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Weekly Class Notes

Apr 23 04:35 2014  week01notes.html   Introduction and Course Linux Server
Apr  3 03:07 2014  week02notes.html   man pages, shell command line, and pathnames
Mar  9 12:20 2014  week03notes.html   passwords, finding files, basic commands, GLOB patterns
Apr 22 12:47 2014  week04notes.html   redirection, text editors, nano, vim
Feb  5 19:18 2014  week05notes.html   redirection, variables, start-up files
Feb 16 05:17 2014  week06notes.html   Midterm Test #1 and Review
Feb 25 13:58 2014  week07notes.html   Search Path, Quoting, File Systems
Mar  3 14:28 2014  week08notes.html   Search Path, Quoting, File Systems
Mar 16 16:19 2014  week09notes.html   Midterm #2
Apr  3 05:10 2014  week10notes.html   chmod, chown, umask, yum, rpm, tar
Nov 10 15:23 2014  week11notes.html   processes, jobs, background, kill, killall, crontab, at, mail
Apr  3 05:38 2014  week12notes.html   disks, partitions, file systems
Apr  9 09:06 2014  week13notes.html   booting, GRUB, Run Levels, services, chkconfig
Apr 21 19:23 2014  week14notes.html   Data Mining, review

Course Notes (alphabetical order)

Jan 20 00:48 2017  000_README.html   README for CST8207 – GNU/Linux Operating Systems I
Mar 27 09:36 2014  000_centos_alternate.html   CST8207 CentOS alternate Fetch and Check instructions
Apr 14 16:32 2014  000_centos_install.html   CentOS Download, Installation, and Configuration
Mar 20 09:47 2014  000_centos_vmware_tools.html   CentOS VMware Tools Installation and verification
Apr  9 10:04 2018  000_network_diagnostics.html   Network Diagnostics: Finding and fixing problems
Aug 15 17:24 2016  000_test_instructions.html   Instructions for writing Tests and Exams
Jan 20 00:48 2017  003_outsourcing.html   Outsourcing your computer job for $5/hour
Nov  5 03:13 2018  005_this_is_your_brain.html   This is your Brain on the Internet – Multi-Tasking research
Feb 11 14:45 2019  008_how_to_report_problems.html   How to ask good questions and report problems well
Mar  1 02:59 2019  010_why_linux.html   Why Learn the Unix/Linux Command Line and Shells?
Aug 30 21:55 2018  015_file_transfer.html   File transfer to/from Unix/Linux machines
Sep  5 02:38 2017  020_learning_sysadmin.html   Learning and Loving the System Administrator Job
Aug 26 14:02 2018  030_modern_education.html   The roles of professor and student in modern education
Apr 30 05:43 2014  050_course_introduction.html   CST8207 Introduction to the Course, Outline, Timetable, Marks
Dec 10 11:17 2018  070_course_linux_server.html   The Course Linux Server [CLS]
Sep  6 12:58 2017  110_remote_login.html   Remote Network Log In Between Computers
Jan 15 07:47 2019  120_shell_basics.html   Unix/Linux and Shell Basics – miscellaneous small topics
Oct  4 17:44 2018  140_man_page_RTFM.html   Searching for items in the Unix manual pages (RTFM)
Jan 21 09:59 2018  150_arguments_and_options.html   Command Arguments and Options
Jan  6 04:23 2019  160_pathnames.html   Unix/Linux File System and Pathnames (ROOT, basename, absolute, relative, dot, dot dot)
Sep 21 02:49 2017  170_home_and_HOME.html   Directories: ROOT, /root, HOME, /home, and current
Oct 10 00:34 2018  180_finding_files.html   Searching for and finding files by name, size, userid, modify time, etc.
Jan  6 04:26 2019  185_find_and_xargs.html   Using find -exec or xargs to process pathnames with other commands
Mar 10 16:44 2019  190_glob_patterns.html   Shell GLOB patterns (wildcard pathname matching)
Jan 29 15:21 2019  200_redirection.html   Unix/Linux Shell I/O Redirection (including stdin, stdout, stderr, and Pipes)
Jan 29 15:49 2019  300_vi_text_editor.html   The VI (VIM) Text Editor
Apr 11 12:48 2017  320_shell_variables.html   Shell Variables – quoting, local variables, environment variables, USER HOME SHELL PATH TERM $$
Feb 22 09:57 2018  350_startup_files.html   Login and Shell Startup Files, aliases, options: .bash_profile and .bashrc
Feb  6 02:44 2017  370_optional_settings.html   BASH Shell Settings for Sysadmin (optional)
Feb 13 01:44 2017  400_search_path.html   Shell search PATH – finding and running commands
Sep  3 12:03 2021  440_quotes.html   Shell Command Line Quoting Mechanisms
Jan 20 00:48 2017  445_quotes_for_remote.html   Unix/Linux Shell Quoting for remote shells
Mar  1 04:02 2019  450_file_system.html   Unix/Linux File System – directories, inodes, hard links
Nov 27 01:36 2017  455_links_and_inodes.html   Hard links and Unix/Linux file system index nodes (inodes)
Feb 19 01:12 2013  455_links_and_inodesA.html   Hard links and Unix file system nodes (inodes)
Feb 22 10:11 2017  456_disk_error_autopsy.html   Autopsy of a minor disk failure, fsck, lost+found
Jan 20 00:48 2017  457_disk_usage.html   Unix/Linux Disk Usage, Hard Links, Quotas, Finding Inodes
Mar  9 09:26 2017  460_symbolic_links.html   Symbolic Links – Soft Links – Symlinks
Mar  1 03:58 2019  500_permissions.html   Unix Modes and Permissions, whoami, id, uid, gid, groups, ls -l, chmod
Oct 22 19:48 2018  510_umask.html   Permissions masking with umask, chmod, 777 octal permissions
Mar  8 04:21 2019  520_package_management.html   Useful programs: gzip,bzip2 - compression; tar,zip - file archiving; diff - comparison
Aug 30 23:15 2018  580_system_log_files.html   Unix/Linux system logging, log files, kernel messages, syslog, klog, dmesg
Mar 14 01:32 2019  600_processes_and_jobs.html   Unix/Linux Processes, Jobs, background, foreground, kill, killall
Oct 29 18:50 2018  630_crontab_at_job_scheduler.html   Delayed and Repeated Scheduled Execution – at, cron, crontab, and mail
Nov 26 02:35 2014  700_users_and_groups.html   Users and Groups – /etc/passwd, /etc/group, su, sudo, chsh, useradd, gpasswd, etc.
Mar 24 14:03 2015  710_linux_partitions.pdf   
Nov 14 05:41 2014  720_partitions_and_file_systems.html   Unix/Linux Partitions and File Systems – fdisk, mkfs, mount, swap
Mar 24 02:37 2014  730_create_vmware_disk.pdf   
Apr 14 18:15 2019  735_good_error_messages.html   Shell Scripts: Good Error and Usage messages: $0, $#, $*, and 1>&2
Mar 18 02:43 2015  750_booting_and_grub.html   Unix/Linux Boot Process, GRUB, Run Levels, services, telinit, chkconfig, single-user, systemd
Jan  4 12:53 2015  805_data_mining.html   Using commands and pipes to mine and extract data
Apr 14 06:18 2014  900_unix_command_list.html   Unix/Linux Command List You Should Know (Weekly Cumulative)
Jan 21 06:45 2018  910_lynda_index.html   Index to lynda.com videos (weekly cumulative)

