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======UNIX/Linux Fundamentals Journal======
====MONTH Day, YEAR====

This is a sample format for a dated entry. Please substitute the actual date for "Month Day, Year", and duplicate the level 4 heading to make additional entries.

As an aid, feel free to use the following questions to help you generate content for your entries:

  * What action or concept of significance, as related to the course, did you experience on this date?
  * Why was this significant?
  * What concepts are you dealing with that may not make perfect sense?
  * What challenges are you facing with respect to the course?

====January 22, 2016====
I have started a screen session, started on this blog, and read the mage book. Additionally, I joined the mailing list for this course.
====January 25, 2016====
The //Harley Hahn's Guide to Unix and Linux// is a rather long read. I may need to go back to the book the first few times I use each command. The //UNIX for the Beginning Mage// book was interesting, but will also be referenced later. The //Learning the UNIX Operating System, 5th Edition// book has not been read yet. The first project is done, although I am still working on the labs. I do not see the unix folder next to my data folder, or anywhere else, for that matter. I will talk to Matt tomorrow, or this afternoon, if he is still there.
====January 27, 2016====
Project uxi0 is done, and project arc0 is pretty much done as well. The labs are coming along nicely.
====January 28, 2016====
I used the ~ (tilde) character today. I found a directory that I could access remotely, changed it to my working directory, and looked around in there.
====January 29, 2016====
I am finished with project arc0. The commands used will have to be reviewed next time I have to use them, however.
====February 1, 2016====
This is for project pbx0. The file.txt file appears to be a simple ASCII file. The text inside seems to confirm the fact. It is just plain text, and says "This is a simple text file. It contains ASCII text." After compressing with gzip using the default compression, **file** says "gzip compressed data, was "file.txt", last modified: Mon Feb  1 16:47:32 2016, from Unix". After decompressing, **file** says "gzip compressed data, was "file.txt", last modified: Mon Feb  1 16:47:32 2016, max speed, from Unix".
====February 3, 2016====
I am working on pbx0. I found riddle.html and copied it to my home directory. I then changed its name to riddle.gz and unzipped it. I found a file inside called making.waves, which was a uuencoded ASCII text. I decoded it and found a file called leaf_on_the_wind.wav, which was a zip file. Inside was a file called dinosaurs_with_hats.mp4, from which I extracted a file I called result. I decoded the file and the decoded message was put in a file called results. I then did what the instructions said.
====February 9, 2016====
I have started on pbx1. I am using unzip on pbx1.zip, and getting the text inside of README, a prompt for enigmatic.file, the text inside of octal2ascii.c, and a prompt for a password for part1. I do not know that password. When **file** is run on enigmatic.file, it says it is uuencoded. I tried running uudecode on enigmatic.file, and a file called stage2. Whats wrong, is that stage2 has no read, write, or execute privileges with anyone.
====February 10, 2016====
I finally realized that the octal code 000 in enigmatic.file was the problem with stage2. I changed it to 644, which gave user read and write permissions, and others read permissions on stage2. Stage2 is a hexadecimal file. I tried to write a program for extracting the message, but kept coming up empty. I finally used the command "xxd -r -p stage2 returned.txt" on the file stage2 from enigmatic.file, and sending the result to returned.txt. The message was clear, I followed it, but the password I put in first was wrong, since I left out the space at the end. 
====February 22, 2016====
I have been on break since February 16, 2016, so there is not much to tell about the past week. Over break, my goats kidded. Three bucks and a doe.
====February 23, 2016====
I have started on the wpa0 project. I am thinking I will do a deciphering game. The homepage is done, and the map is started. The Revolutionary War part is done, as far as I am concerned, and the Civil War part is coming along.
====February 24, 2016====
I have only done a little with the WWI section of the game, since I was studying for some tests tomorrow.
====February 25, 2016====
WWI is kind of difficult, since I do not know whether to put it in German, and in code, or in English in code. I have it in German right now.
====February 26, 2016====
WWI is probably done now. I put the message in English, and encoded it. WWII is coming along. I only have two pages done for it, though. WWII is going to be the main part of my game. 
====February 29, 2016====
I did not do much for the project over the weekend. I have made a story, and done a considerable portion of the game.
====March 1, 2016====
My game is almost done now. I just have to finish up a few things.
====March 2, 2016====
I have finished the game and submitted it. After that, I took a peek at the next project, cus0, and started on it. I have figured out how to change .hgrc.
====March 3, 2016====
I have looked at cus0 a bit more, and I have figured out how to change .hgrc.
====March 7 2016====
I have now made changes to .Xsession, .bashrc, and .viminfo
====March 8, 2016====
I made some customization changes to .bashrc which allowed me to run programs at start-up and personalize the welcome page.
====March 9, 2016====
I submitted the cus0 project, and got started on the udr0 project. It is slightly confusing right now. I realized that part of the memdump.ram data file is a uuencoded file, so I took that out, and decoded it. It turned out to be a data file.
====March 10, 2016====
Still trying to figure out udr0.
====March 11, 2016====
So I finally found out that the dectohex.c file can be used by changing a few lines and compiling several times to create hextodec and octodec. These can be used to find the numbers given. After that, I was able to find the various parts of the puzzle. 
====March 14, 2016====
I finally found the right way and stages to combine the parts.
====March 15, 2016====
Getting started on udr1. Got right ahead and obtained the file. However, I did get confused soon.
====March 16, 2016====
I found out how to get the four parts out of the disk.image. However, I am hung up on how to put files into F:

