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Test #1 Topics (what to study)
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-Ian! D. Allen - idallen@idallen.ca

You must have a working account on ACADUNIX and the Course Linux Server
to complete the upcoming Test #1.  You must contact the ITS department
to fix problems with ACADUNIX before the test.  Contact me for
problems with your account on the Course Linux Server.

Test #1 covers this material:

- The course home page and course outline.
- Logging in to ACADUNIX and the Course Linux Server.
- Setting your terminal erase character correctly.
- Using the VIM editor (from the online VI tutorial).
- Using the "datsubmit" command on the Course Linux Server.
- Reading and posting to USENET news.
- The Unix Password File (where is it?).
- How to get help inside the "less" and "more" programs.

- Basic usage of commands covered so far in Notes file unix_command_list.txt :
  also: ls -l -i -a -s
  also: wc -l -w -c
  also: head -15, tail -22
  also: sort -r -n
  also: stty -a
  also: man -k
  also: rm -r

- Readings and References:
    Learning Unix: Chapter 1 (all)
	"Getting Started", "Working in the Unix Environment"
	"Connecting to the Unix Computer", "Logging in Nongraphically"
	"The Unix Shell", "Shells in a Window System", "The Shell Prompt"
	"Entering a Command Line", "Recalling Previous Commands"
	"Correcting a Command Line", "Logging Out"
	"Syntax of Unix Command Lines", "Types of Commands"
	"The Unresponsive Terminal"
    Learning Unix: Chapter 2 p.27-28 (using the mouse)
    Learning Unix: Chapter 3 (to p.55)
    Learning Unix: Chapter 4
        "File and Directory Wildcards" p.67
    Learning Unix: All Chapter 5 p.87
	"Entering commands" p.90
	grep, sort, less

    Running Linux: Entering commands p.9
    Running Linux: Chapter 4 - Basic Commands and Concepts
	"Intro", "Logging In", "Setting a Password"
	"Virtual Consoles" p.81-84
	"Directories", "Listing Files" p.84-86
	"Viewing Files" p.86-87
	"Shells" p.88-89
	"Saving Your Output"
	"Useful Keys" p.90 (stty erase '^?' and '^H')
	"Typing Shortcuts", "Word Completion" p.91
	"Moving Around Among Commands" p.92
	"Filename Expansion" p.92-93 (GLOBbing)
	"Manual Pages" p.98-100
    Running Linux: Chapter 9 p.274-280 (the VI/VIM text editor)

- files posted under Notes (here in alphabetical order):
    acadunix_help.txt  Using the ACADUNIX IBM Unix machine
    arguments_and_options.txt     Options and Arguments on Unix Command Lines
    course_linux_server.txt  The Course Linux Server
    datsubmit.txt     Using the datsubmit command
    home_and_HOME.txt    Directories: current, HOME, and /home
    internet_basics.html  Internet Networking Basics, URLs, etc.
    knoppix_booting.txt  Using the Knoppix Linux CDROM
    man_page_RTFM.txt  Searching for items in the Unix manual pages
    miscellaneous.txt    Miscellaneous Unix Facts
    pathnames.txt        Unix/Linux Pathnames
    practiceCommands_1.txt     Practice Unix/Linux Questions #1
    quotes.txt     Unix/Linux Shell Command Line Quoting
    redirection.txt     Unix Shell I/O Redirection (including Pipes)
    test_1_directions.txt     Directions and preparing for Test #1
    unix_command_list.txt     Basic Unix/Linux Command List
    unix_shell.txt       The Unix Shell
    unix_shell.txt     The Unix/Linux Shell
    vi_basics.txt  The VI (VIM) Editor - Basics
    week4answer.txt     Week 4 in-lab exercise solution

In file "quotes.txt" we haven't studied shell variables yet; so, all you
need to know about them is that single quotes hide all special characters
from the shell - variables do not expand inside single quotes.  You
can skip over the section "Quotes inside variables are not special".

In file "redirection.txt", we haven't covered Standard Error Output
(stderr) yet; omit material relating to this topic for this test.
Omit material related to using "<" for Input Redirection for this test.
Omit material related to the "tr" command for this test.

- Practice Test #1 Questions (three versions of the same test):

  practiceTest1.txt
  practiceTest1.ps     
  practiceTest1.pdf