CS1206 Spring 1999: Calendar

Topics by week:

1. Getting started.
2. File system, path names.
3. Manipulating files.
4. UNIX utilities.
5. Regular expressions.
6. vi editor.
7. make and RCS.
8. Debugging programs.
9. Debugging programs.
10. Korn shell.
11. Advanced shell features.
12. Shell programming.
13. Shell programming.
14. grep, sed, awk, Perl.
15. Final exam.

• Week 1 (01/18 -- 01/22):
  • Lab: Logging in, vi/emacs, pine.
  • Lecture: Getting started.
• Week 2 (01/25 -- 01/29):
  • Lab: vi/emacs, pine, other mailers.
  • Lecture: File system, path names.
  • Assignment 1: due 01/29, 17:00
• Week 3 (02/01 -- 02/05):
  • Lab: Everyone up to speed?
  • Lecture: Manipulating files.
• Week 4 (02/8 -- 02/12):
  • Lab: FreeBSD installation---preparation (CD-ROM, hard drive), partitioning (Partition Magic, FIPS, presizer).
  • Lecture: UNIX utilities.
  • Assignment 2: due 02/12, 17:00
• Week 5 (02/15 -- 02/19):
  • Lab: FreeBSD installation---post-copy configuration, Network card and SLIP, X-windows configuration (XF86Setup, xvidtune, xdm).
  • Lecture: Regular expressions.
• Week 6 (02/22 -- 02/26):
  • Lab: FreeBSD installation---system administration, creating accounts (add_user, /usr/share/skel/dot.*), /etc/passwd, system directories.
  • Lecture: vi editor.
  • Assignment 3: due 02/26, 17:00
• Week 7 (03/01 -- 03/05):
  • Lab: Regular expressions in action.
  • Lecture: make and RCS.
• Week 8 (03/15 -- 03/19):
  • Lab: Compiling under UNIX, make examples.
  • Lecture: Debugging programs.
  • Assignment 4: due 03/19, 17:00
• Week 9 (03/22 -- 03/26):
  • Lab: make and debugging examples.
  • Lecture: Debugging programs.
• Week 10 (03/29 -- 04/02):
  • Lab: Debugging examples with gdb, xgdb, and ddd.
  • Lecture: Korn shell.
  • Assignment 5: due 04/02, 17:00
• Week 11 (04/05 -- 04/09):
  • Lab: Practice with basic Korn shell scripting.
  • Lecture: Advanced shell features.
• Week 12 (04/12 -- 04/16):
  • Lab: Use of variables, command substitution, shell pattern matching.
  • Lecture: Shell programming.
  • Assignment 6: due 04/16, 17:00
• Week 13 (04/19 -- 04/23):
  • Lab: Looping, differences between [], [[]], (()), $(), $(()), ${}, handling arguments.
  • Lecture: Shell programming.
• Week 14 (04/26 -- 04/30):
  • Lab: Complicated scripting, troubleshooting.
  • Lecture: grep, sed, awk, Perl.
  • Assignment 7: due 04/30, 17:00
• Week 15 (05/03 -- 05/05):
  • Lab: None
  • Lecture: Final Exam