Lecture notes for the Introduction to Computer Science I by James Tam

CPSC 231: Assignment 1(Worth 1%)

Mark out of 4	Letter
4	A
3	B
2	C
1	D
0	F

New Concepts to be applied for the assignment

Familiarity with Unix and some common operating system commands
Proficiency with a Unix text editor

Introduction to Unix Part 1: Using common commands (3 marks)

On the Unix workstations in the Computer Science lab complete the following steps:

Login onto your Unix account
Start a script session
Show the contents of your home directory
Show your location (path) in the Unix file system
Make a new directory called “231”
Show the contents of your home directory
Enter the newly created ‘231’ directory
Show the contents of the newly created ‘231’ directory
Show your location (path) in the Unix file system
Go to the official directory for CPSC 231 (/home/231)
Show the contents of the CPSC 231 directory
Show your location (path) in the Unix file system
Go to the directory for assignment 1 (/home/231/assignments/assignment1)
Show the contents of the assignment 1 directory
Show your location (path) in the Unix file system
Display the contents of the a1 file onscreen
Copy the a1 file to the newly created ‘231’ directory that you created (in your home directory).
Go to the newly created ‘231’ directory (in your home directory)
Show the contents of the newly created ‘231’ directory.
End the script session
Print out the script and hand it in (along with the rest of your assignment 1 submission) – make sure you read the submission guidelines!

Grading:

3 marks maximum for all steps properly completed
2 marks if a step was missed or improperly completed
1 mark if two or more steps were missed or improperly completed
Zero marks if more than two steps were missed or improperly completed

Introduction to Unix Part 2: Using a text editor (1 mark)

Instructions:

Using the Unix text editor of your choice (e.g., Emacs, XEmacs etc.) type a brief document (approximately a page or 2 – 3 paragraphs) that describes what you hope to get out of this course (CPSC 231). Print out this document (via lpr - a script session is unnecessary) and hand it in (along with the rest of your Assignment 1 submission) – make sure you read the submission guidelines! Make sure that you proof read and spell-check the second part before handing it in.

Grading:

You will either receive 1 mark for an assignment that fulfills all of the above requirements or 0 for one that does not.