UMBC CMSC 121 CSEE

CMSC 121, Section 0101/0201 - Fall 2006
Introduction to UNIX

Lecture Schedule

The dates shown are a general guideline for the class, modifications may take place throughout the semester due to school closings or the length of time it takes to cover a particular topic. Any date changes during the semester will be updated on the class web page.

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Date (Section 0101)
Date (Section 0201)

Lectures

Assignments

Notes & Readings
All readings are from Peek et al.

1

Tues 9/05
Mon 9/25

Course Overview and Introduction to UNIX / Linux

HW1 assigned

Lecture Notes
Preface, Chapter 1

2

Wed 9/06
Wed 9/27

Introduction to UMBC's Computing Environment

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Lecture Notes
Chapter 2

3

Thurs 9/07
Fri 9/29

Introduction to the Command Line
and the UNIX Filesystem

HW2 assigned

Lecture Notes
Chapters 3 and 4, excluding Chapter 4 "Creating and Editing Files" (pg 69-74)

4

Tues 9/12
Mon 10/02

Pine, Pico, and Communication

HW1 due

Lecture Notes
Chapter 4 "Creating and Editing Files" (pg 69-74), Chapter 6 through pg 118

5

Wed 9/13
Wed 10/04

Advanced Commands and UNIX Tools

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Lecture Notes
Chapters 5 and 7

6

Thurs 9/14
Fri 10/06

Shells and Shell Scripting

HW2 due;
HW3 assigned

Lecture Notes
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7

Tues 9/19
Mon 10/9

UNIX Tools and the UNIX File System

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Lecture Notes
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8

Wed 9/20
Wed 10/11

Introduction to Emacs / Xemacs

HW 3 Due

Lecture Notes
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9

Thurs 9/21
Fri 10/13

FINAL EXAM

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Exam will be held in ENGR 122A during the regular class time.