OPERATING SYSTEM AND

SYSTEM PROGRAMMING (OSSP)

By Prof. Mandar K. Mokashi

Department of IT
 Course Objectives
• To introduce basic concepts and functions of modern operating
systems.
• To understand the concept of process and thread management.
• To understand the scheduling of processes and threads &
understand the concept of concurrency control.
• To understand the concept of I/O and File management.
• To understand various Memory Management techniques.
• To study and understand compiler design
 Syllabus

• Unit I-Overview of Operating System

• Operating System Objectives and Functions, The Evolution of Operating Systems,
Developments Leading to Modern Operating Systems, Virtual Machines. BASH Shell
scripting: Basic shell commands, shell as a scripting language.

• Unit II - Process Description and Control

• Process: Concept of a Process, Process States, Process Description, Process Control
(Process creation, Waiting for the process/processes, Loading programs into
processes and Process Termination), Execution of the Operating System. Threads:
Processes and Threads, Concept of Multithreading, Types of Threads, Thread
programming Using Pthreads. Scheduling: Types of Scheduling, Scheduling
Algorithms, and Thread Scheduling
 Syllabus

• Unit III- Concurrency Control

• Process/thread Synchronization and Mutual Exclusion: Principles of Concurrency,
Requirements for Mutual Exclusion, Mutual Exclusion: Hardware Support, Operating
System Support (Semaphores and Mutex), Programming Language Support
(Monitors). Classical synchronization problems: Readers/Writers Problem, Producer
and Consumer problem, Interprocess communication (Pipes, shared memory: system
V). Deadlock: Principles of Deadlock, Deadlock Modeling, Strategies to deal with
deadlock: The Ostrich Algorithm, Deadlock Prevention, Deadlock Avoidance,
Deadlock detection and recovery, An Integrated Deadlock Strategy, Example: Dining
Philosophers Problem.
 Syllabus
• Unit IV- Memory Management
• Memory Management: Memory Management Requirements, Memory Partitioning:
Fixed Partitioning, Dynamic Partitioning, Buddy System, Relocation, Paging,
Segmentation. Virtual Memory: Hardware and Control Structures, Operating System
Software.
• Unit V-Input / Output And File Management
• I/O Management and Disk Scheduling: I/O Devices, Organization of the I/O Function,
Operating System Design Issues, I/O Buffering, Disk Scheduling(FIFO, SSTF, SCAN,
C-SCAN, LOOK, C-LOOK), Disk Cache. File Management: Overview, File
Organization and Access, File Directories, File Sharing, Record Blocking, Secondary
Storage Management.
• Unit VI – Study of Linux Operating System
• Linux Design Principles, Linux Booting Process, Kernel Modules, Process
Management, Scheduling, Memory Management, File Systems, Input and Output,
Inter-process Communication.
 What is Operating System?

• An operating system is a program that acts as an interface between

the software and the computer hardware.
• It is an integrated set of specialized programs used to manage
overall resources and operations of the computer.
• It is a specialized software that controls and monitors the execution
of all other programs that reside in the computer, including
application programs and other system software.
 What is an Operating System ?

• A modern computer consists of:

 One or more processors
 Main memory
 Disks
 Printers
 Various input/output devices.
• Managing all these varied components requires a layer of
software – the Operating System (OS).
 What is Operating System?

• Computer System = Hardware + Software

• Software = Application Software + System Software(OS)
• An Operating System is a system Software that acts as an
intermediary/interface between a user of a computer and the
computer hardware.
• Operating system goals:
• Control/execute user/application programs.
• Make the computer system convenient to use.
• Ease the solving of user problems.
• Use the computer hardware in an efficient manner.
Where does the OS fit in?
Static View of System Components
 The Structure of Computer Systems
 Accessing computer resources is divided into layers.
 Each layer is isolated and only interacts directly with the layer below or
above it.
 If we install a new hardware device
 No need to change anything about the user/applications.
 However, need to make changes to the operating system.
 Need to install the device drivers that the operating system will use to
control the new device.
 If we install a new software application
 No need to make any changes to your hardware.
 But need to ensure the application is supported by the operating system
 user will need to learn how to use the new application.
 If we change the operating system
 Need to make sure that both applications and hardware will be
compatible with the new operating system.
 Computer System Components

1. Hardware – provides basic computing resources (CPU, Memory, I/O devices, Communication
devices).
2. Operating System – controls and coordinates use of the hardware among various application
programs for various users.
3. System & Application Programs – ways in which the system resources are used to solve
computing problems of the users (Word processors, Compilers, Web browsers, Database
systems, Video games).
4. Users – (People, Machines, other computers, programs).
Hierarchical view of computer system
 CPU – Central Processing Unit
 This is the brain of your computer.
 It performs all of the calculations.
 In order to do its job, the CPU needs commands to perform, and data to
work with.
 The instructions and data travel to and from the CPU on the system bus.
 The operating system provides rules for how that information gets back
and
forth, and how it will be used by the CPU.
 RAM – Random Access Memory

 This is like a desk, or a workspace, where your computer temporarily

stores all of the information (data) and instructions (software or program
code) that it is currently using.
 Each RAM chip contains millions of address spaces.
 Each address space is the same size, and has its own unique identifying
number (address).
 The operating system provides the rules for using these memory spaces,
and controls storage and retrieval of information from RAM.
 Device drivers for RAM chips are included with the operating system.

