CTEC 222 UNIX Operating Systems
Instructor:
Dr. Sharad Sharma
Department of Computer Science
Bowie State University
E-MAIL: ssharma@bowiestate.edu
Classroom: Computer Science
Building, Room 309
Class Hours: Tuesday: 4:55 PM
– 7:25 PM
Office Hours: Tuesday: 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 |
| 27-Jan |
Introduction to Unix |
|
| 3-Feb |
Unix Operating System and UNIX commands |
|
| 10-Feb |
Unix Editor: Vi Editor |
|
| 17-Feb |
VI Editor |
Quiz 1, Homework 1 |
| 24-Feb |
VI Editor |
Quiz 2 |
| 3-March |
VI Editor ,Bash Programming: export, single/double quote, environmental variables, exit command, read command |
Quiz 3 |
| 10-March |
Mid
Term Exam |
|
| 17-March |
Spring
Break |
|
| 24-March |
Bash Programming: Command substitution, arithmetic operator, arithmetic evaluation |
Quiz
4, Homework 2 assigned |
| 31-March |
Bash Programming: Conditional Statements, expressions, if-else, case statement, Iteration statement: for, list |
Quiz
5 |
| 7-April |
Bash Programming: Example case statement, Iteration statement |
Quiz
6, |
| 21-April |
Bash Programming: List, arrays, loops |
Quiz
7, |
| 28-April |
Bash Programming: debugging, error resolution, while statement |
Quiz 8 |
| 05-May |
Bash Programming: menu, Find pattern, continue, break statement, Strings, Functions |
Quiz 9 |
| 12-May |
Bash Programming: random operator, example scripts |
Quiz 10, Due date for Project |
| 19-May |
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