1.1 Practice Questions for Midterm Test 1 Index

• Practice Questions for Midterm Test 1 (46KB PDF)
  • the answers are also posted in the Class Notes off the Course Home Page

2.1 From the Class Notes link on the Course Home Page Index

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• Test Instructions - Important directions on how to enter your answers on the mark-sense forms.
• This is Your Brain on the Internet
• Frequently Asked Questions
• How to report Problems
• Installing VMware Tools
• Why Learn the Unix Shells?
• Command Line vs. GUI: Power Users need more than GUI
• The Unix/Linux Shell
• Searching for items in the Unix manual pages (RTFM)
• Options and Arguments on Unix Command Lines
• Unix/Linux Pathnames (absolute, relative, dot, dot dot)
• Hard links and Unix file system nodes (inodes)
• Unix/Linux File System - (correct explanation)
• Directories: ROOT, /root, HOME, /home, and current
• Searching for and finding files by name, size, etc.
• GLOB patterns (wildcard pathname matching)
• Unix Shell I/O Redirection (including Pipes)
• Unix/Linux Shell Command Line Quoting Mechanisms
• The VI (VIM) Text Editor
• Unix/Linux Command List (cumulative)

2.2 From the Classroom Whiteboard/Chalkboard Index

• Your in-class notes go here.
  • If you’re not actively taking notes in class, why are you here?
  • Assignments must be Right the First Time

• Send me video from the Rap. My wife wants to see me.

• Lab numbers are not due dates. Read all the words.

• This course is 3/2/4 - 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab, 4 hours HOMEWORK

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