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Linux/Unix File Search Script

This document is an assignment for a course on Linux/Unix systems at the University of Dodoma, authored by a student named Bright Peter Ng'ondyah. It includes a Bash script that searches for specific file extensions in a given directory and prints the found files, along with a second part that searches for a keyword in those files. The assignment is supervised by Dr. Justin Woiso and is part of the BSc-CNISE program.

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Linux/Unix File Search Script

This document is an assignment for a course on Linux/Unix systems at the University of Dodoma, authored by a student named Bright Peter Ng'ondyah. It includes a Bash script that searches for specific file extensions in a given directory and prints the found files, along with a second part that searches for a keyword in those files. The assignment is supervised by Dr. Justin Woiso and is part of the BSc-CNISE program.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA

COLLEGE OF INFORMATICS AND VIRTUAL EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAM: BSc-CNISE 2.


COURSE NAME: INTRODUCTION TO LINUX /UNIX SYSTEM

COURSE CODE: CP 211

COURSE INSTRUCTOR: DR. JUSTIN WOISO

NATURE OF WORK: ASSIGNMENT 3


STUDENT NAME: BRIGHT PETER NG’ONDYAH

REGISTRATION NUMBER: T21-03-03649

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ANSWER 1

#!/bin/bash

# Define the directory to search in

dir=$1

# Define the file extensions to search for

extensions=(".tiff" ".ogg" ".r")

# Index for iterating through the extensions array

index=0

# Iterate through the extensions array using a while loop

while [ $index -lt ${#extensions[@]} ]; do

extension=${extensions[index]}

# Search for files with the specified extension in the directory

found_files=($(find $dir -name "*$extension"))

# Check if any files were found

if [ ${#found_files[@]} -gt 0 ]; then

# Print the found files

echo "Files with extension $extension found:"

for file in "${found_files[@]}"; do

echo $file

done

else

# Print a message if no files were found

echo "No files with extension $extension found."

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fi

# Increment the index for the next iteration

index=$((index + 1))

done

ANSWER 2

# Search for a keyword in all found files

for file in "${found_files[@]}";

do grep -i "keyword" $file

done

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