number
Shell Script To print the multiplication table of a given number

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