Week |
Objectives and Tasks |
Reference |
Assignment |
Week 1:
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Objectives:
- Course introduction
- Course Resources/Evaluation/Policies
- Unix/Linux Background
- Open source philosophy
- Linux GUI and the terminal
- The Matrix server
- Accessing your Matrix Account
- Using your Matrix Account
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Week 1 Lecture 1 Notes: PDF | PPTX Week 1 Lecture 2 Notes: PDF | PPTX Tutorials: Links to Windows SSH clients (Access Matrix from home): YouTube Videos:
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Tutorial 1: Using Your Matrix Server Account
- INVESTIGATION 1: ACCESSING YOUR MATRIX LINUX ACCOUNT
- INVESTIGATION 2: USING THE LINUX SHELL / ONLINE EVALUATION
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Week 2:
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Objectives:
- Unix file system
- File types and file naming
- Basic file system commands:
(pwd,cd,tree,ls,mkdir,rmdir,mv,cp,rm, man)
- Text editing
- Common file utilities:
(cat,more,less,touch,file,find)
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Week 2 Lecture 1 Notes: PDF | PPTX Week 2 Lecture 2 Notes: PDF | PPTX Tutorials: Reference Sheets: YouTube Videos:
- Linux File System, Basic Navigation:
(ls, cd, pwd, tree),Absolute and Relative Paths
- Basic File Actions
(touch, ls -l, cp, cp -r, mv, mkdir, mkdir -p, rm, rmdir, rm -r), Relative-to-home Paths
- Reading/Writing to Files:
(cat, more, less, man, date, diff, diff -y, find, wc)
- Introduction to Vi
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Assignment 1:
- Basic Unix Commands (Parts 4 - 6)
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Week 3:
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Objectives:
- Absolute and relative pathnames
- File name expansion
- Shell basics
- Command execution in detail
- Command History
- Recalling and editing previous commands
- Quoting
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Week 3 Lecture 1 Notes: PDF | PPTX Week 3 Lecture 2 Notes: PDF | PPTX Tutorials: YouTube Videos:
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Assignment 1:
- Directory Management
- Practice Commands To Create A Directory Structure
- Create A Directory Structure
- Practice Specifying Path Names
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Week 4:
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Objectives:
- Data Representation:
(Binary, octal, decimal, and hexadecimal number systems)
- Number conversions
- Unix file permissions
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Week 4 Lecture 1 Notes: PDF | PPTX Week 4 Lecture 2 Notes: PDF | PPTX Tutorials: YouTube Videos:
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Assignment 2:
- Practice Using The vi Text Editor
- Permissions
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Week 5:
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Objectives:
- stdin, stdout, stderr
- Simple filter commands:
(head,tail,cut,sort,tr,wc)
- grep utility Redirection and piping
- /dev/null file
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Week 5 Lecture 1 Notes: PDF | PPTX Week 5 Lecture 2 Notes: PDF | PPTX Tutorials: YouTube Videos:
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Assignment 2:
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Week 6:
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Objectives:
- scp and sftp utilities
- Sending email from command line
- Filesystem links
- Hard and symbolic links
- Process management
- Aliases
Evaluation:
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Assignment 1 (10%):
(Due by Friday at 11:59 PM)
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Week 6 Lecture 1 Notes: PDF | PPTX Week 6 Lecture 2 Notes: PDF | PPTX Tutorials: YouTube Videos:
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Assignment 2:
- Linking Files And Directories
- Linux Processes
- Command Summary
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Week 7:
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Evaluation:
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Study Week:
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Objectives:
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Week 8:
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Objectives: Regular expressions basics:
- Literal matching
- Character classes
- . wildcard
- * repetition symbol
- Anchoring
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Week 8 Lecture 1 Notes: PDF | PPTX Week 8 Lecture 2 Notes: PDF | PPTX Tutorials: YouTube Videos:
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Assignment 3:
- Regular Expressions Using grep
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Week 9:
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Objectives: Text Manipulation:
- Using the sed Utility
- Using the awk Utility
Evaluation:
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Assignment 2 (10%):
(Due by Friday at 11:59 PM)
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Week 9 Lecture 1 Notes: PDF | PPTX Week 9 Lecture 2 Notes: PDF | PPTX Tutorials: YouTube Videos:
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Assignment 3:
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Week 10:
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Objectives: Introduction to Shell Scripting:
- Introduction to Shell Scripting
- echo and read commands
- Shell Variables
- Positional Parameters
- Command Substitution /
Math Operations
- test statements
- if / elif-else statements
- for loop statements
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Week 10 Lecture Notes: PDF | PPTX Tutorials: YouTube Videos:
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Assignment 3:
- Interactive Shell Environment
- Introduction To Scripting (phone)
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Week 11:
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Objectives: Additional Shell Scripting:
- if - elif - else statement
- for loop revisited
- while loop statement
- Error-Checking with Loops
- exit and break Statements
- export Command
- Start-up Files
- Further Study
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Week 11 Lecture Notes: PDF | PPTX Tutorials: YouTube Videos:
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Assignment 3:
- More Scripting (add)
- Yet More Scripting (oldfiles)
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Week 12
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Objectives:
- Take up Review Questions
- Work on Assignment #3
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Review Questions:
Sample ULI101 Review Questions
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Week 13:
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Evaluation Week:
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Final Test (20%)
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Assignment 3 is due (10%)
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