CS155: Introduction to Unix

MLK Day

• Overview
• Unix demonstration
• Misconceptions
• Practice makes perfect
• Online help
• Piazza

• Syllabus
• Getting connected
• Turning in homework
• Printing slides

• Discuss HW0

• File System
• Command Anatomy

• Last day to drop is Sunday

• HW0 due Friday noon; late Wednesday noon
• Discuss HW1

• Files and Directories: cat, more, cp, mv, rm, mkdir, rmdir, echo, man
• Redirection

• What happened to .txt?
• Where are the .exe files?

• Test etiquette
• Wildcards
• More redirection
• Pipe vs. Semicolon

• Review HW1
• Quiz #1
• HW1 due Thursday noon; late Friday noon

• Text Manipulation: script, wc, grep, sort, cut, uniq

• Discuss HW2

• Text Manipulation: script, wc, grep, sort, cut, uniq

HW2 due Tuesday noon; late Wednesday noon

• File and Directory Permissions
• Editors

• Last day to withdraw is Thursday
• Checking your grades

• Review HW2
• Quiz #2

• Archives and Compression: gzip, bzip2, tar, zip
• File Comparison & Types: sed, diff, file

• Discuss HW3

• Processes
• Introduction to shells
• Shell History
• Shell Environment
• Shell Customization
• Sample .bashrc

HW3 due Tuesday noon; late Wednesday noon

• echo -n
• Shell Scripts
• Shell Loops
• A bash script tutorial

• Review HW3
• Quiz #3

• Finish Shell Scripts

• Discuss HW4

• && and ||
• Expressions in if statements
• var=$(cmd)
• Printing Files
• Miscellaneous Commands: date, cal, uptime, who, ping, find, lpr

HW4 due Tuesday noon; late Wednesday noon

• Final Review
• Course Evaluation

• Review HW4

• Final Exam
• Photo ID required
• Dark pencil or ink.

• Final Exam