| Date | Topics | Reading | Due dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 17 (M) | Holiday | ||
| January 24 (M) | About the course; where to find things out; a little about shells and files (Notes) | Reading for 01/24 | |
| January 31 (M) | No class | ||
| February 7 (M) | A little about processes; more about shells (Notes) | Reading for 02/07 | |
| February 14 (M) | No class | ||
| February 21 (M) | More useful commands; introduction to shell scripting (Notes) | Reading for 02/21 | |
| February 28 (M) | No class | ||
| March 7 (M) | Text editors (Notes) | Reading for 03/07 | |
| March 14 - March 18 | Spring break | ||
| March 21 (M) | Regular expressions (Notes) | Reading for 03/21 | Homework 1 |
| March 28 (M) | Text formatting with LaTeX (Notes) | Reading for 03/28 | Homework 2 |
| April 4 (M) | No class | Homework 3, Homework 4 | |
| April 11 (M) | The make utility (Notes) | Reading for 04/11 | Homework 5 |
| April 18 (M) | Miscellaneous commands; a little about X (Notes) | Reading for 04/18 | Homework 6, Homework 7 |
| April 25 (M) | Course wrap-up (Notes) | ||
| May 2 (M) | (No class) | Homework 8 | |
| May 10 (T) | (No class) | Project (optional) |