Develop facility using standard Linux facilities, including command language, filters, editors, scripting languages (e.g. sh, sed, awk), compilers, linkers, make and version-control utilities. Understand how to retrieve command arguments, run other programs, and perform I/O and inter-process communication in the C programming language.
Students will be able to use basic UNIX commands and text editors, to write shell scripts, and to use UNIX filters, such as sed and grep, to write programs in the Perl programming language, identify the main components of the Linux operating system and to use basic Linux system calls in programs.
CSC 175
CSC 270
The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction, 2nd ed., by William E. Shotts, Jr., No Starch Press, 2019.
grep and
sedThe assignments this semester will require students to use Linux commands and print their sessions, design, code, debug and submit programs written in C, C++ and Python using the vi editor; design, code, debug and submit shell scripts, many of which will use UNIX filters. This will require access to the University Linux system, Panther, and this will require students to install PuTTY, a secure terminal emulator on their personal computers if they wish to complete assignments off campus.
While there will be opportunities to use class time for assigned work, this will be mainly limited to debugging and other assistance that students require in class. One should expect to spend 2-3 hours outside class working on programming assignments for this class.
Students are expected to turn in assignments in hardcopy; if you wish, you may submit it through Moodle. NO ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED BY E-MAIL.
Each programming assignment will be graded with a base grade of 90%, with points added to reflected areas in which the assignment exceeded specified requirements and/or points deducted to show areas where the assignment is deficient.
Late penalties may be assessed of 2 points per class after the due date.
The final average will be weighted (based on the following ratio:
| Programming Assignments | 30% |
| Midterm Exam | 35% |
| Final Exam | 35% |
The final average will translate to a letter grade according to the following table:
| Final Average | Course Grade |
|---|---|
| A | 90 - 100 |
| A- | 87.5 - 89.9 |
| B+ | 83.3 - 87.4 |
| B | 80.0 - 83.2 |
| B- | 77.5 - 79.9 |
| C+ | 73.3 - 77.4 |
| C | 70.0 - 73.2 |
| C- | 67.5 - 69.9 |
| D+ | 63.3 - 67.4 |
| D | 60.0 - 63.2 |
| F | 0.0 - 59.9 |
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