The schedule is updated frequently. Please, check regularly. Unless otherwise stated, reading assignments and problems are from Sarwar et. al. “UNIX The Textbook”.
| Date | Topics | Reading Assignment | Problems |
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| 01/24 | Course Overview and Introduction to UNIX | Chapters 1 and 2. |
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| 01/29 |
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Chapter 3: Sections 3.1-3.5. | Chapter 3: Problems 1-8 and 11-12. |
| 01/31 | UNIX commands and pico editor | Chapter 4 and Chapter 5: Sections 5.1-5.3. |
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| 02/05 | UNIX Shells | Chapter 4 and Chapter 5, Section 5.3 | Chapter 4: Problem 11. |
| 02/07 | UNIX Command Line | Chapter 5, Section 5.3., Chapter 7. | Chapter 7, Problems 1, 2 and 3. |
| 02/12 | Shell Metacharacters and Quoting | Chapter 7. | Chapter 7, Problems 5, 9, 16. |
| 02/14 | UNIX File System | Chapter 7, 8, and 9 (pp. 210-231). | Chapter 8, Problems 1 - 10. Chapter 9: Problems 1-6, 8-10, 14, 16-18. |
| 02/19 | UNIX File System | Chapters 1-7, and 9. | Labs 1-6, Chapter 7: Problems 7, 11-15, and 17. |
| 02/21 | Midterm Exam One | Chapter 8. | Chapter 8: Problems 1-7 and 10-12. |
| 02/26 | UNIX File System
file1 file2 sample |
Chapter 9 | Midterm One Solution |
| 02/28 | UNIX File System | Chapter 10 and Chapter 5 (vi Section) | Chapter 5, Problems 8, 9, 10, and 11.
Reference to vi tutorials, downloads, etc. |
| 03/04 | UNIX File System
Files for today's quiz |
Chapter 8 | Chapter 8: Problems 11-19 |
| 03/06 | UNIX File System
Sample answers for quiz 4 |
Chapter 10: Regular Expressions
Chapter 11 |
Chapter 10: Problems 1-5, 11-15, 17-18, 21-23. |
| 03/11 | UNIX permissions
Files for today's quiz |
No new reading | Complete Questions 1, 8-10, 12, and 14 from the following exercise sheet. |
| 03/13 | vi quiz
Files for today's quiz |
Chapters 0-4, 7-11 | Problems 8, 16, 18, 19, and 26 on pp.330-331. |
| 03/18 | Sample answers for quiz 5
Fun with find commands |
Chapters 0-10. | Prepare for the midterm |
| 03/20 | Midterm Two | Chapters 12 and 13 | Chapter 12: Problems 4-7, 9-14, 20-24, 27-29.
Chapter 13: Problems 1-26. |
| 03/25 | Spring break | ||
| 03/27 | Spring break | ||
| 04/01 |
Regular expressions
Sample answers to quiz 6 Midterm Two key lab10.zip |
Chapter 10, Section 10.6 | In-chapter exercises 10.10, 10.11. |
| 04/03 |
Regular expressions
Quiz 7 files |
Chapter 11, 12 | Complete Lab 10. |
| 04/08 |
Regular Expressions
lab11.zip lab11_key.zip sample answers to Part 3 |
Chapter 11, 12 | Complete Lab 11. |
| 04/10 |
UNIX File System
strings file |
Chapter 11 | Chapter 11: Problems 1, 2, 14 |
| 04/15 |
UNIX File System
lab12 files |
Chapter 13 | Lab 12 |
| 04/17 | No class | Practice Exam Three | |
| 04/22 | UNIX File Systems:
sample answers to lab 12 sample answers to lab 13 |
Chapters 0-4, 7-12. | Review for the exam, complete Lab 13. |
| 04/24 | Midterm Three | Chapters 13 and 14 | Chapter 14: Problems 1-8 |
| 04/29 | UNIX Processes:
today's file |
Chapter 15 | Problems 1-9 pp. 461-462. |
| 05/01 | UNIX Processes:
quiz 10 key |
Chapter 16 | Problems 10-12 pp. 461-462 |
| 05/06 | Shell scripting
 if_demo1 script |
Chapter 17 | Chapter 17 In-chapter exercises, complete lab 15. |
| 05/08 | Shell scripting | Chapter 17 | Complete lab 16 and problems 5, 9, 11, and 12 on p. 493 |
| 05/13 | Review | ||
| 05/19 | Final exam |
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