CTEC 222 UNIX Operating Systems
Spring 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 313
Class Hours: Wednesday: 4:55
– 7:25 PM
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:55
– 4:55 PM, Tuesday 3:30 – 4:30PM 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
| 27-Feb |
Vi Editor: Cont/- |
Quiz 3 |
| 5-Mar |
Bash Programming: export, single/double quote, environmental variables, exit command, read command |
Due: Project Proposal Report & Presentation |
| 12-Mar |
Mid Term Exam |
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| 19-Mar |
Spring
Break |
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| 26-Mar |
Bash Programming: Command substitution, arithmetic operator, arithmetic evaluation, |
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| 2-Apr |
Bash Programming: Conditional Statements, expressions, if-else, case statement, Iteration statement: for, list |
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| 9-Apr |
Bash Programming: List, arrays, loops |
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| 16-Apr |
Bash Programming: debugging, error resolution, while statement |
Quiz 6 |
| 23-Apr |
Bash Programming: menu, Find pattern, continue, break statement, Strings, Functions |
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| 30-Apr |
Bash Programming: random operator, example scripts |
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| 7-May |
Bash Programming concepts, Review for final exam |
Quiz 9, Due date for Project |
| 14-May |
Final
Exam |
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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 20%
Projects 20%
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