Problem: If RAM needs an operating system to work, and an operating

system needs RAM in order to work, how does your computer activate its
RAM to load the operating system?
 Operating System Mode

 The User Mode is concerned

with the actual interface
between the user and the
system.
 It controls things like running
applications and accessing
files.

 The Kernel Mode is concerned with everything

running in the background.
 It controls things like accessing system
resources, controlling hardware functions and
processing program instructions.
 System calls are used to change mode
from User to Kernel.
 Kernel
 Kernel is a software code that reside in central core of OS. It has complete control
over the system.
 When the system boots, kernel is first part of OS to load in main memory.
 Kernel remains in main memory for entire duration of computer session. The kernel
code is usually loaded in to protected area of memory.
 Kernel performs it’s task like executing processes and handling interrupts in kernel
space.
 User performs it’s task in user area of memory.
 This memory separation is made in order to prevent user data and kernel data from
interfering with each other.
 Kernel does not interact directly with user, but it interacts using SHELL and other
programs and hardware.
 Kernel cont…
 Kernel includes:-
1. Scheduler: It allocates the Kernel’s processing time to various processes.
2. Supervisor: It grants permission to use computer system resources to each
process.
3. Interrupt handler : It handles all requests from the various hardware
devices which compete for kernel services.
4. Memory manager : allocates space in memory for all users of kernel
service.
 kernel provides services for process management, file management, I/O
management, memory management.
 System calls are used to provide these type of services.
 System Call

System call is the programmatic way in which a computer

program/user application requests a service from the kernel of the
operating system on which it is executed.
Application program is just a user-process. Due to security reasons ,
user applications are not given access to privileged resources (the
ones controlled by OS).
When they need to do any I/O or have some more memory or
spawn a process or wait for signal/interrupt, it requests operating
system to facilitate all these. This request is made through System
Call.
System calls are also called software-interrupts.
 Starting an Operating System(Booting)

 Power On Switch sends electricity to the  BIOS will then look for a small sector at the very beginning of your
motherboard on a wire called the Voltage Good primary hard disk called MBR.
line.  The MBR contains a list, or map, of all of the partitions on your
 If the power supply is good, then the BIOS computer‘s hard disk (or disks).
(Basic Input/Output System) chip takes over.  After the MBR is found the Bootstrap Loader follows basic instructions
 In Real Mode, CPU is only capable of using for starting up the rest of the computer, including the operating system.
approximately 1 MB of memory built into the  In Early Kernel Initialization stage, a smaller core of the Kernel is
motherboard. activated.
 The BIOS will do a Power-On Self Test  This core includes the device drivers needed to use computer‘s RAM
(POST) to make sure that all hardware are chips.
working.
 BIOS
• BIOS firmware is stored in a ROM/EPROM (Erasable Programmable
Read-Only Memory) chip known as firmware on the PC
motherboard.
• BIOS can be accessed during the initial phases of the boot
procedure by pressing del, F2 or F10.
• Finally, the firmware code cycles through all storage devices and
looks for a boot-loader. (usually located in first sector of a disk which
is 512 bytes)
• If the boot-loader is found, then the firmware hands over control of
the computer to it.
 UEFI
• UEFI stands for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. It does the same job as a
BIOS, but with one basic difference: it stores all data about initialization and
startup in an .efi file, instead of storing it on the firmware.
• This .efi file is stored on a special partition called EFI System Partition (ESP) on
the hard disk. This ESP partition also contains the bootloader.
• UEFI was designed to overcome many limitations of the old BIOS, including:
 UEFI supports drive sizes upto 9 zettabytes, whereas BIOS only supports 2.2 terabytes.
 UEFI provides faster boot time.
 UEFI has discrete driver support, while BIOS has drive support stored in its ROM, so
updating BIOS firmware is a bit difficult.
 UEFI offers security like "Secure Boot", which prevents the computer from booting from
unauthorized/unsigned applications. This helps in preventing rootkits.
 UEFI runs in 32bit or 64bit mode, whereas BIOS runs in 16bit mode. So UEFI is able to
provide a GUI (navigation with mouse) as opposed to BIOS which allows navigation only
using the keyboard.
Functions of Operating System
 1. Process Management
• A process is a program in execution.
• A process needs certain resources, including CPU time, memory, files, and I/O devices
to accomplish its task.
• Simultaneous execution leads to multiple processes. Hence creation, execution and
termination of a process are the most basic functionality of an OS
• If processes are dependent, than they may try to share same resources. thus task of
process synchronization comes to the picture.
• If processes are independent, then a due care needs to be taken to avoid their
overlapping in memory area.
• Based on priority, it is important to allow more important processes to execute first than
others.
2. Memory management
• Memory is a large array of words or bytes, each with its own address.
• It is a repository of quickly accessible data shared by the CPU and I/O devices.
• Main memory is a volatile storage device. When the computer made turn off
everything stored in RAM will be erased automatically.
• In addition to the physical RAM installed in your computer, most modern
operating systems allow your computer to use a virtual memory system. Virtual
memory allows your computer to use part of a permanent storage device (such
as a hard disk) as extra memory.
• The operating system is responsible for the following activities in connections
with memory management:
 Keep track of which parts of memory are currently being used and by whom.
 Decide which processes to load when memory space becomes available.
 Allocate and de-allocate memory space as needed.
 3. File Management
• A file is a collection of related information defined by its creator.
• File
systems provide the conventions for the encoding, storage and
management of data on a storage device such as a hard disk.
 FAT12 (floppy disks)
 FAT16 (DOS and older versions of Windows)
 FAT32 (older versions of Windows)
 NTFS (newer versions of Windows)
 EXT3 (Unix/Linux)
 HFS+ (Max OS X)

