CGS 3767

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• Syllabus
  • Section 02
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  • Submitting Homework from Unix
  • Homework 1
  • Extra Credit 1
  • Extra Credit 2
  • Homework 2
  • Homework 3
  • Extra Credit 3
  • Homework 4
  • Extra Credit 4
  • Extra Credit 5
• Additional Lecture Notes. Some topics had references to additional resources.

Exam Info

• Exam 1
  • Chapter 1 - All
  • Chapter 2 - All
• Exam 2.
  • Chapter 5 - through page 191
  • Chapter 6 - All.
    • Be sure to know the following DOS commands with the indicated options.
      • TREE /F /A
      • MORE
      • DIR /O:NSEDG- /P /S
      • CD /D
      • MD
      • RD /S /Q
      • COPY
      • ROBOCOPY /S /E /Z /MOV /PURGE /A /M
      • MOVE /Y
      • REN
      • DEL /P /Q /S
    • Be sure to know the following Fedora commands with the indicated options.
      • ls -adlRStx
      • more
      • tree -aAd
      • cd
      • mkdir -p
      • rmdir -p
      • rm -rR
      • cp -lsrR
      • mv -lsrR
• Topics that will be covered on Exam 3.
  • Chapter 5 - All
    Know these commands and switches.
    • For the fdisk command:
      • the command syntax
      • know the -l option.
      • in interactive mode, know the n, p and w commands.
    • For the mount command know :
      • the command syntax
      • know the -l, -r, -w and -t switches.
    • For the umount command know :
      • the command syntax
    • For the mkfs command:
      • the command syntax
      • know the -t option.
    • For the fsck command:
      • the command syntax
      • know the -t option.
    • For the du command:
      • the command syntax
      • know the -a, -c and -h options.
    • For the df command:
      • the command syntax
      • know the -t and -T options.
    • For the free command:
      • the command syntax
      • know the -b, -k and -m options.
  • Chapter 7 - All.
    Know the following commands and switches.
    • For the ATTRIB command:
      • know the command syntax
      • know the /S option.
      • know the +-R, +-A, +-S, +-H options.
      • know the /D option.
    • For the DIR command:
      • know the command syntax
      • know the /A option with +-DARHS.
      • know the /S option.
    • For the ROBOCOPY command:
      • know the command syntax
      • know the /IA option with ARHS.
      • know the /XA option with ARHS.
      • know the /A and /M options.
    • For the FIND command:
      • know the command syntax
      • know the /V and /I options.
      • know the "string" option.
      • know the filename option.
    • For the FINDSTR command:
      • know the command syntax
      • know the /B and /E options.
      • know the /R option. Know syntax for regular expressions.
      • know the /S option.
      • know the /V and /X options.
      • know the /C:string option.
      • know the filename option.
    • Extended Regular Expressions
      • matching patterns
      • character classes
      • repetition
      • boundaries
    • egrep on Linux - know syntax for regular expressions
    • File Permissions on Linux
    • Using Compression in Fedora
      gzip options
      • -a
      • -c
      • -r
      • -#
    • Finding Files in Fedora
      find options
      • -empty
      • -iname NAME
      • -name NAME
      • -maxdepth DEPTH
      • -mindepth DEPTH
      • -perm PERMISSION
      • -print
      • -print0
      • -type fd
  • Regular Expressions
    • matching patterns
    • character classes
    • repetition
    • boundaries
    • parentheses for grouping and memory
  • Chapter 8 - the sections on Vim
    Know these commands for Vim
    • Move to end of line
    • Move to start of line
    • Enter insert mode
    • Exit insert mode
    • Enter visual mode
    • Exit visual mode
    • Save changes
    • Exit Vim
    • Cut a line - cut multiple lines
    • Copy a line - copy multiple lines
    • Cut a word - cut multiple words
    • Copy a word - copy multiple words
    • Cut a character - cut multiple characters
    • Paste
    • Search with regular expressions
    • Substitute: know the % and g switches
• Extra topics that will be covered on the final exam.
  • Exam Information
    • Date: 4/22; 7:15-9:15 pm
    • Lectures: 1/7 through 4/17.
    • Highlighted links on this page
    • Additional topics for the final that were covered since the last exam.
  • Chapter 9. The topics from Chapter 9 were covered throughout the semester.
    Know the following commands and switches.
    • The cut Command in Fedora
      cut options
      • -c#-#
      • -d DELIMITER
      • -f #[[,#][-#]]
    • The head Command in Fedora
      head options
      • -n#
    • The tail Command in Fedora
      tail options
      • -n#
    • The grep Command in Fedora
      grep options
      • -i
      • -n
      • -o
      • -r|-R
      • -x
  • sed on Fedora: Online Reference
    sed options
    • -e
    • -f FILENAME
    • -r
    • /addr1/,/addr2/s///g
    • /addr1/,/addr2/d
    • /addr1/,/addr2/y///
  • Quote symbols on Fedora: Online Reference
  • Final Breakdown

    Chapter/Topic	Percent
    1	11.25
    2	12.50
    5	12.50
    6	11.25
    7	13.75
    8	16.25
    9/scripting	20
    sed/awk	2.5

• Topics that will be covered on the Final Exam.
  • All of the material from the previous four exams.
  • Chapter 8 - vi editor
    • insert, command, visual modes
    • opening files
    • using buffers
    • moving the cursor
    • inserting text
    • cut, copy, paste
    • search
    • replace
    • saving and quiting
  • awk
    • syntax
    • accessing fields
    • print
    • using conditional statements
    • BEGIN and END blocks
    • variables
  • Fedora Scripting
    • select loop
    • validating single letters using grep
    • validating words using grep
    • removing letters using sed
  • Windows Looping
    • for loop
    • looping with goto
    • setlocal enabledelayedexpansion; endlocal
  • Looping in scripts on Fedora: Online Reference
  • Reading input in scripts in Fedora
    read options
    • -p PROMPT

Additional Lectures

Links to more information on lectures that are not covered in the text book.
• Quoting in Linux
• sed in Linux

Videos and Tutorials

Linux Virtual Machine

Tutorial

Windows Virtual Machine

Video

sftp

• Windows: Download WinSCP. A secure FTP client that includes an embedded PuTTY console.
  Tutorial
• Mac or Linux: FileZilla.

telnet

• Windows: Download the binary of putty.exe. A telnet client that uses ssh.
  
  • Tutorial
  • Video
• Mac or Linux: ssh is built into the OS.

Additional Pages

Miscellaneous pages with information that is relevant to the course.
• UNIX Modes and Links
• UNIX Information
• School Resources
• Disk Types and Partition Types in Windows.