Exercise $1\mathrm{.}5$ Scripting in Linux

Objective: Learn how to automate a series of commands using a shell script.

Write a shell script named "mysparser" that parses the files within a directory provided as input argument. The parser should print out the name of the directory to be parsed, the total number of files, and the name of the smallest and largest file within such a directory.

Your parser MUST do:

Print out the current date at which the script was executed

Print out the name of your Linux user

Print out your name and NJIT student ID

Display the name of the folder to be parsed

Print out the total number of files in the provided directory

Print out the name of the smallest and largest files in the provided directory

Your solution must include:

Your shell script file name "myparser"

A description of how you addressed every step $(1-7)$

Explain how you run your script "myparser"

Example:

The output of running myparse given the directory ece$424$SDN$/$ is:

Fri $15$ Jan $202105$:$53$:$43$ PM EST

Current user : ece$429$

Jorge Medina, ID: $31484801$

parsing ece$424$SDN$/$

There are: $6$ files in ece$424$SDN$/$

The smallest file: dependencies

The largest file: ryuinstall