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Date	Topics	Slides	Homework
Mon Aug 26	Syllabus RDS Misconceptions Printing slides Practice makes perfect Class roster demonstration What is Unix/Linux?	Unix & You Anatomy of a Command
Wed Aug 28	Getting connected		Thursday is the last drop day
Fri Aug 30	Let’s do HW0 together Turning in homework Filesystem Basics		HW0 due Sunday noon
Mon Sep 2	Labor Day
Wed Sep 4	Quiz #1 Basic Commands I Redirection What’s this foo nonsense? Discuss HW1	Basic Commands	HW1 due Thursday noon; late until Friday noon
Fri Sep 6	How do you “execute” a file? Where’s the `.exe`? Basic Commands II Review HW1	Basic Commands II Pipe vs. Semicolon	If you skimp on learning how to use an editor, you’ll be like a carpenter who doesn’t know how to hold a hammer.
Mon Sep 9	Discuss HW2 Permissions, `chmod` The `pico` editor	Permissions & pico	HW2 due Tuesday noon; late Wednesday noon
Wed Sep 11	Quiz #2 Review HW2 More Redirection	More Redirection, Shell history	The only way to learn an editor is practice, practice, practice! Find a tutorial and go through it. Friday is the last withdraw day
Fri Sep 13	Discuss HW3 `gzip`, `bzip2` `tar`, `zip` `sed`	Archival, Compression, and More Commands (:cell:) A nice sed tutorial
Mon Sep 16	Introduction to shells Environment variables Shell customization `.login`, `.cshrc` files	More than one shell!? Environment Customization Sample `.cshrc` Sample `.bashrc`	HW3 due Tuesday noon; late Wednesday noon
Wed Sep 18	Review HW3 Quiz #3 Basic Shell Scripting `echo` `-n`	Basic Shell Scripting Shell Script Looping	A bash tutorial
Fri Sep 20	Finish Shell Scripting Discuss HW4
Mon Sep 23	`&&` and `\|\|` Expressions in `if` statements `var=$(`cmd`)` Basic Commands III Printing Files	Basic Commands III	HW4 due Tuesday noon; late Wednesday noon
Wed Sep 25	Review HW4 Final Review Course Evaluation
Fri Sep 27	Final Exam Photo ID required

CS155: Introduction to Unix

Fall 2013

Schedule