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LAB PROGRAMS

PROGRAM 3:
Create a script that displays the disk space usage of each directory in the
current location

 display_disk_usage is a function that takes two parameters:

 path: the directory path to calculate disk usage.


 level: the depth level of the directory (used for indentation).

 indent is a variable that generates spaces for indentation. The deeper the directory level,
the more spaces are added.
 du -sh "$path" calculates the size of the directory in a human-readable format (-sh).
 2>/dev/null suppresses any error messages.
 cut -f1 extracts the size from the du output.
 echo prints the directory path and its size with the appropriate indentation.
 The for loop iterates over all items in the directory ("$path"/*/), matching only
directories ([ -d "$dir" ]).
 For each subdirectory, the function calls itself recursively, increasing the indentation level.
 main is the main function that initializes the script.
 current_directory=$(pwd) gets the current working directory.
 echo prints a header indicating the start of disk usage reporting.
 display_disk_usage "$current_directory" 0 starts the recursive process from the
current directory with an initial indentation level of 0.

 main function to start the script.

PROGRAM 4:

Write a script that compresses a given file using both gzip and bzip2, creating two
compressed versions.
Running the Script:

1. Save the script to a file, e.g., compress_file.sh.


2. Open a terminal.
3. Navigate to the directory containing compress_file.sh.
4. Make the script executable: chmod +x compress_file.sh.
5. Run the script with the file you want to compress as an argument:
./compress_file.sh yourfile.txt.

WORKING
 "$#": The special variable that holds the number of arguments passed to the script.
 [ "$#" -ne 1 ]: Checks if the number of arguments is not equal to 1.
 If the condition is true (i.e., the script does not receive exactly one argument), it prints the
usage message and exits with a status code of 1.

 file_to_compress=$1: Assigns the first argument to the variable file_to_compress.

 [ ! -f "$file_to_compress" ]: Checks if the file does not exist.


 If the file does not exist, it prints an error message and exits with a status code of 1.
 gzip -c "$file_to_compress": Compresses the file using gzip, with -c option to write
the output to standard output.
 > "${file_to_compress}.gz": Redirects the output to a new file with a .gz extension.
 $?: Special variable that holds the exit status of the last executed command.
 [ $? -eq 0 ]: Checks if the previous command was successful (exit status 0).
 If the compression is successful, it prints a success message. If not, it prints an error
message and exits with a status code of 1.
 bzip2 -k "$file_to_compress": Compresses the file using bzip2, with -k option to
keep the original file.
 $?: Special variable that holds the exit status of the last executed command.
 [ $? -eq 0 ]: Checks if the previous command was successful (exit status 0).
 If the compression is successful, it prints a success message. If not, it prints an error
message and exits with a status code of 1.

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