UNIX Programming

CTEC 222 UNIX Operating Systems

Fall Semester 2011 Course Information

Instructor: Dr. Sharad Sharma

Department of Computer Science

Bowie State University

E-MAIL: ssharma@bowiestate.edu

Classroom: Computer Science Building, Room 309
Class Hours: Thursday: 4:55 PM – 7:25 PM
Office Hours: Thursday: 1:55PM – 4:55 PM or Other Times by Appointment
Office Location: Computer Science Building, Room 317

Text Book

UNIX Programming for Programmers and Users, Graham Glass, King Ables, 3rd Edition, Prentice-Hall.

Practical Guide to Linux® Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming,by Mark G. Sobell, Published Jul 1, 2005 by Prentice Hall.

RECOMMENDED READING LIST:
• “The UNIX Programming Environment” by Kernighan and Pike, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-937681-X
• Todd Meadors, “Linux Shell Script Programming”, Thomson Course Technologies, 2003, ISBN 0-619-15920-0
• Syed Mansoor Sarwar, Robert Koretsky, and Syed Aqeel Sarwar, "Unix: The Textbook", Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201612607
• Keith Haviland, Dina Gray, and Ben Salama, "UNIX System Programming" Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201877589; 2st edition (December 9, 1998)
• Stephen G. Kochan and Patrick H. Wood "UNIX Shell Programming", Hayden Books, 1990.
• Marty Poniatowski, "UNIX User's Handbook, Second Edition", Prentice Hall PTR, 2002.

Course Related Links

* Syllabus
* Assignments

Weekly Time Schedule

Date	Topics	Assignments
1- Sep	Introduction to Unix
8- Sep	Unix Operating System and UNIX commands
15- Sep	Unix Editor: Vi Editor	Quiz 1
22- Sep	VI Editor	Quiz 2
29- Sep	VI Editor	Quiz 3,Homework 1
6- Oct	VI Editor ,Bash Programming: export, single/double quote, environmental variables, exit command, read command	Quiz 4
13- Oct	Bash Programming: Command substitution, arithmetic operator, arithmetic evaluation	Quiz 5
20- Oct	Mid Term Exam
27- Oct	Bash Programming: Conditional Statements, expressions, if-else, case statement, Iteration statement: for, list	Quiz 6,
3- Nov	Bash Programming: Example case statement, Iteration statement	Quiz 7
10- Nov	Bash Programming: List, arrays, loops	Quiz 8, Homework 2
17- Nov	Bash Programming: debugging, error resolution, while statement	Quiz 9, Final Project assigned
24- Nov	Thanksgiving Break
1-Dec	Bash Programming: Strings, Functions,menu, Find pattern, continue, break statement	Quiz 10, Due date for Project
8-Dec	Reading Day
15-Dec	Final Exam

Student Expected Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Understand and become familiar with basic UNIX commands and the ability to combine them to accomplish system tasks.
Define and understandUNIX operating system and basic commands
Write a complete program in Bash Shell Programming.
Describeand understand the use of arrays.
Have the ability to write elementary scripts to automate tasks.

EVALUATION METHOD:

Final semester grade will be determined by the average of the student performance on the homework, in-class projects, projects, midterm, and the final exam as follows:

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