Write a shell script which takes input of file name and prints first 10 lines of that file. file name is to be passed as command line argument. If argument is not passed then any „C‟ program from the current directory is to be selected.
SOLUTION....
#!/bin/bash
# Script to print first 10 lines of a file
# If no argument is given, select a C program from current directory
if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
fname=$1
else
# Pick the first .c file in current directory
fname=$(ls *.c 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
fi
if [ -z "$fname" ]; then
echo "❌ No filename given and no C program found in current directory."
exit 1
fi
if [ -f "$fname" ]; then
echo "✅ Showing first 10 lines of file: $fname"
head -n 10 "$fname"
else
echo "❌ File '$fname' does not exist."
fi
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