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Projects

Class Stats

wpa0 entries to check out:
wpa0 has been evaluated. 14 submitted, 6 did not. Of the people that did it (thankfully, a majority of the class), it seemed to be divided between the enthusiastic and the “is it done yet?” mindsets.
We'll be continuing with our shell scripting endeavours.
Next project is udr0 (think of it like a binary puzzle box). You'll likely want to start sooner than later, and ask questions. Not a difficult project to accomplish, but could be initially a conceptual challenge.
I believe warning grades come out this weekend. I'1l be querying your status information and reporting directly from there (so, projects, participation, blog).

Our command-line skills are improving, files can be manipulated, and productive laziness is ruling supreme.
Explorations this week may involve learning the best text editor known to the universe (and beyond).
Due to high unstated demand and critical acclaim, this week's project is the illustrious Puzzlebox: NEXT (pbx1).

File manipulation has been the focus of our studies, but we are gradually getting a wider and wider view of the filesystem.
New problem solving capabilities will be introduced with the '|' (pipe)
The next project, the illustrious puzzle box (pbx0) is upon us; rejoice!

Hopefully most are making good progress on uxi0. I've had some questions come my way: excellent! Please don't hesitate to ask!
This week, we unveil the next project: arc0, which has you applying some of your soon-to-be-newfound UNIX skills (if you've read the Mages book, you may already be good to go!)
- manipulating files (copying, moving, removing)
- redirecting I/O
- reading the manual
- interacting with compressed files and archives
Remember that your week 1 Opus entry was due before Tuesday.

Welcome! I've wrapped all the initial activities into one project, uxi0, that I'd like you to perform by the given deadline (by 11:59:59pm / 23:59:59).
On Lab46, we'll be getting familiar with logging into the pod systems, and once there:
- opening up a terminal
- logging that terminal onto Lab46 for class work and in-class attendance
Get familiar with how to log onto Lab46, and once on:
- change your password to something more preferable
- start working on the labs and other class activities
- start exploring
Be sure to do the reading (located in the individual labs below)! There may be many pages, but there are many concepts to encounter.
The following labs are now available for you to work through:
- Lab 0x0: Introduction to UNIX/Linux and Lab46 (complete by 20160127)
- Lab 0x1: Basic Utilities and their manual pages (complete by 20160127)
- Lab 0x2: Files and Directories (complete by 20160203)