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Unix Tasks

The document outlines compulsory core tasks for a Unix tutorial, including directory creation, file manipulation, and using Makefiles for compilation. It also presents optional tasks focused on file permissions and job control utilities. Students are required to complete either Task 2 or Task 3 in addition to the core tasks.

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Unix Tasks

The document outlines compulsory core tasks for a Unix tutorial, including directory creation, file manipulation, and using Makefiles for compilation. It also presents optional tasks focused on file permissions and job control utilities. Students are required to complete either Task 2 or Task 3 in addition to the core tasks.

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Name: Student Number:

Tut Group:

CORE TASKS – These Tasks are Compulsory

Unix Tutorial Task 1 – Core Tasks [ ]

1. create a directory called dir1 off your home directory


2. change to dir1 and print out the path of the current directory
3. create another directory inside directory dir1 called dir2
4. create a zero-length/empty file called boo in dir2
5. rename the file boo to wibble
6. create empty files a.txt, b.txt and c.txt in dir1
7. archive and zip all .txt files in dir1 into one tarball (hint: use tar commands
with correct options)
8. remove the directory dir1 and its contents with one command
9. download the file MyTest.java (attached to the assignment entry)
10. compile MyTest.java using javac on the command line
11. write a short (2 line) Makefile so you can compile the above program
12. use Make to compile the program using your Makefile
13. add a rule to the above Makefile to remove the program's class files
14. demonstrate your removal rule.

OPTIONAL TASKS – You will be asked to do eitehr Task 2 or Task 3


OPTION: Unix Tutorial Task 2 - File Permissions [ ]

1. create a file "mytest" (use touch to do this)


2. check the permissions on the file
3. set the permission to user = all, group = none, other/world = none; using (r,w,x,
+. -)
4. now add read permission to those in the same group
5. now make sure that the file is readable by all, but that no user (including
yourself) can delete it.
6. Verify this by trying to remove the file
7. create a directory test1 and create a file within it called test2
8. use a single command to give read and write permission to test1 and all its
descendants

OPTION: Unix Tutorial Task 3 – Job Control & Utilities [ ]


1. open up (or choose an already open and unused) terminal
2. start up vim from the terminal command line
3. background vim
4. bring vim into the foreground. close it down normally
5. start and background vim; kill vim from the command line (use kill)
6. type a single command line that will display all the bash processes currently
running on the system
7. type a single command line that generates a file called peopledoing.txt
containing the users logged onto the system and what they are doing. Hint: use
ps
8. type a single line to find all files below directory /usr/include starting with the
letters iostream and count the number of files (hint: use find)

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