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Weekly Class Notes

Dec  8 17:27 2013  week01notes.html   Introduction to the Course
Oct  7 00:38 2013  week02notes.html   command line and the Course Linux Server [CLS]
Oct  7 00:38 2013  week03notes.html   command line, file GLOB patterns, Redirection, Pipes
Oct  7 00:38 2013  week04notes.html   command line, file GLOB patterns, Redirection, Pipes
Feb  1 03:45 2014  week05notes.html   text editors, shell variables, start-up files
Oct 15 11:20 2013  week06notes.html   midterm review, cp, search PATH, talking in class
Nov 21 14:12 2013  week07notes.html   quoting
Nov 21 14:12 2013  week08notes.html   file system structure
Nov 21 14:12 2013  week09notes.html   file system permissions, mode, umask
Nov 21 14:12 2013  week10notes.html   Midterm #2, software package management
Dec 10 21:25 2013  week11notes.html   system logging, process management, crontab, at
Nov 22 06:40 2013  week12notes.html   Users and Groups and Permissions
Nov 29 02:04 2013  week13notes.html   Partitions, File Systems, GRUB, Run Levels, Services
Dec  2 04:24 2013  week14notes.html   GRUB, Run Levels, Services, Review

Course Notes (alphabetical order)

Jan 20 00:48 2017  000_README.html   README for CST8207 – GNU/Linux Operating Systems I
Nov 29 00:58 2013  000_centos_install.html   CST8207 - CentOS Download, Installation, and Configuration
Oct 30 01:47 2013  000_centos_packages.html   CentOS Package Installation List
Mar 20 09:47 2014  000_centos_vmware_tools.html   CentOS VMware Tools Installation and verification
Aug 31 13:27 2013  000_licensing.html   Creative Commons Licensing for CST8207
Apr  9 10:04 2018  000_network_diagnostics.html   Network Diagnostics: Finding and fixing problems
Aug 15 17:24 2016  000_test_instructions.html   Instructions for writing Tests and Exams
Jan 20 00:48 2017  003_outsourcing.html   Outsourcing your computer job for $5/hour
Nov  5 03:13 2018  005_this_is_your_brain.html   This is your Brain on the Internet – Multi-Tasking research
Feb 11 14:45 2019  008_how_to_report_problems.html   How to ask good questions and report problems well
Mar  1 02:59 2019  010_why_linux.html   Why Learn the Unix/Linux Command Line and Shells?
Aug 30 21:55 2018  015_file_transfer.html   File transfer to/from Unix/Linux machines
Sep  5 02:38 2017  020_learning_sysadmin.html   Learning and Loving the System Administrator Job
Aug 26 14:02 2018  030_modern_education.html   The roles of professor and student in modern education
Oct 27 22:53 2013  050_course_introduction.html   CST8207 Introduction to the Course, Outline, Timetable, Marks
Dec 10 11:17 2018  070_course_linux_server.html   The Course Linux Server [CLS]
Sep  6 12:58 2017  110_remote_login.html   Remote Network Log In Between Computers
Jan 15 07:47 2019  120_shell_basics.html   Unix/Linux and Shell Basics – miscellaneous small topics
Oct  4 17:44 2018  140_man_page_RTFM.html   Searching for items in the Unix manual pages (RTFM)
Jan 21 09:59 2018  150_arguments_and_options.html   Command Arguments and Options
Jan  6 04:23 2019  160_pathnames.html   Unix/Linux File System and Pathnames (ROOT, basename, absolute, relative, dot, dot dot)
Sep 21 02:49 2017  170_home_and_HOME.html   Directories: ROOT, /root, HOME, /home, and current
Oct 10 00:34 2018  180_finding_files.html   Searching for and finding files by name, size, userid, modify time, etc.
Jan  6 04:26 2019  185_find_and_xargs.html   Using find -exec or xargs to process pathnames with other commands
Mar 10 16:44 2019  190_glob_patterns.html   Shell GLOB patterns (wildcard pathname matching)
Jan 29 15:21 2019  200_redirection.html   Unix/Linux Shell I/O Redirection (including stdin, stdout, stderr, and Pipes)
Jan 29 15:49 2019  300_vi_text_editor.html   The VI (VIM) Text Editor
Apr 11 12:48 2017  320_shell_variables.html   Shell Variables – quoting, local variables, environment variables, USER HOME SHELL PATH TERM $$
Feb 22 09:57 2018  350_startup_files.html   Login and Shell Startup Files, aliases, options: .bash_profile and .bashrc
Feb  6 02:44 2017  370_optional_settings.html   BASH Shell Settings for Sysadmin (optional)
Feb 13 01:44 2017  400_search_path.html   Shell search PATH – finding and running commands
Sep  3 12:03 2021  440_quotes.html   Shell Command Line Quoting Mechanisms
Mar  1 04:02 2019  450_file_system.html   Unix/Linux File System – directories, inodes, hard links
Nov 27 01:36 2017  455_links_and_inodes.html   Hard links and Unix/Linux file system index nodes (inodes)
Feb 19 01:12 2013  455_links_and_inodesA.html   Hard links and Unix file system nodes (inodes)
Feb 22 10:11 2017  456_disk_error_autopsy.html   Autopsy of a minor disk failure, fsck, lost+found
Jan 20 00:48 2017  457_disk_usage.html   Unix/Linux Disk Usage, Hard Links, Quotas, Finding Inodes
Mar  9 09:26 2017  460_symbolic_links.html   Symbolic Links – Soft Links – Symlinks
Mar  1 03:58 2019  500_permissions.html   Unix Modes and Permissions, whoami, id, uid, gid, groups, ls -l, chmod
Oct 22 19:48 2018  510_umask.html   Permissions masking with umask, chmod, 777 octal permissions
Mar  8 04:21 2019  520_package_management.html   Useful programs: gzip,bzip2 - compression; tar,zip - file archiving; diff - comparison
Aug 30 23:15 2018  580_system_log_files.html   Unix/Linux system logging, log files, kernel messages, syslog, klog, dmesg
Mar 14 01:32 2019  600_processes_and_jobs.html   Unix/Linux Processes, Jobs, background, foreground, kill, killall
Oct 29 18:50 2018  630_crontab_at_job_scheduler.html   Delayed and Repeated Scheduled Execution – at, cron, crontab, and mail
Nov 26 02:35 2014  700_users_and_groups.html   Users and Groups – /etc/passwd, /etc/group, su, sudo, chsh, useradd, gpasswd, etc.
Mar 24 14:03 2015  710_linux_partitions.pdf   
Nov 14 05:41 2014  720_partitions_and_file_systems.html   Unix/Linux Partitions and File Systems – fdisk, mkfs, mount, swap
Mar 24 02:37 2014  730_create_vmware_disk.pdf   
Apr 14 18:15 2019  735_good_error_messages.html   Shell Scripts: Good Error and Usage messages: $0, $#, $*, and 1>&2
Mar 18 02:43 2015  750_booting_and_grub.html   Unix/Linux Boot Process, GRUB, Run Levels, services, telinit, chkconfig, single-user, systemd
Jan  4 12:53 2015  805_data_mining.html   Using commands and pipes to mine and extract data
Nov 28 06:38 2013  900_unix_command_list.html   Unix/Linux Command List You Should Know (Weekly Cumulative)
Jan 21 06:45 2018  910_lynda_index.html   Index to lynda.com videos (weekly cumulative)

