NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE  
ANNANDALE CAMPUS  
COMMUNITY EDUCATION

Course Title : UNIX SHELL PROGRAMMING

Instructor : Hung Vu, MS, NVCC Faculty. 
(W) 202-283-8793

Course Description:

                Course content covers UNIX SHELL as a Programming Language and describes Unix Shell interpretation and execution.  Topics detail Unix Shell fundamentals, Shell commands and Shell procedures.  Upon completion, students will be able to start using Unix Shell, create and execute Shell scripts using Shell procedures.

Class dates : 

                                6 Fridays (From 18:00 - 22:00)

Student assessment :

                Students will be rewarded 2.4 CEU after class completion 
                Attendance Requirement : At least 90% of lecture 
                Complete all the labs

Course Methodology

                This course covers UNIX SHELL as a programming language, emphasizes on a mix of lecture and hands-on labs, and provides a firm and practical knowledge of creating UNIX SHELL SCRIPTS.

Course prerequisite

                - Introduction to UNIX 
                - or 6 months of experience working with a UNIX OS

REFERENCE BOOK:  UNIX SHELL PROGRAMMING, by Lowell Jay Arthur & Ted Burns, Wiley Computer Publishing ( ISBN 0-471-16894-7)

Materials :

                Hand-outs and labs prepared by instructor.

CLASS SCHEDULE

Day 1 :  

                UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION TO UNIX SHELL

                                                1.1                Introduction to Unix Shell 
                                                1.2                UNIX Shell 
                                                1.3                UNIX Process 
                                                1.4                UNIX System Variables 
                                                1.5                Shell Variables

Day 2:

                UNIT 2. UNIX COMMANDS

                                                2.1                Basic Commands 
                                                2.2                Pipe and I/O Redirect 
                                                2.3                File and Directory Commands 
                                                2.4                grep 
                                                2.5                cut  
                                                2.6                paste 
                                                2.7                sort 
                                                2.8                sed  
                                                2.9                awk 
                                                2.10              awk examples  
                                                2.11              awk features  
                                                2.12              Character quotes 
                                               

Day 3 & 4 :          

                UNIT 3. UNIX SHELL CONTROL STRUCTURES

            3.1                Steps to create a Shell script  
                        3.2                Passing arguments to a shell script 
                        3.3                Conditional test 
                        3.4                if-then-else structure 
                        3.5                if-else examples

Day 5 & 6 :          

                UNIT 3. UNIX SHELL CONTROL STRUCTURES

                                                3.6                case and switch 
                                                3.7                for and foreach  
                                                3.8                                 while and until

    UNIT 4.  SHELL SCRIPT EXAMPLES

                                Various shell script samples by different authors