CSCI 3215 (Advanced UNIX Command-Line Tools):
Sample Programs

Shell scripts

• hello (9/12): "Hello world" as a shell script.
• fcn-example (9/12): Simple example of defining and using a function.
• lcname (9/12): Script to rename a file, changing all uppercase to lowercase.
• upmachines (9/12): Script to display names of all machines that are "up".
• factorial-1 and factorial-2 (9/17): Example of recursive function, two versions.
• powers-of-two (9/17): Example of loop and use of bc.
• rename-files (9/17): Script to do mass rename of files, changing suffix.
• find-broken-links-1 and find-broken-links-2 (9/17): Script to find broken symbolic links, two versions.
• define-is-integer (10/3): Sourceable definition of is-integer function.
• factorial-2-with-check (10/3): Factorial example revised to check for bad input.

Configuration files

vim

• "Main" configuration file (goes in $HOME/.vimrc).
• Configuration file for editing code (goes in $HOME/.vim/vimrc-for-code, start vim with vim -u $HOME/.vim/vimrc-for-code).
• Common options, sourced by both of the above (goes in $HOME/.vim/vimrc-base).

Mail-related

• simple.muttrc Sample configuration file for mutt. Also may want mutt-macros this file of macro definitions.
• tmail.muttrc Sample configuration file for accessing TMail with mutt.
• tmail-spam.muttrc Sample configuration file for accessing TMail spam folder with mutt.
• simple.procmailrc Sample configuration file for procmail.
• simple.spamassassin.user_prefs Sample configuration file for spamassassin.

Other

• simple.screenrc Minimalist configuration file for screen.

make

• Sample makefile Makefile for compiling C programs.
• Makefile example: Source code files and Makefile: files.
• Makefile example, revised to generate dependencies automatically: Source code files and Makefile: files.

gnuplot

• Plot illustrating using numerical integration to estimate pi: files, with README.txt describing contents.
• Plots of data showing how accuracy of Monte-Carlo approximation of pi changes depending on function used to generate "random" sequences: files, with README.txt describing contents.

LaTeX

• "Sampler" example, demonstrating basic and other features: files, with README.txt describing contents.
• Example illustrating different ways of generating/including graphics: files, with README.txt describing contents.

Compiling and linking

• Example of creating and using libraries (static and shared): files, with README.txt describing contents.