% Week 05 Notes for CST8207 - Winter 2012
% Ian! D. Allen - idallen@idallen.ca - www.idallen.com
% Winter 2012 - January to April 2012

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Midterm Tests
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Your first midterm test will be in class Friday February 10 in Week 5.

*   The Midterm Test dates are posted on the [Course Home Page].
*   Tests are short answer and multiple choice.
*   For full mark credit, read the [Test Instructions] for important
    directions on how to enter your answers on the mark-sense forms.
*   Each Midterm covers material on the preceding assignments and
    Weekly Notes, with emphasis on material in the assignments.
*   Basic calculators are permitted for this test and the final exam
    but will not be needed.  (No phones or PDA devices.)

Practice Questions for Midterm Test 1
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*   [Practice Questions for Midterm Test 1](practicetest1.pdf) (46KB PDF)
    - the answers are also posted in the Class Notes off the [Course Home Page]

Lecture Notes for This Week
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From the Class Notes link on the Course Home Page
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* [Test Instructions](000_test_instructions.html) -
  Important directions on how to enter your answers on the mark-sense forms.
* This is [Your Brain on the Internet](005_this_is_your_brain.txt)
* [Frequently Asked Questions](007_freqently_asked_questions.html)
* [How to report Problems](008_how_to_report_problems.txt)
* [Installing VMware Tools](010_vmware_tools.html)
* [Why Learn the Unix Shells?](100_why_shell.txt)
* [Command Line vs. GUI: Power Users need more than GUI](110_command_line_vs_gui.txt)
* [The Unix/Linux Shell](120_shell_basics.html)
* [Searching for items in the Unix manual pages (RTFM)](130_man_page_RTFM.txt)
* [Options and Arguments on Unix Command Lines](140_arguments_and_options.txt)
* [Unix/Linux Pathnames (absolute, relative, dot, dot dot)](150_pathnames.txt)
* [Hard links and Unix file system nodes (inodes)](200_links_and_inodes.html)
* [Unix/Linux File System - (correct explanation)](210_file_system.txt)
* [Directories: ROOT, /root, HOME, /home, and current](220_home_and_HOME.txt)
* [Searching for and finding files by name, size, etc.](250_finding_files.txt)
* [GLOB patterns (wildcard pathname matching)](260_glob_patterns.txt)
* [Unix Shell I/O Redirection (including Pipes)](270_redirection.txt)
* [Unix/Linux Shell Command Line Quoting Mechanisms](280_quotes.txt)
* [The VI (VIM) Text Editor](300_vi_text_editor.html)
* [Unix/Linux Command List (cumulative)](900_unix_command_list.txt)

### Assignments and Labs ###
* See your [Blackboard] ToDo list for all assignment due dates
* check your [Lab 2 Answers - PDF](cst8207_12w_lab02ans.pdf)
* check your [Lab 3 Answers - PDF](cst8207_12w_lab03ans.pdf)
* Finish [Lab #04] - Linux Shell Features
* Finish [Lab #05] - The VI/VIM Text Editor

From the Classroom Whiteboard/Chalkboard
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* 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](week01notes.html#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

### Midterm #1 ###

* Check the answers to your two assignments before the midterm test.

* Do the [Practice Questions for Midterm Test 1](practicetest1.pdf) (46KB PDF)

* True/False - you have to put your student number on the mark-sense form
* True/False - the version number of the coming midterm is Test #1
* True/False - you copy the test Version Number into the Student Number field

### Topic: more Commands ###

* Commands: [Unix/Linux Command List (cumulative)](900_unix_command_list.txt)

### Topics: Shell Features ###

* [Options and Arguments on Unix Command Lines](140_arguments_and_options.txt)
    - arguments and options; bundled options, e.g. `ls -a -l`  vs.  `ls -al`
    - `cp -r --parents parent/child mydir`
    - `wc -wc wc`

* Shell GLOB (Wildcard) Patterns
    - [GLOB patterns (wildcard pathname matching)](260_glob_patterns.txt)
    - `* ? [...]`

* Shell Curly Brace Expansion {...,...}
    - `echo my{a,b,c}`
    - `echo my{a,b,c}{1,2,3}`

* Quoting Mechanisms
    - [Unix/Linux Shell Command Line Quoting Mechanisms](280_quotes.txt)

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[005_this_is_your_brain.txt]: 005_this_is_your_brain.txt
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