At a glance
- 8 practice hours per week
- Special Term
Prerequisites
None
Course Description
- Introduction to open source software and the Linux operating system
- Basic Linux terminology
- Using Linux on Windows through a virtual machine
- Linux file system; absolute and relative paths
- Basic shell commands
- Input/output redirection and pipes
- Wildcards and their usage
- Regular expressions and their usage
- Basic shell programming
- Stream editor
- Dual booting Windows and Linux on desktops
Learning Resources
No text book is prescribed for this course as it is a hand-on lab course. If required, activity sheets for each session will be provided by the instructor.