COP4342 Final Study Guide
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Broad topics
   Unix kernels: what they provide, how they work, system calls
   The typical Unix/Linux environment: dynamic libraries, static linking
   Filesystem: inodes, directories, soft links, hard links

Shells in general
   Magic number as applied shell scripts
      path ideas
      use of env

Bash shell
   Comment syntax
   Magic number as applied to Bash scripts:
      path ideas
      use of env
      -x option
   Process substitution
   Command substitution
   Globbing
   Conditionals with if
   Implicit conditionals using && and ||
   Bash versus C differences
   Local and environmental variables
   Explicit declaration via declare
   Variable assignment basics in Bash
   Strings and their characteristics
      Quoting conventions
      Interpolation, including backslash and dollar sign sigil
   Redirection and piping
   Programs that are very useful for structured Bash:
      /usr/bin/test and /usr/bin/[
      /bin/true and /bin/false
      egrep/grep/fgrep
      cat
   Structured Bash
      Parameters as invocation arguments in the outermost scope
      Alternation
         Short versions using && and ||
	 if then else elif fi
	 case / esac
      Iteration
         for NAME in LIST
         for ((START;CONTINUE_TEST;NEXTITERATIONVALUE))
	 while CONDITION
   Arithmetic in Bash
      Classic expr
      $(()) arithmetic

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