• The operating system is responsible for the following activities in connections with file
management:
✦ File creation and deletion.
✦ Directory creation and deletion.
✦ Support of primitives for manipulating files and directories.
✦ Mapping files onto secondary storage.
✦ File backup on stable (nonvolatile) storage media.
 4. Device Management or I/O Management
• Device controllers are components on the motherboard that act as an interface between
the CPU and the actual device.
• Device drivers, which are the operating system software components that interact with the
devices controllers.
• A special device (inside CPU) called the Interrupt Controller handles the task of receiving
interrupt requests and prioritizes them to be forwarded to the processor.
• Deadlocks can occur when two (or more) processes have control of different I/O
resources that are needed by the other processes, and they are unwilling to give up
control of the device.
• It performs the following activities for device management.
 Keeps tracks of all devices connected to system.
 Designates a program responsible for every device known as Input/output controller.
 Decides which process gets access to a certain device and for how long.
 Allocates devices in an effective and efficient way.
 Deallocates devices when they are no longer required.
 5. Security & Protection
• The operating system uses password protection to protect user
data and similar other techniques.
• It also prevents unauthorized access to programs and user data
by assigning access right permission to files and directories.
• The owners of information stored in a multiuser or networked
computer system may want to control use of that information,
concurrent processes should not interfere with each other.
 6. User Interface Mechanism
• A user interface (UI) controls how you enter data and
instructions and how information is displayed on the screen
• There are two types of user interfaces
1. Command Line Interface
2. Graphical user Interface
1. Command-line interface
• In a command-line interface, a user types commands
represented by short keywords or abbreviations or presses
special keys on the keyboard to enter data and instructions
2. Graphical User Interface
• With a graphical user interface (GUI), you interact with menus
and visual images
History of Operating System

 A major OS will evolve over time for a

number of reasons:
History of Operating System
 The First Generation (1940's to early 1950's)
 No Operating System
 All programming was done in absolute machine language, often by wiring up plug-boards to
control the machine’s basic functions.
 The Second Generation (1955-1965)
 First operating system was introduced in the early 1950's.It was called GMOS
 Created by General Motors for IBM's machine the 701.
 Single-stream batch processing systems
 The Third Generation (1965-1980)
 Introduction of multiprogramming
 Development of Minicomputer
 The Fourth Generation (1980-Present Day)
 Development of PCs
 Birth of Windows/MaC OS
Types of Operating Systems
1. Batch Operating System
2. Multiprogramming Operating System
3. Time-Sharing OS
4. Multiprocessing OS
5. Distributed OS
6. Network OS
7. Real Time OS
8. Embedded OS
1. Batch Operating System
• The users of this type of operating system does not interact with the computer directly.
• Each user prepares his job on an off-line device like punch cards and submits it
to the computer operator
• There is an operator which takes similar jobs having the same requirement and group
them into batches.
 1. Batch Operating System cont..

Advantages of Batch Operating System:

 Processors of the batch systems know how long the job would be when it is in
queue
 Multiple users can share the batch systems
 The idle time for the batch system is very less
 It is easy to manage large work repeatedly in batch systems
Disadvantages of Batch Operating System:
 The computer operators should be well known with batch systems
 Batch systems are hard to debug
 It is sometimes costly
 The other jobs will have to wait for an unknown time if any job fails
Examples of Batch based Operating System:
IBM's MVS
2. Multiprogramming Operating System:
• This type of OS is used to execute more than one jobs simultaneously by a single
processor.
• It increases CPU utilization by organizing jobs so that the CPU always has one job to
execute.
• Multiprogramming operating systems use the mechanism of job scheduling and CPU
scheduling.
2. Multiprogramming Operating System:
2. Multiprogramming Operating System:

