OSL640 Weekly Schedule

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Week Objectives and Tasks Reference Tutorial (Lab)
Week 1: Jan 9-13
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

Evaluation:
  • Tutorial 1 (Due Friday, March 10 @ 11:59 PM) (2.5%)
Week 1 Lecture Slides: PDF | PPTX

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

Tutorial 1 - Using Your Matrix Account
Week 2: Jan 16-20
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 2 (Due Friday, March 10 @ 11:59 PM) (2.5%)
Week 2 Lecture Slides: PDF | PPTX
Reference Sheets:
Tutorial 2 - Unix / Linux File Management
Week 3: Jan 23-27
Objectives:
  • Absolute and relative pathnames
  • File name expansion
  • Shell basics
  • Command execution in detail
  • Recalling and editing previous commands
  • Quoting


Evaluation:

  • Tutorial 3 (Due Friday, March 10 @ 11:59 PM) (2.5%)
Week 3 Lecture Slides: PDF | PPTX Tutorial 3 - Advanced File Management / Quoting Special Characters
Week 4: Jan 30 - Feb 3
Objectives:
  • Data Representation:
    (Binary, octal, decimal,
    and hexadecimal number systems)
  • Number conversions
  • Unix file permissions


Evaluation:

  • Tutorial 4 (Due Friday, March 10 @ 11:59 PM) (2.5%)
  • Quiz 1 (6.6%)
Week 4 Lecture Slides: PDF | PPTX Tutorial 4 - Data Representation / Numbering Conversion / File Permissions
Week 5: Feb 6-10
Objectives:
  • stdin, stdout, stderr
  • Simple filter commands:
    (head,tail,cut,sort,tr,wc)
  • grep utility Redirection and piping
  • /dev/null file


Evaluation:

  • Tutorial 5 (Due Friday, March 10 @ 11:59 PM) (2.5%)
Week 5 Lecture Slides: PDF | PPTX Tutorial 5 - Redirection
Week 6: Feb 13-17
Objectives:
  • scp and sftp utilities
  • Sending email from command line


Evaluation:

  • Tutorial 6 (Due Friday, March 10 @ 11:59 PM) (2.5%)
Week 6 Lecture Slides: PDF | PPTX Tutorial 6 - File Transfer / Sending Email
Week 7: Feb 20-24


Objectives:
  • Linux Installation Methods
  • Linux Installation Considerations
  • Virtualization
  • System Administration Commands:
    (su,sudo,visudo,ping,dnf)


Evaluation:

  • Tutorial 7 (Due Friday, April 21 @ 11:59 PM) (2.5%)
  • Quiz 2 (6.6%)
Week 7 Lecture Slides: PDF | PPTX Tutorial 7 - Installing Linux / Live Linux / Virtualization

Project
Study Week: Feb 27 - Mar 3
Objectives:
  • No scheduled classes
 
Week 8: Mar 6-10
Objectives:
  • Filesystem links
  • Hard and symbolic links
  • Process management
  • Aliases
  • Command History


Evaluation:

  • Tutorial 8 (Due Friday, April 21 @ 11:59 PM) (2.5%)
  • Test 1 (15%)
Week 8 Lecture Slides: PDF | PPTX Tutorial 8 - Linking Files / Managing Process / Aliases and Command History
Week 9: Mar 13-17
Objectives:


Regular expressions basics:

  • Literal matching
  • Character classes
  • . wildcard
  • * repetition symbol
  • Anchoring


Evaluation:

  • Tutorial 9 (Due Friday, April 21 @ 11:59 PM) (2.5%)
Week 9 Lecture Notes: PDF | PPTX Tutorial 9 - Regular Expressions
Week 10: Mar 20-24
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 10 (Due Friday, April 21 @ 11:59 PM) (2.5%)
Week 10 Lecture Slides: PDF | PPTX Tutorial 10 - Shell Scripting - Part 1
Week 11: Mar 27-31
Objectives:


Text Manipulation:

  • Using the sed Utility
  • Using the awk Utility


Evaluation:

  • Tutorial 11 (Due Friday, April 21 @ 11:59 PM) (2.5%)
Week 11 Lecture Slides: PDF | PPTX Tutorial 11 - SED & AWK
Week 12: Apr 3-7
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 12 (Due Friday, April 21 @ 11:59 PM) (2.5%)
Week 12 Lecture Slides: PDF | PPTX

Tutorial 12 - Shell Scripting - Part 2

Week 13: Apr 10-14
Objectives:


Presentations


Evaluation:

  • Quiz 3 (6.6%)
  • Presentation (20%)
Week 14: Apr 17-21
Objectives:


Presentations


Evaluation:

  • Presentation (20%)
  • Report Due (15%)