CNET 147: Unix Shell Programming

CLASS INFORMATION:
CNET 147-01 (037837) and CS 147-01 (037906)
(They're cross-referenced, so you may enroll in either one to be in the class.)
The class meets in room HH-114 Tuesday evenings from 7:00 - 10:10.

CNET 147-02 (037838) and CS 147-02 (037907)
(They're cross-referenced, so you may enroll in either one to be in the class.)
This section is online, and is delivered through Blackboard, but you're welcome to come to the in-person classes.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course introduces UNIX shells, describing the differences between the major ones. Students will learn to write shell scripts using vi, sed, and awk, then use those tools to write scripts for the Bourne, C, Korn, and bash shells. This course will be taught using a combination of lectures, demonstrations, discussions, and hands-on labs.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the completion of this course, with appropriate study, you will be able to:

1. use regular expressions and metacharacters in writing shell scripts
2. use grep to search for regular expressions in files
3. use sed to perform editing tasks useful in shell scripts
4. use awk for manipulating data and generating reports
5. write shell scripts using C shell, Bourne shell, Korn shell, and bash

PREREQUISITE:  CS 180

TEXTBOOK: 

Unix Shells by Example, Fourth edition author is Ellie Quigley; publisher is Prentice-Hall; ISBN 0-13-147572-X

IMPORTANT DATES:
Here are a few dates you might want to know. For a more complete list, go to
http://www.ohlone.edu/org/admissions/fallacademiccalendar.html

TESTS:
The Midterm (anticipated date: Oct 14) and Final (Dec 16) will each consist of two parts. The first part will be closed-book/closed-notes and will contain multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions. The second part will be program(s) for you to write using the commands you have used (or should have used) in your homework. This part allows access to both notes and book.

HOMEWORK:
A programming assignment will be made each week. Students will be expected to use an SSH client to connect to my Linux computer, where they will write, test, and submit script(s) for the assignment. The score for each script will be based on whether or not it runs, how well the code meets the specifications of the assignment, and how well it performs the specified task(s) on my Linux computer.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
As a student at Ohlone College, you are expected to pursue your course work with honesty and integrity. If you do not, I will abide by Ohlone Board policy, which you are expected to know. You can read it here. For this particular class, you are encouraged to talk to fellow students about concepts and methods, but not to copy someone else’s work. If projects are submitted that are substantial copies of each other, both students will receive a grade of zero. If you are working from another reference source, cite it in your comments.

SCHEDULE:  
Here's the plan. I may make changes as we go along.

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