January 22 2014

• What action or concept of significance, as related to the course, did you experience on this date?

1. I experienced alot, I learned that there is alot more to unix than i thought. This is a new experience for me that i cant wait to learn.

• Why was this significant?

2. I'm someone who likes learning about new systems, all my life it's been windows. A change is good.

• What concepts are you dealing with that may not make perfect sense?

3.So far there is no concept, the class just started and plenty more to learn.

• What challenges are you facing with respect to the course?

4.The challenge to do my best and pass.

Puzzlebox

1.Using file(1), what type of file does this appear to be?

After using file(1), I get file.txt: ASCII text

2.View the contents of this file using cat(1). Is it what it appears to be? After using cat(1), it seems to be ASCII text. It says “This is a simple text file. It contains ASCII text.”

3.Using gzip(1), compress this file with default compression. What does file(1) say? file.txt.gz: gzip compressed data, was “file.txt”, from Unix

4.Uncompress the file, and recompress using arguments for fastest (not highest) compression. What does file(1) report now? I keep getting -bash: file.txt.gz: command not found Ill have to work on it some more

With a little help i figured the puzzlebox up and submitted it. I found this to be interesting,and i would like to see more. Unix is a challenge… im looking forward to more!

WEBPAGES The webpages was a challenge for someone who knew nothing about html. I still found it pretty interesting and i am looking for some more challenges from the “Lair”.