====March 18, 2016====
Found out that the mcopy is useful for moving files. Cannot figure out how to put part 4 (F:) back into disk.image.

====March 21, 2016====
**Holy Week**
I learned that the way I was trying to stick part 4 back in disk.image was not correct. I just needed to use dd with conv=notrunc.
====March 22, 2016====
I am starting udr2 now. This is slightly more difficult than udr1. I am still figuring it out. More later
====March 23, 2016====
I had to ask Mr. Haas about the project, and have now started on it. The first half seems easy.
====March 25, 2016====
Well, easy-ish. I have gotten in a roll, and have done quite a bit.
====March 31, 2016====
I have almost finished udr2, I can finish it this week and next.
====April 6, 2016====
I forgot about the second half of udr2. I will most likely not have it finished in time.
====April 8, 2016====
I finished upr0 now, after having found a way to hack it and not wait the two hours. I wonder if that was part of the test.
====April 14, 2016====
I have started on the next project. This is pretty straight-forward, although I have barely written any shell script before. I am trying to finish before this weekend.
====April 15, 2016====
Well. I will not be finished before this weekend, although I am rather far into it.
====April 18, 2016====
After a weekend of thinking, I have started again on the gfo0 project. I have finished the project component, but messed up the other two sections.
====April 19, 2016====
I have been working on gfo0, but am no closer to finishing.
====April 20, 2016====
I finally realized that for the Journal component, I just needed the outputs of the commands cat thing | grep 1:opus | wc -l, and cat thing | grep :opus | wc -l.
====April 21, 2016====
I am starting on the eoce. first part, huh?
====April 22, 2016====
I have unraveled the first part of the puzzle-box, still trying to figure out the rest of it.
====April 25, 2016====
I started on the next part, leaving the puzzle-box for later.
====April 26, 2016====
The next part is the palindrome. I did the first way, and I am trying to figure out a completely different way to do it.
====April 27, 2016====
I figured out another way to check for a palindrome. I am now going to start on the pom project.
====April 28, 2016====
Pom is giving me trouble. I figured out how to find the next full moon. I am having trouble finding how far to skip after the first full moon.
====April 29, 2016====
I finally realized that the I can make a loop to skip through 27 days. This gave me a day cushion to make sure I did not over-step the next full moon. 
====May 2, 2016====
The counter, apparently cannot use bc. I will have to make counters for binary, octal, and hexadecimal.
The counters were really rather easy.
====May 3, 2016====
The last two parts, except for the in person knowledge assessment should be easy, aside from needing to think a bit. 
====May 4, 2016====
The pom thing apparently does not work for single digit days. I had to fix a few things to make sure it would work for any day numbers.
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