Worksheets

Jan  5 22:14 2019  worksheet02.html   Lab Worksheet #2 - Fall 2013
Jan  5 22:14 2019  worksheet02.odt   Lab Worksheet #2 - Fall 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 2 - n
Jan  5 22:14 2019  worksheet02.pdf   
Jan  5 22:14 2019  worksheet02.txt   This Lab Worksheet contains some practical examples that will prepare you to complete your Assignmen
Jan  5 22:22 2019  worksheet03.html   Lab Worksheet #3 - Fall 2013
Jan  5 22:22 2019  worksheet03.odt   Lab Worksheet #3 - Fall 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 3 - n
Jan  5 22:22 2019  worksheet03.pdf   
Jan  5 22:22 2019  worksheet03.txt   This Lab Worksheet contains some practical examples that will prepare you to complete your Assignmen
Feb 10 03:17 2016  worksheet04.html   Lab Worksheet #4 - Fall 2013
Feb 10 03:17 2016  worksheet04.odt   Lab Worksheet #4 - Fall 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 4 - n
Feb 10 03:17 2016  worksheet04.pdf   
Feb 10 03:17 2016  worksheet04.txt   This Lab Worksheet contains some practical examples that will prepare you to complete your Assignmen
Jan 27 01:34 2017  worksheet05.html   Lab Worksheet #5 - Fall 2013
Jan 27 01:34 2017  worksheet05.odt   Lab Worksheet #5 - Fall 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 5 - n
Jan 27 01:34 2017  worksheet05.pdf   
Jan 27 01:34 2017  worksheet05.txt   This Lab Worksheet contains some practical examples that will prepare you to complete your Assignmen
Jan  5 20:54 2019  worksheet06.html   Lab Worksheet #6 - Fall 2013
Jan  5 20:54 2019  worksheet06.odt   Lab Worksheet #6 - Fall 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 6 –
Jan  5 20:54 2019  worksheet06.pdf   
Jan  5 20:54 2019  worksheet06.txt   This worksheet is part of an optional BONUS assignment. You must successfully complete and hand in t
Mar 19 03:21 2015  worksheet08.html   Lab Worksheet #8 - Fall 2013
Mar 19 03:21 2015  worksheet08.odt   Lab Worksheet #8 - Fall 2013 - CST8207 - GNU/Linux Operating Systems I ; This is Lab Worksheet 8 - n
Mar 19 03:21 2015  worksheet08.pdf   
Mar 19 03:21 2015  worksheet08.txt   This Lab Worksheet contains some practical examples that will prepare you to complete your Assignmen