Table - Effects of Multiprogramming on Resource Utilization

3. Time-Sharing Operating Systems
• Each task is given some time to execute so that all the tasks work smoothly.
• These systems are also known as Multi-tasking Systems.
• The task can be from a single user or different users also.
• The time that each task gets to execute is called quantum.
• After this time interval is over OS switches over to the next task.
3. Time-Sharing Operating Systems cont..
• Advantages of Time-Sharing OS:
 Each task gets an equal opportunity
 Fewer chances of duplication of software
 CPU idle time can be reduced
• Disadvantages of Time-Sharing OS:
 Reliability problem
 One must have to take care of the security and integrity of user programs and data
 Data communication problem
• Examples of Time-Sharing Oss
Multics, Unix, etc.
 4. Multiprocessor operating systems
• Multiprocessor operating systems are also known as parallel OS or tightly
coupled OS.
• Such operating systems have more than one processor in close communication
that sharing the computer bus, the clock and sometimes memory and
peripheral devices.
• It executes multiple jobs at the same time and makes the processing faster.
• It supports large physical address space and larger virtual address space.
• If one processor fails then other processor should retrieve the interrupted
process state so execution of process can continue.
• Inter-processes communication mechanism is provided and implemented in
hardware.
5. Distributed Operating System
• Various autonomous interconnected computers communicate with each other using a
shared communication network.
• Independent systems possess their own memory unit and CPU.
• These are referred to as loosely coupled systems.
• Examples:- Locus, DYSEAC
 6. Network Operating System
• These systems run on a server and provide the capability to manage
data, users, groups, security, applications, and other networking
functions.
• These types of operating systems allow shared access of files,
printers, security, applications, and other networking functions over a
small private network.
• The “ other" computers arc called client computers, and each
computer that connects to a network server must be running client
software designed to request a specific service.
• popularly known as tightly coupled systems.
 6. Network Operating System
Advantages of Network Operating System:
Highly stable centralized servers
Security concerns are handled through servers
New technologies and hardware up-gradation are easily integrated into the system
Server access is possible remotely from different locations and types of systems
Disadvantages of Network Operating System:
Servers are costly
User has to depend on a central location for most operations
Maintenance and updates are required regularly
Examples of Network Operating System are:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008/2012, UNIX, Linux, Mac OS X, Novell NetWare,
and BSD, etc.
 7. Real-Time Operating System
• These types of OSs serve real-time systems.
• The time interval required to process and respond to inputs is very
small.
• This time interval is called response time.
• Real-time systems are used when there are time requirements that
are very strict like
 missile systems,
 air traffic control systems,
 robots, etc.
 8. Embaded Operating System
• An embedded operating system is one that is built into the circuitry of an
electronic device.
• Embedded operating systems are now found in automobiles, bar-code scanners,
cell phones, medical equipment, and personal digital assistants.
• The most popular embedded operating systems for consumer products, such as
PDAs, include the following:
 Windows XP Embedded
 Windows CE .NET:- it supports wireless communications, multimedia and
Web browsing. It also allows for the use of smaller versions of Microsoft
Word, Excel, and Outlook.
 Palm OS:- It is the standard operating system for Palm-brand PDAs as
well as other proprietary handheld devices.
 Symbian:- OS found in “ smart” cell phones from Nokia and Sony Ericsson
Popular types of OS
• Desktop Class
 Windows
 OS X
 Unix/Linux
 Chrome OS
• Server Class
 Windows Server
 Mac OS X Server
 Unix/Linux
• Mobile Class
 Android
 iOS
 Windows Phone
Desktop Class Operating Systems:-
• Platform: the hardware required to run a particular operating
system
• Intel platform (IBM-compatible)
• Windows
• DOS
• UNIX
• Linux
• Macintosh platform
• Mac OS
• iPad and iPhone platform
• iOS
Ms-DOS
• Single User Single Tasking OS.
• It had no built-in support for networking, and users had to manually
install drivers any time they added a new hardware component to
their PC.
• DOS supports only 16-bit programs.
• Command line user interface.
• So, why is DOS still in use? Two reasons are its size and simplicity.
It does not require much memory or storage space for the system,
and it docs not require a powerful computer.
Microsoft Windows
• The graphical Microsoft operating system designed for Intel-platform
desktop and notebook computers.
• Best known, greatest selection of applications available.
• Current editions include Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10.
Mac OS
• User-friendly, runs on Mac hardware. Many applications available.
• Current editions include: Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina & Big Sur—
Version XI(Released in Nov 2020)
Linux
• Linux: An open-source, cross-platform operating system that runs
on desktops, notebooks, tablets, and smartphones.
• The name Linux is a combination Linus (the first name of the first
developer) and UNIX (another operating system.)
• Users are free to modify the code, improve it, and redistribute it,
• Developers are not allowed to charge money for the Linux kernel
itself (the main part of the operating system), but they can charge
money for distributions (distros for short).
