1.1 Read (at least) these things (All The Words)Index

1. Week 05 Notes HTML – this file – Read All The Words
2. Practice Tests and Answers – practice questions for your midterm test.
3. Selecting Fields with awk – extracting fields from input lines and columns from input files
4. Start-Up Files – Login and Shell Startup Files, aliases, options: .bash_profile and .bashrc
5. Shell Variables – quoting, local and environment variables, USER HOME SHELL PATH TERM $$
6. Search PATH – how the shell finds commands
7. Quoting – hiding characters from the shell
8. Unix/Linux File System – directories, inodes, hard links
9. Hard links and Unix/Linux file system index nodes (inodes)
10. List of Commands You Should Know
11. Linux and Sysadmin News in the World
12. Video Tutorials on Lynda.com – tagged by week number

• Create your lynda.com account and watch these sections of Unix for Mac OS X Users
  • these videos are for all Unix/Linux students, not just Mac OSX users
  • 3. Working with Files and Directories
    • Naming files 5m 41s
      • use quotes to surround names with blanks or special characters
  • 5. Commands and Programs
    • The PATH variable 4m 13s
  • 7. Configuring Your Working Environment 41m 28s
    • Profile, login, and resource files 9m 11s
    • Setting command aliases 6m 59s
      • saving aliases in your .bashrc file
    • Setting and exporting environment variables 4m 54s
    • Setting the PATH variable 6m 10s
      • using double quotes instead of single quotes

1.2 Assignments this weekIndex

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.

• Review last week. Did you do everything assigned last week?
• Read All The Words, Do, and then Submit via Blackboard:
  • Assignment #03 HTML – working with files and pathnames: PS1 find mkdir mv cp touch file
  • Bonus (optional) Assignment #04 HTML – the VIM text editor
  • Assignment #05 HTML – GLOB wildcard patterns, finding files using GLOB, redirection and pipes
  • Really do Read All The Words. You don’t get a second chance to get it right.

1.3 Lab work this weekIndex

• Finish work on the ODT or PDF Worksheet #04 HTML and Worksheet #05 HTML so you can do Assignment #05 HTML – GLOB wildcard patterns, finding files using GLOB, redirection and pipes
  • These worksheets require you to understand Finding Files, Shell GLOB patterns (wildcard pathname matching) and Shell I/O Redirection (including Pipes).
• Read The VI (VIM) Text Editor and optionally do the bonus Assignment #04 HTML.

1.4 Upcoming testsIndex

Read the Test Instructions (all the words) before your midterm tests. Put these dates into your phone! Use the Name Game link to test your name before the test. I don’t answer questions about the instructions during the test.

1. First Midterm test: 45 minutes; in lecture class on Wednesday in Week 6 (Oct 12)
2. Second Midterm test: 45 minutes; in lecture class on Wednesday in Week 10 (Nov 9)

Tests take place in class in your 50-minute lecture period, not in your lab period. Each midterm test is 45 minutes long and contains approximately 45 multiple-choice questions similar to those found in Practice Tests and Answers.

2.1 Commands UsedIndex

Keep a notebook with a List of Commands in it. - You need to write down yourself what each command does. - I will check for this list in your lab periods. - Check the updated list of commands each week. - Bring your notes to class! Stop wasting time looking up commands.

• Are you making notes from the worksheets on how each command works?
  • What do the options used in the worksheets mean, for each command?
  • Don’t copy and use options that you don’t understand!