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--- haas:spring2014:unix:projects:puzzle_box [2014/02/02 15:05] – wedge
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 Refer to the **file**(**1**) manual page or your textbook for more information.
+=====Practice=====
+For this project, files are located in the **projects/puzzlebox/** subdirectory of the UNIX Public Directory.
+^    ^|Do the following, and discuss the results in your Opus:|
+| ^  a.|Copy **file.txt** into your home directory.|
+|:::^  b.|Using **file**(**1**), what type of file does this appear to be?|
+|:::^  c.|View the contents of this file using **cat**(**1**). Is it what it appears to be?|
+|:::^  d.|Using **gzip**(**1**), compress this file with default compression. What does **file**(**1**) say?|
+|:::^  e.|Uncompress the file, and recompress using arguments for fastest (not highest) compression. What does **file**(**1**) report now?|
+As in many puzzles, one's visual comprehension of the scenario plays a vital role. Where something doesn't necessarily meet the eye, or is not behaving as you would expect- just try reading any messages or output. Sometimes the clues are right under your nose.
+=====Procedure=====
+Try your hand at the following activity, where things are not necessarily as they should be:
+  * Locate the file **puzzle.txt** and copy it into your home directory.
+Being a file that ends in **.txt**, you might try opening it in a text editor (or simply using the **cat**(**1**) utility.
+Does it appear to be a text file?
+  * Use the **file**(**1**) utility to determine the actual file type.
+  * Based on the output of file, react as appropriate to unravel this puzzle in order to find some plain text directions that will instruct you how to finish this project.
+As is the case many investigations, just observing how things behave can lead to recognition of an object's true state, or the recognition of a pattern, which can be used to solve the task at hand.
+=====Submission=====
+To successfully complete this project, you must follow the directions located in a readable file at the conclusion of this project. Until you encounter it, you are not yet finished (hint).
+You should get some sort of confirmation indicating successful submission (actually, two) if all went according to plan. If not, check for typos and or locational mismatches.

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