Google Chrome OS
• Chrome OS. Is a popular thin client operating system.
• Thin client A computer with minimal hardware, designed for a specific
task. For example, a thin web client is designed for using the Internet.
Server Operating Systems
• Windows Server
• Familiar GUI interface for those experienced with Windows
• UNIX
• Very mature server capabilities, time-tested, large user community, stable
• Linux
• Free, customizable, many free services and utilities available
Windows Server
UNIX
Tablet and Phone Operating Systems
• System-on-chip (SoC): An operating system that comes
preinstalled on a chip on a portable device such as a smartphone.
• Popular SoC operating systems:
 iOS: for iPad, iPhone
 Android: for a variety of tablets and phones
• Downloadable applications (apps) from an App store, for example:
 Apple App Store
 Google Play Store
 iOS on the iPhone and iPad
• The Apple-created operating system for Apple tablets and phones.
• The current stable version, iOS 14, was released to the public on
September 16, 2020.
 Android
• Android, a popular OS for smartphones and tablets, is based on
Linux Kernel.
• Developed by Google
• Current versions include:
• Android 8 Oreo
• Android 9 Pie
• Android 10
• Android 11 (released on Sep, 2020)
 Advantage of Linux Operating System
1. Open Source
As it is open-source, its source code is easily available.
Anyone having programming knowledge can customize the operating system.
One can contribute, modify, distribute, and enhance the code for any purpose.
2. Security
The Linux security feature is the main reason that it is the most favourable option for developers.
It is not completely safe, but it is less vulnerable than others.
Each application needs to authorize by the admin user.
Linux systems do not require any antivirus program.
3. Free
Certainly, the biggest advantage of the Linux system is that it is free to use.
We can easily download it, and there is no need to buy the license for it.
It is distributed under GPL (General Public License).
Comparatively, we have to pay a huge amount for the license of the other OS
 Advantage of Linux Operating System
4. Lightweight
The requirements for running Linux are much less than other
operating system
In Linux, the memory footprint and disk space are also lower.
Generally, most of the Linux distributions required as little as 128MB
of RAM around the same amount for disk space.
5. Stability
Linux is more stable than other operating systems.
Linux does not require to reboot the system to maintain performance
levels.
It rarely hangs up or slow down. It has big up-times.
 Advantage of Linux Operating System
6. Performance
Linux system provides high performance over different networks.
It is capable of handling a large number of users simultaneously.
7. Flexibility
Linux operating system is very flexible.
It can be used for desktop applications, embedded systems, and server applications too.
It also provides various restriction options for specific computers.
We can install only necessary components for a system.
8. Software Updates
In Linux, the software updates are in user control.
We can select the required updates.
There a large number of system updates are available.
These updates are much faster than other operating systems.
So, the system updates can be installed easily without facing any issue.
 Advantage of Linux Operating System
9. Distributions/ Distros
There are many Linux distributions available in the market.
It provides various options and flavors of Linux to the users.
We can choose any distros according to our needs.
Some popular distros are Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, Linux Mint, Arch Linux,
For the beginners, Ubuntu and Linux Mint would be useful.
Debian and Fedora would be good choices for proficient programmers.
10. Live CD/USB
Almost all Linux distributions have a Live CD/USB option.
It allows us to try or run the Linux operating system without installing it.
11. Graphical User Interface
Linux is a command-line based OS but it provides an interactive user interface like
Windows.
 Advantage of Linux Operating System
12. Suitable for programmers
It supports almost all of the most used programming languages such as C/C++, Java,
Python, Ruby, and more.
Further, it offers a vast range of useful applications for development.
The programmers prefer the Linux terminal over the Windows command line.
The package manager on Linux system helps programmers to understand how things are
done.
Bash scripting is also a functional feature for the programmers.
It also provides support for SSH, which helps in managing the servers quickly.
13. Community Support
Linux provides large community support.
We can find support from various sources.
There are many forums available on the web to assist users.
Further, developers from the various open source communities are ready to help us.
 Advantage of Linux Operating System
14. Privacy
Linux always takes care of user privacy as it never takes much private data from the user.
Comparatively, other operating systems ask for the user's private data.
15. Networking
Linux facilitates with powerful support for networking. The client-server systems can be easily set
to a Linux system. It provides various command-line tools such as ssh, ip, mail, telnet, and more
for connectivity with the other systems and servers. Tasks such as network backup are much
faster than others.
16. Compatibility
Linux is compatible with a large number of file formats as it supports almost all file formats.
17. Installation
Linux installation process takes less time than other operating systems such as Windows. Further,
its installation process is much easy as it requires less user input. It does not require much more
system configuration even it can be easily installed on old machines having less configuration.
 Advantage of Linux Operating System

