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Hi all.
I have no idea what should I do.
I have no experience with Linux before.
How I can do this using python
In your Linux installation, use Bash, or a Linux Shell of your choice, to do the following:

Generate a random number: echo $RANDOM
Output a random number into a file called file1.txt: echo $RANDOM > file1.txt
Append another random number to the end of this file: echo $RANDOM >> file1.txt
Remove file1.txt: rm file1.txt
Create a script called numbers.sh, that does this one thousand (1000) times, using the "for" loop.
Make the script executable: chmod +x numbers.sh
Run the script: ./numbers.sh


You should now have a file called file1.txt containing 1,000 lines, with each line being a random number.

Create a Python program to perform this task, to create file2.txt. You should now have 2 files: file1.txt & file2.txt, each containing 1,000 lines, with each line being a random number.

Do a word and line count on these programs, scripts, and text files (feel free to create a new folder(s) to store these, if you prefer a certain level of organization.)

wc *

Take a screenshot of the files and their word/line counts and submit to the instructor.


What I have tried:

I didn't try anything yet as it is totally new to me.
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Updated 16-Nov-21 1:39am

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The 'requirements' are giving you exact instructions.
For instance, the line
Quote:
Generate a random number: echo $RANDOM
is telling you to write exactly
echo $RANDOM

in the console (terminal) window of your favourite Linux box.
So almost all of your tasks are trivial.

Non trivial ones require you to learn a minimum of shell scripting (see for instance https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bash-for-loop/[^]) and Python programming (see, for instance How to Generate Random Numbers in Python[^]).
 
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