| Date | Topics | Reading | Due dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 27 (W) | No class | ||
| September 3 (W) | About the course (Notes) | ||
| September 10 (W) | Where to find information; a little about files, processes, and shells (Notes) | Reading for 09/10 | |
| September 17 (W) | No class | ||
| September 24 (W) | Shell customizations; I/O redirection; pipes; filters (Notes) | Reading for 09/17 | |
| October 1 (W) | No class | ||
| October 8 (W) | Shell scripting (Notes) | Reading for 10/08 | |
| October 15 (W) | Shell scripting, continued (Notes) | Homework 1: HTML, PDF | |
| October 22 (W) | Text editors (Notes) | Reading for 10/22 | |
| October 29 (W) | Regular expressions (Notes) | Reading for 10/29 | Homework 2: HTML, PDF |
| November 5 (W) | The make utility (Notes) | Reading for 11/05 | Homework 3: HTML, PDF (accepted without penalty through 11/12) |
| November 12 (W) | Text formatting with LaTeX (Notes) | Reading for 11/12 | Homework 4: HTML, PDF (accepted without penalty through 11/19) |
| November 19 (W) | No class | Homework 5: HTML, PDF (accepted without penalty through 11/26) | |
| November 26 (W) | Holiday | ||
| December 3 (W) | More text-mode tools; course wrap-up and evaluations (Notes) | ||
| December 17 (W) | Not a class day | Homework 6: HTML, PDF |