18. Multiple Desktop Support

Linux system provides multiple desktop environment support for its enhanced use. The
desktop environment option can be selected during installation. We can select any
desktop environment such as GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) or
KDE (K Desktop Environment) as both have their specific environment.
19. Multitasking
It is a multitasking operating system as it can run multiple tasks simultaneously without
affecting the system speed.
20. Heavily Documented for beginners
There are many command-line options that provide documentation on commands,
libraries, standards such as manual pages and info pages. Also, there are plenty of
documents available on the internet in different formats, such as Linux tutorials, Linux
documentation project, Serverfault, and more. To help the beginners, several
communities are available such as Ask Ubuntu, Reddit, and StackOverflow.
 UNIX Shell and Utilities

User
The shell used to be in the
kernel but now is a utility outside Utilities Shell
of it.
Easy to change/debug.
Kernel
Many of them (sh, bsh, csh,
ksh, tcsh, wsh, bash)
Possible to switch between Hardware
them (chsh)
 Virtual Machine

• Traditionally, applications have run directly on an OS on a PC or a server.

• Each PC or server would run only one OS at a time. Thus, the vendor had to
rewrite parts of its applications for each OS/platform they would run on.
• An effective strategy for dealing with this problem is known as virtualization
• Virtualization technology enables a single PC or server to simultaneously
run multiple operating systems.
• The VM approach (ex. VMware) maximizes the number of kinds of
applications that a single computer can handle.
Virtual Machine
 What is Shell ?
The shell is the outermost layer of operating system. Linux Shell is the
interface between Kernel and user.

•A shell is a special user program that provides an interface to the user to use
operating system services.
•Shell accepts human-readable commands from the user and converts them
into something which the kernel can understand.
•It is a command language interpreter that executes commands read from
input devices such as keyboards or from files.
•The shell gets started when the user logs in or starts the terminal.
What is Shell ?
 Types of Shell
• There are two major types of shells −
• Bourne shell − If you are using a Bourne-type shell,
the $ character is the default prompt.
• The Bourne Shell has the following subcategories −
• Bourne shell (sh)
• Korn shell (ksh)
• Bourne Again shell (bash)
• POSIX shell (sh)
• C shell − If you are using a C-type shell, the % is the default
prompt.
• The different C-type shells follow −
• C shell (csh)
• TENEX/TOPS C shell (tcsh)
 BASH Shell scripting
• A Shell provides you with an interface to the Unix system. It
gathers input from you and executes programs based on that input.
• When a program finishes executing, it displays the output.
• Shell is an environment in which we can run our commands,
programs, and shell scripts.
• There are different flavors of a shell, just as there are different
flavors of operating systems.
• Each flavor of shell has its own set of recognized commands and
functions.
 BASH Shell scripting
• Shell Script consist of set of commands to perform some task.
• All the commands in shell script are executed sequentially.
• Shell Prompt
• The prompt, $, which is called the command prompt, is issued by the shell.
• While the prompt is displayed, you can type a command.
• Shell reads your input after you press Enter.
• It determines the command you want to execute by looking at the first word of your
input.
• Following is a simple example of the date command, which displays the current
date and time −
$date Thu Jun 25 08:30:19 MST 2009
 BASH Shell scripting

• $ cat/etc/shells <Enter>
• /bin/sh
• /bin/dash
• /bin/bash
• /bin/rbash

• These are few supported shells..To locate where bash is located

use the following command—
• $ which bash <enter>
• /bin/bash
 Creating First bash script
$ touch hello.sh <enter>
$ ls –al <enter>
-rw-rw-r--

gedit
1. clear
2. #! /bin/bash
3. echo “Hello world”
$ ./hello.sh //to execute the shell script
It will show the message “permission denied”
 Basic Shell Commands
• 1). Displaying the file contents on the terminal:
• cat: It is used to concatenate the files. It gives the output on the
standard output.
• more: It is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time.
• less: It is used to viewing the files instead of opening the file.
• head : Used to print the first N lines of a file. It accepts N as input
and the default value of N is 10.
• tail : Used to print the last N-1 lines of a file. It accepts N as input
and the default value of N is 10.
 Basic Shell Commands
• 2). File and Directory Manipulation Commands:
• Gedit : The gedit program is a graphical text editor that works well across many
Unix-like platforms. If you are not sure which editor to use, gedit is a good option.
• Pwd : The pwd command just shows the present working directory.
• mkdir : Used to create a directory if not already exist. It accepts the directory
name as an input parameter.
• cp : This command will copy the files and directories from the source path to the
destination path. It can copy a file/directory with the new name to the destination
path. It accepts the source file/directory and destination file/directory.
• mv : Used to move the files or directories. This command’s working is almost
similar to cp command but it deletes a copy of the file or directory from the source
path.
• rm : Used to remove files or directories.
• touch : Used to create or update a a shell script file.
 Basic Shell Commands
• 3). Extract, sort, and filter data Commands:
• grep : This command is used to search for the specified text in a
file.
• grep with Regular Expressions: Used to search for text using
specific regular expressions in file.
• sort : This command is used to sort the contents of files.
• wc : Used to count the number of characters, words in a file.
 Basic Shell Commands
• 4). Basic Terminal Navigation Commands:
• ls : To get the list of all the files or folders.
• ls -l: Optional flags are added to ls to modify default behavior, listing contents in
extended form -l is used for “long” output
• ls -a: Lists of all files including the hidden files, add -a flag
• cd: Used to change the directory.
• du: Show disk usage.
• pwd: Show the present working directory.
• man: Used to show the manual of any command present in Linux.
• rmdir: It is used to delete a directory if it is empty.
• ln file1 file2: Creates a physical link.
• ln -s file1 file2: Creates a symbolic link.
• locate: It is used to locate a file in Linux System
• echo: This command helps us move some data, usually text into a file.
• df: It is used to see the available disk space in each of the partitions in your system.
 Basic Shell Commands
• 5). File Permissions
Commands: The chmod and chown commands are used to
control access to files in UNIX and Linux systems.
• chown : Used to change the owner of the file.
• chgrp : Used to change the group owner of the file.
• chmod : Used to modify the access/permission of a user.
 Creating First bash script
It will show the message “permission denied”..
As bydefault user have no execute permission.