Worksheets

Jan  5 22:14 2019  worksheet02.html   Lab Worksheet #2 - Fall 2013
Jan  5 22:14 2019  worksheet02.odt   Lab Worksheet #2 - Fall 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 2 - n
Jan  5 22:14 2019  worksheet02.pdf   
Jan  5 22:14 2019  worksheet02.txt   This Lab Worksheet contains some practical examples that will prepare you to complete your Assignmen
Jan  5 22:22 2019  worksheet03.html   Lab Worksheet #3 - Fall 2013
Jan  5 22:22 2019  worksheet03.odt   Lab Worksheet #3 - Fall 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 3 - n
Jan  5 22:22 2019  worksheet03.pdf   
Jan  5 22:22 2019  worksheet03.txt   This Lab Worksheet contains some practical examples that will prepare you to complete your Assignmen
Feb 10 03:17 2016  worksheet04.html   Lab Worksheet #4 - Fall 2013
Feb 10 03:17 2016  worksheet04.odt   Lab Worksheet #4 - Fall 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 4 - n
Feb 10 03:17 2016  worksheet04.pdf   
Feb 10 03:17 2016  worksheet04.txt   This Lab Worksheet contains some practical examples that will prepare you to complete your Assignmen
Jan 27 01:34 2017  worksheet05.html   Lab Worksheet #5 - Fall 2013
Jan 27 01:34 2017  worksheet05.odt   Lab Worksheet #5 - Fall 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 5 - n
Jan 27 01:34 2017  worksheet05.pdf   
Jan 27 01:34 2017  worksheet05.txt   This Lab Worksheet contains some practical examples that will prepare you to complete your Assignmen
Jan  5 20:54 2019  worksheet06.html   Lab Worksheet #6 - Fall 2013
Jan  5 20:54 2019  worksheet06.odt   Lab Worksheet #6 - Fall 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 6 –
Jan  5 20:54 2019  worksheet06.pdf   
Jan  5 20:54 2019  worksheet06.txt   This worksheet is part of an optional BONUS assignment. You must successfully complete and hand in t
Mar 19 03:21 2015  worksheet08.html   Lab Worksheet #8 - Fall 2013
Mar 19 03:21 2015  worksheet08.odt   Lab Worksheet #8 - Fall 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 8 - n
Mar 19 03:21 2015  worksheet08.pdf   
Mar 19 03:21 2015  worksheet08.txt   This Lab Worksheet contains some practical examples that will prepare you to complete your Assignmen

