Help with linux assignment. New to scripting.

[Almondoz]

Hello everyone,

I'm currently in a linux course and just gearing up to take an exam. I'm now learning scripting and I am familiar with the logic's from the text book. When it actually comes down to reading an assignment and interpreting it back to a script I don't know where to start. If anyone can point me on the right direction it would be great-full. Thanks in advance.

Basically my assignment:

Write a script named file-info that includes the following:

1. Accepts a directory as an optional command line parameter.

2. Clears the screen.

3. Displays an error message and terminates if more than one parameter is provided.

4. Uses the current directory if no parameter is provided.

5. Displays an error message and terminates if the provided parameter is not a directory

6. For the directory to be processed, displays a single line of information about each regular file within it: file name, file size, file owner (in that order). For any file that is zero bytes in length, the script is to offer to delete the file, accepting only y/n responses and then proceeding accordingly.

7. Contains appropriate documentation and error checking. (Hint: the following command can be used to set the values of positional parameters: set -- $(ls –l filename) This may be useful in this script although the script can be written using other commands already in your repertoire.)

[oz]

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