To allow the user to execute the script, modify the permission-

$ chmod +x hello.sh
$ ls –al
-rwx-rwx-rx
$ ./hello.sh <enter>
Hello world
 Comments in bash scripting
• Comments start with a # in bash scripting. This means that any
line that begins with a # is a comment and will be ignored by the
interpreter.

• # This is an example comment

• # Both of these lines will be ignored by the interpreter
 Variables and data types in Bash
• Variables let you store data. You can use variables to read, access, and
manipulate data throughout your script.
• There are no data types in Bash. In Bash, a variable is capable of storing numeric
values, individual characters, or strings of characters.
• In Bash, you can use and set the variable values in the following ways:
• 1. Assign the value directly:
• Country=India
• 2. Assign the value based on the output obtained from a program or command,
using command substitution. Note that $ is required to access an existing
variable's value.
• newCountry= $Country
• This assigns the value of countryto the new variable newCountry
 Variables and data types in Bash
• Accessing Values
• To access the value stored in a variable, prefix its name with the dollar sign ($) −
• For example, the following script will access the value of defined variable NAME and
print it on STDOUT −

• NAME=“VIIT"
• echo $NAME //output - VIIT
• Read-only Variables
• Shell provides a way to mark variables as read-only by using the read-only command.
After a variable is marked read-only, its value cannot be changed.
• Ex- the following script generates an error while trying to change the value of NAME −
• NAME=“VIIT"
• readonly NAME
• NAME=“VIT“ //output - /bin/sh: NAME: This variable is read only.
 Arrays in Bash
• Shell supports a different type of variable called an array variable.
• This can hold multiple values at the same time.
• Arrays provide a method of grouping a set of variables.
• Instead of creating a new name for each variable that is required, you can use a
single array variable that stores all the other variables.

• NAME1=“abc"
• NAME2=“lmn"
NAME[0]=" abc "
NAME[1]=“lmn"
• NAME3=“xyz"
NAME[2]=“xyz"
• NAME4=“pqr" NAME[3]=“pqr"
• NAME5=“efg“ NAME[4]=“efg"

• We can use a single array to store all the above mentioned names.
• array_name[index]=value
 Arrays in Bash
• Accessing Array Values
• After you have set any array variable, you access it as follows −
• ${array_name[index]}
• Here array_name is the name of the array, and index is the index of the value to be
accessed. Following is an example to understand the concept −

• #!/bin/sh
• NAME[0]=" abc "
• NAME[1]=“lmn"
• NAME[2]=“xyz"
• NAME[3]=“pqr“ output - First Index:abc
• NAME[4]=“efg“ Second Index: lmn
• echo "First Index: ${NAME[0]}"
• echo "Second Index: ${NAME[1]}"
 Arrays in Bash
• You can access all the items in an array in one of the following ways −

• 1) ${array_name[*]}
• 2) ${array_name[@]}

• #!/bin/sh
• NAME[0]=" abc "
• NAME[1]=“lmn"
• NAME[2]=“xyz"
• NAME[3]=“pqr"
• NAME[4]=“efg"
• echo "First Method: ${NAME[*]}“ output – First Method: abc lmn xyz pqr efg
• echo "Second Method: ${NAME[@]}“ Second Method: abc lmn xyz pqr efg
 Gathering input
• Here we'll discuss some methods to provide input to our scripts.
• 1. Reading the user input and storing it in a variable
• We can read the user input using the read command.

• #!/bin/bash
• echo "Today is " `date`
• echo "\nenter the path to directory"
• read the_path
• echo "\nyour path has the following files and folders: "
• ls $the_path
 Gathering input
• 2. Reading from a file
• This code reads each line from a file named input.txt and prints it to the terminal.

• while read line

• do
• echo $line
• done < input.txt
 Displaying output
• Here we'll discuss some methods to receive output from the scripts.

• Printing to the terminal:

• echo "Hello, World!“
• This prints the text "Hello, World!" to the terminal.

• 2. Writing to a file:
• echo "This is some text." > output.txt
• This writes the text "This is some text." to a file named output.txt.
• Note that the >operator overwrites a file if it already has some content.
 Displaying output
• 3. Appending to a file:
• echo "More text." >> output.txt

• This appends the text "More text." to the end of the file output.txt.
 Basic Operators in BASH
• Arithmetic Operators
• Relational Operators
• Boolean Operators
• String Operators

