(same as in your email)

Topic list:

multi-user operating system, multi-process operating system

secure login, ssh

sh, csh, tcsh, bash

command line structure: options, arguments, case-sensitive,
options can have their own arguments

"some basic commands" slide

basic use of 'man' to get help, layout of 'man' pages

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hierarchical (tree-structured) organization of files

"common Unix directories" *

"directory terminology"

absolute vs. relative pathnames

"file system commands", how to use them, options (-i, -p, -r)

data provided by 'ls -l'

permissions: meaning, two ways to change them

filename expansion (wildcards)

legal characters for directory names

soft (symbolic) and hard links

find*

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cat, less, head, tail, lpr, enscript, lpq, wc

diff*

sort*, uniq*

disk quota operations*

file compression*

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aliases

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echo

redirection

piping

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topics I am saving for the final:

SUID, SGID

emacs, vi

date, du, tr

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FAQ:

Q: When is the exam?
A: Thu. Mar. 26, 11:00 AM, as announced in class on multiple occasions.

Q: What are the dashes in the above list?
A: They separate sections of the notes.

Q: What is the meaning of the '*"?
A: Topics deserving special review because they were not used in the
HW.

Q: What will the exam cover?
A: On the course web page, through "redirection and piping" (except
for the sections on editors).

Q: What kinds of questions will be on the exam?
A: Fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, etc. In terms of content,
questions from the slides plus questions similar to the HW.

Q: There are a few topics covered in class that are not on the slides,
e.g., Windows vs. Unix line endings, etc. Will they be on the exam?

A: I will put up new slides for those topics after the exam & they
will be on the final. I didn't want to create a moving target for you
by changing the slides after the exam was announced.