Function definition in Bash Scripting - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to define a function named greet.

Bash Scripting

function [1]() {
  echo "Hello!"
}

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Agreet

Bhello

Csay_hello

Dwelcome

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a different function name than asked.

Forgetting the parentheses after the function name.

The function name should be greet to match the task.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to call the function named greet.

Bash Scripting

[1]

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Afunction greet

Bcall greet

Crun greet

Dgreet()

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Writing 'call greet' which is not valid bash syntax.

Writing 'function greet' which defines a function, not calls it.

To call a function in bash, write its name followed by parentheses: greet().

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the function definition to make it valid bash syntax.

Bash Scripting

function greet [1] {
  echo "Hi!"
}

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A{}

B()

C[]

D<>

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using curly braces or square brackets instead of parentheses.

Omitting parentheses entirely.

In bash, function parameters are declared with parentheses () after the function name.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to define and call a function named say_hello.

Bash Scripting

function [1]() {
  echo "Hello, world!"
}

[2]()

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Asay_hello

Bgreet

Chello

Dwelcome

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using different names for definition and call.

Forgetting parentheses when calling the function.

The function name must be the same in definition and call: say_hello.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to define a function greet_user that takes a name and prints a greeting.

Bash Scripting

function [1]() {
  echo "Hello, $[2]!"
}

[3] "Alice"

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Agreet_user

B1

Dname

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using variable name instead of argument position.

Calling the function with a different name.

Forgetting to use $ before the argument number.

The function name is greet_user. The first argument is accessed as $1. Call the function with greet_user "Alice".