COP 3344-01 Introduction to Unix: Lecture 1

Learning objectives

After this class, you should be able to:

1. Describe the course policies, grading criteria, and your responsibilities.
2. Login to a remote machine using ssh.
3. Transfer files between two machines, using sftp.
4. Find information on Unix commands, using man, the Single Unix Specification, or on the web.
5. Use the following commands: cat, logout, ls, and more.

Reading assignment

1. Read the syllabus.
2. JEA: Chapters 1-4, 18, 23-26.
3. Lecture slides: Lecture1.

Exercises and review questions

• Questions on current lecture's material
  1. What will your grade be if you obtain a total score of 80% and an exam average of 65%?
  2. Get a Computer Science account.
  3. Login in to shell remotely and create a file called file2 which will have the following contents: This is my second file!. Also create a file called file3 which has several lines of text.
  4. Use ls to list the contents of your home directory. Which files do you see listed?
  5. Use more to read the contents of file3, one page at a time.
  6. Give the first line of the description of the mkdir command presented in the Single Unix Specification.
  7. Learn about use of the mkdir and cd commands on the web. In which web site did you find the most useful information? (Post this answer on the discussion board)

• Questions on next lecture's material
  1. Use the mkdir to create a directory called COP3344.
  2. Create a file called file4 in the COP3344 directory.