Question

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Create the directory structure IFT383FinalExam/Activities/Activity1 in your home directory.

Using the cat command, create a file named classRoster with the following fields, separated by a comma.

Student ID

First Name

Last Name

Grade

Program of Study

ASURITE ID (username)

Add three records to your file.

Display the contents of the file.

Move the file classRoster to the directory Activity1.

Go to the Activity1 directory.

Display the directory you are in.

Add read, write and execute permissions for user and group to Activity1 directory.

Create a new file called header using cat command with the following field names, separated by a tab.

Student ID

First Name

Last Name

Grade

Program of Study

ASURITE ID (username)

Display the file.

Copy the contents of header into classRoster, as the first line

Replace the comma with a tab using appropriate filters (such as cut, paste, tr, head, etc.)

Save this file as finalRoster.txt

Display the contents of the file finalRoster.txt

Answer 1

Hi,

Please find the below commands.

$ mkdir IFT383FinalExam
$ mkdir Activities
$ mkdir Activity1

Using the cat command, create a file named classRoster with the following fields

$ cat > classRoster
123,AA,BB,A+,CSE,DAN
456,DD,EE,B+,ECE,DOL
789,FF,GG,C+,ITI,DISK

Display file

$ cat classRoster
123,AA,BB,A+,CSE,DAN
456,DD,EE,B+,ECE,DOL
789,FF,GG,C+,ITI,DISK

Move the file classRoster to the directory Activity1.

$ mv classRoster ./IFT383FinalExam/Activities/Activity1

Go to the Activity1 directory.

$ cd ./IFT383FinalExam/Activities/Activity1

Display the directory you are in.

$ pwd
/IFT383FinalExam/Activities/Activity1

Add read, write and execute permissions for user and group to Activity1 directory.

$ chmod 775 Activity1

Create a new file called header using cat command with the following field names, separated by a tab.

$ cat > header
StudentID FirstName LastName Grade ProgramofStudy ASURITEID

Display the file.

$ cat header
StudentID FirstName LastName Grade ProgramofStudy ASURITEID

Copy the contents of header into classRoster, as the first line

$ head -1 header | cat > tmp && cat classRoster | cat >> tmp && mv tmp classRoster

$ rm tmp

Replace the comma with a tab using appropriate filters

$ cat classRoster | sed "s/,/ /g"
StudentID FirstName LastName Grade ProgramofStudy ASURITEID
123 AA BB A+ CSE DAN
456 DD EE B+ ECE DOL
789 FF GG C+ ITI DISK