Updated: 2018-01-06 01:49 EST
See the “Important Dates” section of the Course Home Page for details on the resumption of teaching that begins on November 21.
From your College management, read Key Messages To Students
From the faculty union (OPSEU), read Faculty stand with students PDF
Only 28 people have submitted bonus Assignment #04 HTML, assigned on September 17 (two months ago).
Only 79 people have submitted Assignment #07 HTML, assigned on October 15 (one month ago).
New due dates: Assignment #04 HTML, Assignment #06 HTML, Assignment #07 HTML
Check the due date for each assignment and put a reminder in your agenda, calendar, and digital assistant. Just like in the Real World, not all due dates are on the same days or at the same times.
umask
Worksheets are preparation for your assignments. You can’t do the assignments without having done the worksheets first, and you can’t do the worksheets without having first read the Course Notes:
Make notes from the worksheets on how each command works. What do the options used in the worksheets mean, for each command? (See the weekly Command List.)
Form a small study group to do the worksheets. Each person tries the example given, and you make sure you all get the same answers. Worksheets are not for hand-in; they are not worth marks; the assignments test your knowledge of the lectures and worksheets.
The worksheets are available in four formats: Open Office (ODT), PDF, HTML, and Text. Only the Open Office format allows you “fill in the blanks” in the worksheet. The PDF format looks good but doesn’t allow you to type into the blanks in the worksheet. The HTML format is crude but useful for quick for viewing online.
Do NOT open the Worksheet ODT files using any Microsoft products; they will mangle the format and mis-number the questions. Use the free Libre Office or Open Office programs to open these ODT documents. On campus, you can download Libre Office here.
alias, sum, unalias
date, head, nl, tail, tr, wc
vim
vimtutor
program on the CLS.chmod, ls -lid, umask
Worksheets prepare you for the upcoming assignments.
This course has two midterm tests (10%, 15%) and one final exam (40%).
Note that your upcoming Midterm Test #2 is worth more than five assignments put together. Don’t spend all your time doing an assignment at the expense of studying the Practice Tests and Answers for the Midterm Test.
Your Second Midterm test is 45 minutes long and contains approximately 45 multiple-choice questions similar to those found in the two preceding Practice Tests and Answers. Do both practice tests before the Second Midterm test! You must write the test in the lecture class in which you are registered.
Do both the practice tests before the Midterm test!
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to separate multiple commands on the same line, to save space and paper, e.g. three separate commands can be written on one line like this: date ; echo "hi" ; ls
vim
or nano
.For full marks, you must read and understand the Test Instructions.
Blackboard has some quizzes taken randomly from the second practice test in Practice Tests and Answers. Do both the first and second practice tests and quizzes to prepare for Midterm #2.
The practice test itself is not part of your course grade, but these quizzes are part of your course grade.
See the Blackboard Quizzes section located in Practice Tests and Answers.
The Final Exam is 110 minutes long and contains approximately 110 multiple-choice questions similar to those found in the three preceding Practice Tests and Answers. Do all three practice tests before the Final Exam!
All three practice tests will be posted under Practice Tests and Answers. The Final Exam is comprehensive of the whole course; you need to do all three practice tests for the Final Exam.
hostname
wc
command (often used in tests):
wc -l
wc -w
(Needed for your second midterm test.)wc -c
This is part of the upcoming Assignment #09 HTML. You can do it now.
chmod 755
on your public_html
directory.http://cst8207.idallen.ca/~
abcd0001
where abcd0001
is replaced with your CLS userid. (There is a tilde character in that URL.)This page may take a minute or two to load; be patient: Who is using the VIM editor?
Many students find that hiring a personal tutor helps them get through the first term. Financial assistance is available. See the Tutoring heading in the Course Introduction.
You are not paranoid if they really are out to get you! See the Week 03 Notes HTML for command pipelines to count the SSH attacks on the CLS.
I sent an email to the “Abuse” contact at one of the China networks, and my message bounced because their mailbox was full. Their message is here.