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OSL640 Weekly Schedule

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Week Objectives and Tasks Reference Tutorial (Lab)
Week 1:
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
Week 1 Lecture Notes: PDF | PPTX

Resources:

Links to Windows SSH clients (Access Matrix from home):

Week 2:
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)

Evaluation:
  • Tutorial 1 (Due Friday @ midnight)
  • Quiz 1
Week 2 Lecture Notes: PDF | PPTX

Tutorials:

Reference Sheets:

YouTube Videos:

Assignment 1:
  • Basic Unix Commands (Parts 4 - 6)
Week 3:
Objectives:
  • Absolute and relative pathnames
  • File name expansion
  • Shell basics
  • Command execution in detail
  • Recalling and editing previous commands
  • Quoting

Evaluation:
  • Tutorial 2 (Due Friday@ Midnight)
Week 3 Lecture Notes: PDF | PPTX

Tutorials:

YouTube Videos:

Assignment 1:
  • Directory Management
  • Practice Commands To Create A Directory Structure
  • Create A Directory Structure
  • Practice Specifying Path Names
Week 4:
Objectives:
  • Data Representation:
    (Binary, octal, decimal,
    and hexadecimal number systems)
  • Number conversions
  • Unix file permissions

Evaluation:
  • Tutorial 3 (Due Friday @ midnight)
  • Quiz 2
Week 4 Lecture Notes: PDF | PPTX

Tutorials:

YouTube Videos:

Assignment 2:
  • Practice Using The vi Text Editor
  • Permissions
Week 5:
Objectives:
  • stdin, stdout, stderr
  • Simple filter commands:
    (head,tail,cut,sort,tr,wc)
  • grep utility Redirection and piping
  • /dev/null file

Evaluation:
  • Tutorial 4 (Due Friday @ midnight)
  • Assignment 1 (10%):
    (Due by Friday at 11:59 PM)
  • Quiz 3
Week 5 Lecture Notes: PDF | PPTX

Tutorials:

YouTube Videos:

Assignment 2:
  • Redirection And Pipes
Week 6:
Objectives:
  • scp and sftp utilities
  • Sending email from command line

Evaluation:
  • Tutorial 5 (Due Friday @ midnight)
  • Midterm: Test 1 (20%)
Week 6 Lecture Notes: PDF | PPTX

Tutorials:

YouTube Videos:

 
Study Week:
Objectives:
  • No scheduled classes
 
Week 7:
Objectives:
  • Filesystem links
  • Hard and symbolic links
  • Process management
  • Aliases
  • Command History

Evaluation:
  • Tutorial 6 (Due Friday @ midnight)
Week 7 Lecture Notes: PDF | PPTX

Tutorials:

YouTube Videos:

Assignment 2:
  • Linking Files And Directories
  • Linux Processes
  • Command Summary
Week 8:
Objectives:
Regular expressions basics:
  • Literal matching
  • Character classes
  • . wildcard
  • * repetition symbol
  • Anchoring

Evaluation:
  • Tutorial 8 (Due Friday @ midnight)
  • Assignment 2 (10%):
    (Due by Friday at 11:59 PM)
Week 8 Lecture Notes: PDF | PPTX

Tutorials:

YouTube Videos:

Assignment 3:
  • Regular Expressions Using grep
Week 9:
Objectives:
Text Manipulation:
  • Using the sed Utility
  • Using the awk Utility

Evaluation:
  • Tutorial 9 (Due Friday @ midnight)
Week 9 Lecture Notes: PDF | PPTX

Tutorials:

YouTube Videos:

Assignment 3:
  • sed and awk
Week 10:
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

Evaluation:
  • Tutorial 11 (Due Friday @ midnight)
  • Quiz 4
Week 10 Lecture Notes: PDF | PPTX

Tutorials:

YouTube Videos:

Assignment 3:
  • Interactive Shell Environment
  • Introduction To Scripting (phone)
Week 11:
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

Evaluation:
  • Tutorial 10 (Due Friday @ midnight)
  • Quiz 5
Week 11 Lecture Notes: PDF | PPTX

Tutorials:

YouTube Videos:

Assignment 3:
  • More Scripting (add)
  • Yet More Scripting (oldfiles)
Week 12:
Objectives:
  • Take up Review Questions
  • Work on Assignment #3

Evaluation:
  • Tutorial 12 (Due Wed @ midnight)
  • Tutorial 7 (BONUS):
    (Due Wed @ midnight)
  • Assignment 3 (10%):
    (Due by Thursday at 11:59 PM)
  • Final: Test 2 (20%)
Review Questions:
  • Sample ULI101 Review Questions