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======Project: PUZZLEBOX NEXT (pbx1)======

=====Errata=====
Typos and bug fixes:

  * at some point in successfully accomplishing this project, you will encounter the following text: "**the password is you seek is**", this is what it should actually say (granted, a typo on my part). So, I just wanted to clarify so you don't think you had taken a misstep.

=====Objective=====
In a vein similar to the first puzzle box: use your skills to unravel the puzzle presented.

=====Commentary=====
The first puzzlebox was in many ways a test of your observational skills. To many, the frustrations emerged from what was being taken for granted. But once you took proper notice, and could apply the appropriate skills, its secrets could be obtained.

This second puzzlebox, **PUZZLEBOX: NEXT**, will test both your observation skills (in a slightly different way) and reasoning skills in an abstract manner. If you are observant, the information you need is presented early on, but is a few layers of abstraction out of reach. Patience and perseverance will be key to victory.

=====Obtain the file=====
This week's project is located in the **pbx1/** sub-directory of the UNIX Public Directory, in a file called (unoriginally): **pbx1.zip**

Make a copy into your home directory somewhere and set to work.

**NOTE:** Hopefully it has been standard practice to locate project files in their own unique subdirectory, such as under **src/unix/**, where you can then add/commit/push the results to your repository (you ARE regularly putting stuff in your repository, aren't you?)
 
=====Process=====
As with the first puzzle box, you are on your own. Use your skills, your observations, and your experiences gained to unravel this new puzzle.

Be observant, explore ideas, read about and learn how to use various tools (both familiar, but in potentially new/different ways, as well as entirely new tools).

=====Submission=====
To successfully complete this project, submit the ordered and unscrambled content (in a file called **result.txt**) from unravelling the puzzlebox.

To submit this project to me using the **submit** tool, run the following command at your lab46 prompt:

<cli>
$ submit unix pbx1 result.txt
Submitting unix project "pbx1":
    -> result.txt (OK)

SUCCESSFULLY SUBMITTED
</cli>

You should get some sort of confirmation indicating successful submission if all went according to plan. If not, check for typos and or locational mismatches.
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