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The Ultimate Linux Shell Scripting Guide

You're reading from   The Ultimate Linux Shell Scripting Guide Automate, Optimize, and Empower tasks with Linux Shell Scripting

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835463574
Length 696 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Donald A. Tevault Donald A. Tevault
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Preface 1. Getting Started with the Shell 2. Interpreting Commands FREE CHAPTER 3. Understanding Variables and Pipelines 4. Understanding Input/Output Redirection 5. Customizing the Environment 6. Text-Stream Filters – Part 1 7. Text Stream Filters – Part 2 8. Basic Shell Script Construction 9. Filtering Text with grep, sed, and Regular Expressions 10. Understanding Functions 11. Performing Mathematical Operations 12. Automating Scripts with here Documents and expect 13. Scripting with ImageMagick 14. Using awk – Part 1 15. Using awk – Part 2 16. Creating User Interfaces with yad, dialog, and xdialog 17. Using Shell Script Options with getops 18. Shell Scripting for Security Professionals 19. Shell Script Portability 20. Shell Script Security 21. Debugging Shell Scripts 22. Introduction to Z Shell Scripting 23. Using PowerShell on Linux 24. Other Books You May Enjoy
25. Index

Using Floating Point Math and printf

For some strange reason, you’ve found yourself working a job that requires you to keep track of weather-related statistics. Your boss has just sent you a text file that contains a list of temperatures. Some of the temperatures are Celsius temperatures, and some are Fahrenheit temperatures. Your assigned task is to convert the Fahrenheit temperatures to Celsius temperatures. You can do that the hard way by using a calculator to manually convert each Fahrenheit temperature, or you can write a script that will automate the process. You’ve decided that it would be easier to write a script. The list of temperatures is in the temps.txt file, which looks like this:

Temperature Celsius_or_Fahrenheit
32 F
212 F
-40 F
-14.7 F
24.6111 C
75.8 F
55.21 F
23.9444 C
29.8 F
104.34 F
98.6 F
23.1 C

The first three temperatures are checks to verify that the script works correctly. We know that 32 degrees F equals 0 degrees C, that 212 degrees...

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