CTEC 222 UNIX Operating Systems
Fall Semester 2008 Course Information
Instructor:
Dr. Sharad Sharma
Department of Computer Science
Bowie State University
E-MAIL: ssharma@bowiestate.edu
Classroom: Computer Science
Building, Room 212
Class Hours: Thursday: 4:55
– 7:25 PM
Office Hours: Thursday 1:55
– 4:55 PM or Other Times by Appointment
Office Location: Computer Science
Building, Room 317
Required Text
UNIX Programming for
Programmers and Users, Graham Glass, King Ables, 3rd Edition, 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 |
| 04-Sep |
Introduction to Unix |
|
| 11-Sep |
Unix Operating System and UNIX commands |
|
| 18-Sep |
Unix Editor: Vi Editor |
|
| 25-Sep |
VI Editor |
Quiz 1, Homework 1 |
| 02-Oct |
VI Editor |
Quiz 2 |
| 9-Oct |
VI Editor ,Bash Programming: export, single/double quote, environmental variables, exit command, read command |
Quiz 3 |
| 16-Oct |
Bash Programming: Command substitution, arithmetic operator, arithmetic evaluation, |
Quiz 4, Homework 2 assigned |
| 23-Oct |
Mid
Term Exam |
|
| 30-Oct |
Bash Programming: Conditional Statements, expressions, if-else, case statement, Iteration statement: for, list |
Quiz
5 |
| 6-Nov |
Bash Programming: Example case statement, Iteration statement |
Quiz
6, |
| 13-Nov |
Bash Programming: List, arrays, loops |
Quiz
7, |
| 20-Nov |
Bash Programming: debugging, error resolution, while statement |
Quiz 8 |
| 27-Nov |
Thanksgiving Break |
|
| 04-Dec |
Bash Programming: menu, Find pattern, continue, break statement, Strings, Functions |
Quiz 9, Due date for Project |
| 11-Dec |
Bash Programming: random operator, example scripts |
Quiz 10 |
| 18-Dec |
Final
Exam |
Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of
this course, the students will
1. Have a familiarity with basic UNIX commands and the facility to combine
them to accomplish system tasks.
2. 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:
In-class Quiz & Homework 30%
Project 10%
Midterm 20%
Final 30%
Class attendance and participation 10%
Letter Grades will be assigned according to:
90 - 100 = A
80 - 89 = B
70 - 79 = C
60 - 69 = D
below 60 = F