Question

Create a file using echo command Display properties of the file Check whether file is readable or not If it is readable then read content and display content of the file on the monitor Check syntax of the script and execute Deliverable: shell script (filetest.csh) and logfile (results.log)

Answer 1

1) To create a file using echo command

syntax : echo data_to_be_set_in_file > filename.txt

Ex : echo This is a text file created by me as per your request. \n This is working perfectly > hello.txt

Now my text file name is hello.txt

2) To display the properties of the file , the command to be used is stat , both the commands are executed in following image

3) The command to be used to display the contents of the file on monitor is cat command

ex : cat Hello.txt

TO check whether the file exists and readable , the command is -w option

Both the above commands can be used as follows