Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences
Department of Computer Science, Mathematics
and Physics
University of the West Indies
Cave Hill Campus, Barbados
Semester 1 September 2 to Nov 29, 2019
Course: Unix
Course code: COMP1215
Prerequisite: None
Overview: To discuss the role of UNIX, it current uses and applications and the Unix
family of operating systems
Syllabus
Unix historical perspective; Distributions and derivatives: Solaris, Linux,
Unix architecture and director structure
User interfaces: GUI and CLI
Commands: commonly used commands
File management: create and manage, directories,
Text editors: emacs, sed, vi, gedit, libre … (selecting, searching, sorting, counting,
trimming)
Shells: bourne-shell, c-shell, tshell (wild card, history)
Programming and Scripting – awk, nawk
Remote access: FTP, rcp, SSH, telnet
Customizing and monitoring the system
Text: Unix Shells by Examples, Ellie Quigley, Prentice Hall, 4th edition.
Evaluation:
Final Exam: (60%)
One 2-hour Final Paper
Coursework (40%)
Course test:
1 Midterm Test (date TBA) 8 marks
1 Assignment 8 marks
3 Lab Quizzes (MC, TF, short answer) 9 marks
8 Labs: 15 marks
Lectures: Monday 510 – 7:00 pm (ML6) OR
Thursday 8:10 – 10:00 pm (ML5)
Labs: Wednesday 1:10 – 3:00 pm ML6
Wednesday 7:10 – 9 :00 Pm CSL1
Thursday 1:00 – 3 pm CSL2
Friday 10:10 - 12:00 pm (ML1)
Office Hours: Tuesday 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Thursday 4:00 - 6:00 pm
You may also make an appointment to see me at a time outside of office hours.
