OPS145 Weekly Schedule

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Week Objectives and Tasks Reference Evaluation
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
Lab 1: Using Your Matrix Account Links to Windows SSH clients
(Access Matrix from home):
Tutorial 1: Worth 2%
(Due Week 2:
Friday @ midnight)
  • INVESTIGATION 1:
    Accessing Your Matrix Linux Account
  • INVESTIGATION 2:
    Using The Linux Shell

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)

Lab 2: Unix / Linux File Management

Reference Sheets:
Tutorial 1 Due
Friday @ Midnight


Tutorial 2: Worth 2%
(Due Week 3:
Friday @ midnight)
  • INVESTIGATION 1:
    Creating & Managing Directories
  • INVESTIGATION 2:
    Managing Text Files
Week 3:
Objectives:
  • Absolute and relative pathnames
  • File name expansion
  • Shell basics
  • Command execution in detail
  • Command History
  • Recalling and editing previous commands
  • Quoting
Lab 3: Advanced File Management / Quoting Special Characters Tutorial 2 Due
Friday @ Midnight


Tutorial 3: Worth 2%
(Due Week 4:
Friday @ midnight)
  • INVESTIGATION 1:
    Absolute / Relative / Relative-To-Home Pathnames
  • INVESTIGATION 2:
    Filename Expansion
  • INVESTIGATION 3:
    Quoting Special Characters
Week 4:
Objectives:
  • Data Representation:
    (Binary, octal, decimal,
    and hexadecimal number systems)
  • Number conversions
  • Unix file permissions
Lab 4: Data Representation / Numbering Conversion / File Permissions Tutorial 3 Due
Friday @ Midnight


Tutorial 4: Worth 2%
(Due Week 5:
Friday @ midnight)
  • INVESTIGATION 1:
    Numbering Conversions
  • INVESTIGATION 2:
    File Permissions
Week 5:
Objectives:
  • stdin, stdout, stderr
  • Simple filter commands:
    (head,tail,cut,sort,tr,wc)
  • grep utility Redirection and piping
  • /dev/null file
Lab 5: Redirection Tutorial 4 Due
Friday @ Midnight


Tutorial 5: Worth 2%
(Due Week 6:
Friday @ midnight)
  • INVESTIGATION 1:
    Basics Of Redirections
  • INVESTIGATION 2:
    Redirection Using Pipeline Commands
  • INVESTIGATION 3:
    Issuing Multiple Unix/Linux Commands
Week 6:
Objectives:
  • scp and sftp utilities
  • Sending email from command line
  • Command History
Lab 6: File Transfer / Sending Email Tutorial 5 Due
Friday @ Midnight


Tutorial 6: Worth 2%
(Due Week 8:
Friday @ midnight)
  • INVESTIGATION 1:
    File Transfer (Secure Copy)
  • INVESTIGATION 2:
    File Transfer (Secure FTP)
  • INVESTIGATION 3:
    File Transfer (Email)
Week 7: Objectives:
  • Course Review
Evaluation:
  • Midterm Test (20%)
Midterm Test (20%)
Study Week:
Objectives:
  • No scheduled classes
 
Week 8:
Objectives:
  • Filesystem links
  • Hard and symbolic links
  • Process management
  • Aliases
  • Command History
Lab 7: Linking Files / Managing Process / Aliases and Command History Tutorial 6 Due
Friday @ Midnight


Tutorial 8: Worth 2%
(Due Week 9:
Friday @ midnight)
  • INVESTIGATION 1:
    Linking Files
  • INVESTIGATION 2:
    Managing Processes
  • INVESTIGATION 3:
    Aliases / Command History
Week 9:
Objectives:
Regular expressions basics:
  • Literal matching
  • Character classes
  • . wildcard
  • * repetition symbol
  • Anchoring
Lab 8: Regular Expressions Tutorial 8 Due
Friday @ Midnight


Tutorial 9: Worth 2%
(Due Week 10:
Friday @ midnight)
  • INVESTIGATION 1:
    Simple & Complex Regular Expressions
  • INVESTIGATION 2:
    Extended Regular Expressions
  • INVESTIGATION 3:
    Other Commands Using Regular Expressions
Week 10:
Objectives:
Text Manipulation:
  • Using the sed Utility
  • Using the awk Utility
Lab 9: Sed and Awk Utilities Tutorial 9 Due
Friday @ Midnight


Tutorial 10: Worth 2%
(Due Week 11:
Friday @ midnight)
  • INVESTIGATION 1:
    Using The SED Utility
  • INVESTIGATION 2:
    Using The AWK Utility
Week 11:
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
Lab 10: Shell Scripting (Part 1) Tutorial 10 Due
Friday @ Midnight


Tutorial 11: Worth 2%
(Due Week 12:
Friday @ midnight)
  • INVESTIGATION 1:
    Creating A Shell Script
  • INVESTIGATION 2:
    She-Bang Line / Variable / Parameters
  • INVESTIGATION 3:
    Command Substitution / Math Operations
  • INVESTIGATION 4:
    Control Flow Statements
Week 12:
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
Lab 11: Shell Scripting - Part 2 Tutorial 11 Due
Friday @ Midnight


Tutorial 12: Worth 2%
(Due Week 13:
Friday @ midnight)
  • INVESTIGATION 1:
    Additional Logic Statements
  • INVESTIGATION 2:
    Additional Looping Statements
  • INVESTIGATION 3:
    exit AND break Statements
  • INVESTIGATION 4:
    Using Start-Up Files
Week 13
Objectives:
  • Interest Topic
  • Take up Review Questions
Interest Topic:
  • Tutorial 12 Due
    Friday @ Midnight
  • Review Tutorial Due
    Friday @ Midnight


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Week 14:
Evaluation Week:
  • Final Test (20%)
Final Test (20%)

Interest Topic: Graphical Linux via a Virtual Machine (VM)