• #!/bin/sh
• val=`expr 2 + 2`
• echo "Total value : $val“ output - Total value : 4
 Arithmatic Operators in BASH
Assume variable a holds 10 and variable b holds 20 then −
Operator Description Example
+ (Addition) Adds values on either side of the operator `expr $a + $b` will give 30
- (Subtraction) Subtracts right hand operand from left hand operand `expr $a - $b` will give -10
* (Multiplication) Multiplies values on either side of the operator `expr $a * $b` will give 200
/ (Division) Divides left hand operand by right hand operand `expr $b / $a` will give 2
% (Modulus) Divides left hand operand by right hand operand and `expr $b % $a` will give 0
returns remainder
= (Assignment) Assigns right operand in left operand a = $b will assign value of b into a
== (Equality) Compares two numbers, if both are same then returns [ $a == $b ] will return false.
true.
!= (Not Equality) Compares two numbers, if both are different then [ $a != $b ] will return true.
returns true.
All the conditional expressions should be inside square braces with spaces around them, for
example [ $a == $b ] is correct whereas, [$a==$b] is incorrect.
 Relational Operators in BASH
Assume variable a holds 10 and variable b holds 20 then −
Oper Description Example
ator
-eq Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not; if yes, then the [ $a -eq $b ] is not true.
condition becomes true.
-ne Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not; if values are not
[ $a -ne $b ] is true.
equal, then the condition becomes true.
-gt Checks if the value of left operand is greater than the value of right operand;
[ $a -gt $b ] is not true.
if yes, then the condition becomes true.
-lt Checks if the value of left operand is less than the value of right operand; if
[ $a -lt $b ] is true.
yes, then the condition becomes true.
-ge Checks if the value of left operand is greater than or equal to the value of
[ $a -ge $b ] is not true.
right operand; if yes, then the condition becomes true.
-le Checks if the value of left operand is less than or equal to the value of right
operand; if yes, then the condition becomes true. [ $a -le $b ] is true.
 Boolean Operators in BASH
Assume variable a holds 10 and variable b holds 20 then −

Operator Description Example

! This is logical negation. This inverts a true
[ ! false ] is true.
condition into false and vice versa.
-o This is logical OR. If one of the operands is true, [ $a -lt 20 -o $b -gt 100 ] is
then the condition becomes true. true.
-a This is logical AND. If both the operands are
[ $a -lt 20 -a $b -gt 100 ] is
true, then the condition becomes true otherwise
false.
false.
 String Operators in BASH
Assume variable a holds "abc" and variable b holds "efg" then −
Operator Description Example
= Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not; if yes, then the [ $a = $b ] is not
condition becomes true. true.
!= Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not; if values are not [ $a != $b ] is true.
equal then the condition becomes true.
-z Checks if the given string operand size is zero; if it is zero length, then [ -z $a ] is not true.
it returns true.
-n Checks if the given string operand size is non-zero; if it is nonzero [ -n $a ] is not false.
length, then it returns true.
str Checks if str is not the empty string; if it is empty, then it returns false. [ $a ] is not false.
 Sample Script
• #!/bin/bash
•
• echo -e "Hi, please type the word: \c "
• read word
• echo "The word you entered is: $word"
• echo -e "Can you please enter two words? "
• read word1 word2
• echo "Here is your input: \"$word1\" \"$word2\""
• echo -e "How do you feel about bash scripting? "
• # read command now stores a reply into the default build-in variable $REPLY
• read
• echo "You said $REPLY, I'm glad to hear that! "
• echo -e "What are your favorite colours ? "
• # -a makes read command to read into an array
• read -a colours
• echo "My favorite colours are also ${colours[0]}, ${colours[1]} and ${colours[2]}:-)"
 Output of Sample Script
• Hi, please type the word: Linuxconfig.org
• The word you entered is: Linuxconfig.org
• Can you please enter two words?
• Debian Linux
• Here is your input: "Debian" "Linux"
• How do you feel about bash scripting?
• good
• You said good, I'm glad to hear that!
• What are your favorite colours ?
• blue green black
• My favorite colours are also blue, green and black:-)
 Conditional statements (if/else)
• There are several ways to evaluate conditions, including if, if-else, if-elif-else, and
nested conditionals.

• if [[ condition ]];
• then
• statement
• elif [[ condition ]]; then
• statement
• else
• do this by default
• fi
• We can use logical operators such as AND -a and OR -o to make comparisons
• if [ $a -gt 60 -a $b -lt 100 ] // This statement checks if both conditions are true:
• a is greater than 60 AND b is less than 100.
 Conditional statements (if/else)
• Let's see an example of a Bash script that uses if, if-else, and if-elif-
else statements to determine if a user-inputted number is positive, negative, or
zero:
• #!/bin/bash
• echo "Please enter a number: "
• read num
• if [ $num -gt 0 ]; then
• echo "$num is positive"
• elif [ $num -lt 0 ]; then
• echo "$num is negative"
• else
• echo "$num is zero"
• fi
 Conditional statements (if/else)
• Looping and Branching in Bash
• While loop
• While loops check for a condition and loop until the condition remains true. We
need to provide a counter statement that increments the counter to control loop
execution.
• In the example below, (( i += 1 )) is the counter statement that increments the
value of i. The loop will run exactly 10 times.

• #!/bin/bash
• i=1
• while [[ $i -lt 10 ]] ; do
• echo "$i"
• (( i += 1 ))
• done
 Case statements
• In Bash, case statements are used to compare a given value against a list of
patterns and execute a block of code based on the first pattern that matches. The
syntax for a case statement in Bash is as follows:
• fruit="apple"
• case $fruit in
• "apple")
• echo "This is a red fruit."
• ;;
• "banana")
• echo "This is a yellow fruit."
• ;;
• "orange")
• echo "This is an orange fruit."
• ;;
• *)
• echo "Unknown fruit."
• ;;
• esac