First Bash script in Bash Scripting - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to print 'Hello, World!' in Bash.

Bash Scripting

echo [1]

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AHello World

BHello, World!

C'Hello World'

D"Hello, World!"

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not using quotes causes Bash to treat words as separate arguments.

Using single quotes without proper spacing changes the output.

In Bash, to print a string with spaces and punctuation, you must enclose it in quotes. Double quotes allow the string to be printed exactly as is.

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medium

Complete the code to assign the value '5' to a variable named count in Bash.

Bash Scripting

count=[1]

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A5

B"5"

C'5'

Dfive

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Adding spaces around '=' causes errors.

Using words instead of numbers changes the variable value.

In Bash, to assign a number to a variable, write the number without spaces or quotes.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to print the value of the variable name in Bash.

Bash Scripting

echo [1]

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A$name

Bname

C"name"

D'$name'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Printing the variable name without $ prints the literal text.

Using single quotes prevents variable expansion.

To print the value of a variable in Bash, prefix it with a dollar sign ($).

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a loop that prints numbers 1 to 5 in Bash.

Bash Scripting

for i in [1]
do
  echo [2]
done

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A"{1..5}"

Bi

C$i

D1 2 3 4 5

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using quotes around the list makes it a single string.

Not using $ before the variable prints the variable name.

The loop iterates over the list '1 2 3 4 5'. Inside the loop, $i prints the current number.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a conditional that prints 'Even' for even numbers in Bash.

Bash Scripting

if [ $(( [1] % [2] )) [3] 0 ]; then
  echo "Even"
fi

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Anum

B2

C-eq

D==

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '==' instead of '-eq' causes errors in numeric tests.

Using wrong variable names or missing $ in arithmetic.

The expression checks if num modulo 2 equals 0 using -eq for numeric comparison in Bash.