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Individuals requiring a mastery of the command line interface to the UNIX operating system. This includes system administrators, programmers, and power users.
Review of Useful Shell Commands
Using Redirection, Pipes, Command and Variable Substitution
Command Line Parsing
Command Line Editing
Using the History, Alias, and Function Facilities
Bash Shell Job Control
The Shell Environment
Creating and Using Shell Scripts
Advanced Uses of Variables in Expressions
Program Flow Control (conditional statements)
Program Flow Control (loop and branch statements)
The set Command (Bash Shell options)
Debugging Shell Scripts
Using the trap Command (signal handling)
Using Temporary Files Effectively
Introduction to Advanced Programming Techniques
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to write Bash Shell scripts using the following features and more:
I/O redirection, pipes, and command and variable substitution,
Passing parameters to shell scripts and interpreting their meaning,
Controlling the program flow using conditionals and loops,
Catch and interpret Control-C and other signals, and
Apply debugging techniques to locate coding errors.
Students are invited to bring their current ideas and questions to the classroom for discussion. Case studies, lecture, group problem solving, and online laboratories will be used. Students will be encouraged to enhance their skills utilizing the techniques presented through classroom problem solving and controlled online workshops.
Familiarity with Unix commands, directory structure, and the text editor.
Programming skills are not required, but are helpful.