Assignments

Apr  8 20:38 2014  assignment01.html   Multi-tasking and Homework
Apr  8 20:38 2014  assignment02.html   Course Linux Server simple commands
Apr 13 05:21 2014  assignment03.html   BONUS VIM assignment from Worksheet 6
Feb 10 13:18 2014  assignment04.html   simple commands, copy, GLOB and redirection
Apr 15 05:04 2014  assignment05.html   BONUS Midterm Test 1 topics review
Mar  9 17:12 2014  assignment06.html   start-up files, environment variables, quoting
Mar  9 17:12 2014  assignment07.html   search PATH, linking, disk usage
Apr  1 19:27 2014  assignment08.html   CentOS: Install and Configure, VMware Tools
Apr 13 05:18 2014  assignment09.html   BONUS Midterm Test 2 topics review
Mar 24 02:24 2014  assignment10.html   setting permissions, mode, umask
Mar 31 12:24 2014  assignment11.html   processes, syslog, crontab, at, mail, tar
Apr 14 04:20 2014  assignment12.html   CentOS: Sysadmin account, User and Group management
Apr 17 00:32 2014  assignment13.html   CentOS: Partitions, File Systems, single user
Apr 14 14:29 2014  assignment14.html   BONUS CentOS: GRUB, Run Levels, services

Shell Scripts

Oct 10 15:46 2014  argv.sh.txt   Count and display on STDERR each argument to this shell script.

Course Outline and Evaluation

Dec 19 09:02 2013  2013-2014_CST8207.pdf   
Jan 15 02:26 2023  course_evaluation.html   CST8207 Winter 2014 Course Evaluation

Miscellaneous

Apr 21 03:27 2014  Cisco-LPI-LinuxCourseInfo.pdf   
Dec  7 10:02 2004  vi_refcard_back.pdf   
Sep 15 10:13 2014  vi_refcard_front.pdf   

Quizzes, Tests, and Exams

Apr 12 06:14 2014  PRACTICE_TEST_README.html   Practice Test README Information
Feb 20 13:00 2014  final_exam_schedule.png   
Feb 13 03:53 2014  midterm1.pdf   
Feb 13 03:53 2014  midterm1_14w.pdf   
Apr  2 14:21 2014  midterm2.pdf   
Apr  2 14:21 2014  midterm2_14w.pdf   
Jan 29 06:33 2014  practicetest1.pdf   
Apr 12 06:33 2014  practicetest1answers.txt   CST 8207 − Ian Allen - Practice Test One - Test Version 075
Feb 25 03:58 2014  practicetest2.pdf   
Apr 12 06:33 2014  practicetest2answers.txt   CST 8207 − Ian Allen - Practice Test 2-A - Test Version 537
Mar  9 23:29 2014  practicetest2b.pdf   
Apr 12 06:33 2014  practicetest2banswers.txt   CST 8207 − Ian Allen - Practice Test 2-B - Test Version 134
Apr 12 06:06 2014  practicetest3.pdf   
Apr 12 06:07 2014  practicetest3answers.txt   CST 8207 − Ian Allen - Practice Test Three - Test Version 520

Data Files and Media (binary)

Oct 10 09:44 2017  scantron_blue_bubble_sheet_rear.jpg   
Oct 30 01:26 2016  scantron_blue_bubble_sheet.jpg   
Jan 12 14:18 2013  145_subshells.mp4   
Mar 28 02:47 2012  file_system.png   
Aug 25 16:51 2005  learning_curves.jpg