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| − | # In your Matrix account, issue the following command:<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier">~uli101/assign1</span><br><br>
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| − | # A screen similar to the one displayed on the right will appear.<br><br><span style="color:red;">'''WARNING''': You need to select the CORRECT section for the course which you belong to.<br>If you do NOT select your correct section, your assignment may not be recorded for marks!</span><br><br>
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| − | # Select the '''letter(s)''' corresponding to the <u>correct</u> '''ULI101 section''' and '''professor''' and press <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold">ENTER</span><br><br>
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| − | # After you have selected your course section, There will be a screen that provides several important notes before proceeding.<br>Please take a few moments to read those notes and press <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold">ENTER</span> to proceed.<br><br>[[Image:assn-section-completion.png|thumb|right|250px|Main Assignment Window to View Which Sections Need to be Completed. ]]
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| − | # The assignment main menu will then be displayed.<br><br>'''NOTES:'''<ul><li>Near the bottom of the window, you will see '''"You are currently registered to"''' followed by the '''section letter''' and '''instructor name'''. Double-check your course timetable to confirm that this the correct section letter. If you have selected the WRONG section, type <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold">C</span> in the menu selection area and press <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold">ENTER</span>. You will return back to the original window to select your correct course section.<br><br></li><li>Near the top of the window displays the sections to complete in the assignment. You are NOT required to complete all sections at the same time. You can check the assignment #1 link on the ULI101 main WIKI page to note the due date for assignment #1. Sections that are NOT completed will be displayed in '''reverse text with a blue background'''. On the other hand, when you compete a section, then the section will appear as regular text<br>(i.e not in reverse text).<br><br>[[Image:assn-completed-window.png|thumb|right|250px|Main Assignment Window to Confirm Which Sections Have or Have Not Been Completed. ]]</li><li>If you want to verify that you have completed sections for the assignment, look for the text '''"Marks earned so far for ULI101 Assignment:"''' and it will show how many sections have been completed. When it shows all sections completed, then your assignment is finished and you should receive full marks provided that you have selected your correct course section.<br><br></li></ul>
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| − | # At the menu assignment #1 window, enter <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold">1</span> in the menu selection area to begin the first section called '''"Introduction to Unix Commands"'''.<br><br>
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| − | # When you have completed this section, you will be returned to the main window.<br>View the contents of this window to confirm that you completed this section.<br><br>
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| − | # When you have time this week, enter <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold">2</span> in the menu selection area to begin the first section called '''"Basic Unix Commands"'''.<br><br>
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REDIRECTION: STANDARD INPUT / STANDARD OUTPUT / STANDARD ERROR
Main Objectives of this Practice Tutorial
Tutorial Reference Material
Course Notes
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Linux Command/Shortcut Reference
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Redirection
- Standard Input (stdin)
- Standard Output (stdout)
- Standard Error (stderr)
- Piping (pipes)
Multiple Commands
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Redirection Filters
- head
- tail
- sort
- grep
- cut
- tr
- wc
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Brauer Instructional Videos:- Reading/Writing to Files
(echo, stdin, stdout, stderr, >, >>, 2>, cat, more, less, man, date, diff, diff -y, find, wc)
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KEY CONCEPTS
Redirection
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Piping (Using Pipes)
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Multiple Commands Using Semicolon ; / Grouping Commands ( )
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In the next investigation...
INVESTIGATION 1: REDIRECTION INVOLVING REGULAR FILES
In this section, you will learn how to ...
Perform the Following Steps:
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In the next investigation, you will ...
INVESTIGATION 2: REDIRECTION USING PIPES
In this section, you will learn how to ...
Perform the Following Steps:
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LINUX PRACTICE QUESTIONS
The purpose of this section is to obtain extra practice to help with quizzes, your midterm, and your final exam.
Here is a link to the MS Word Document of ALL of the questions displayed below but with extra room to answer on the document to
simulate a quiz:
https://ict.senecacollege.ca/~murray.saul/uli101/uli101_week5_practice.docx
Your instructor may take-up these questions during class. It is up to the student to attend classes in order to obtain the answers to the following questions. Your instructor will NOT provide these answers in any other form (eg. e-mail, etc).
Review Questions:
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- Create a table listing each Linux command, useful options that were mentioned in the online assignment #1 and command purpose for the following Linux commands: x , x , x , x , x , x , x , x , x , x