Assignments

Sep  9 00:09 2013  assignment01.html   Multi-tasking and Homework
Oct  1 10:02 2013  assignment02.html   Course Linux Server [CLS] simple commands
May 31 12:15 2017  assignment03.html   simple commands, copy, GLOB and redirection
Sep 30 03:00 2013  assignment04.html   BONUS VIM assignment from Worksheet 6
Oct  7 02:25 2013  assignment05.html   Midterm Test 1 topics review
Oct 26 04:54 2013  assignment06.html   quoting, login profiles, aliases, shell options
Mar 10 05:45 2014  assignment07.html   Install and Configure CentOS and VMware Tools
Nov 19 10:47 2013  assignment08.html   hard links, shell PATH, disk usage, du
May 31 12:15 2017  assignment09.html   setting permissions, mode, umask
Nov 19 10:47 2013  assignment10.html   BONUS - Midterm Test 2 topics review
May 31 12:15 2017  assignment11.html   processes, syslog, crontab, at
May 31 12:16 2017  assignment12.html   Linux User and Group Management
Nov 28 06:53 2013  assignment13.html   Part 1 of 2 - Disks, Partitions, File Systems
Dec  3 10:59 2013  assignment14.html   BONUS - Part 2 of 2 - GRUB, Run Levels, services

Shell Scripts

Oct 10 15:46 2014  argv.sh.txt   Count and display on STDERR each argument to this shell script.

Course Outline and Evaluation

Sep 10 20:18 2013  2013-2014_CST8207.pdf   
Jan 15 02:25 2023  course_evaluation.html   Survey Report

Miscellaneous

Dec  7 10:02 2004  vi_refcard_back.pdf   
Sep 15 10:13 2014  vi_refcard_front.pdf   

Quizzes, Tests, and Exams

Oct 17 14:17 2013  final_exam_schedule.png   
Sep  6 01:08 2015  final_exam_schedule.xls   
Feb 10 08:51 2014  midterm1.pdf   
Feb 10 08:51 2014  midterm1_13f.pdf   
Feb 13 05:01 2014  midterm2.pdf   
Feb 13 05:01 2014  midterm2_13f.pdf   
Sep 27 04:41 2013  practicetest1.pdf   
Nov 22 06:35 2013  practicetest1answers.txt   CST 8207 − Ian Allen - Practice Test #1 - Test Version 473
Oct 24 09:42 2013  practicetest2.pdf   
Nov 22 06:35 2013  practicetest2answers.txt   CST 8207 − Ian Allen - Practice Test #2 - Test Version 721
Nov 19 13:33 2013  practicetest3A.pdf   
Nov 22 06:35 2013  practicetest3Aanswers.txt   CST 8207 − Ian Allen - Practice Test #3A - Test Version 223
Nov 22 04:57 2013  practicetest3B.pdf   
Nov 22 06:35 2013  practicetest3Banswers.txt   CST 8207 − Ian Allen - Practice Test #3B - Test Version 286

Data Files and Media (binary)

Oct 10 09:44 2017  scantron_blue_bubble_sheet_rear.jpg   
Oct 30 01:26 2016  scantron_blue_bubble_sheet.jpg   
Jan 12 14:18 2013  145_subshells.mp4   
Mar 28 02:47 2012  file_system.png   
Mar  2 02:54 2008  03_Ghosts_I.mp3   
Aug 25 16:51 2005  learning_curves.jpg