Due to an unprecedented demand, Academic Computing Services will offer a repeat of its "Introduction to UNIX" short course on Wednesday, October 25, from 4:00pm to 6:00pm in JEC 3207.
The course, which is offered free-of-charge and is taught on the Rensselaer Computing System (RCS), provides an introduction to the UNIX operating system, but most of the material also applies to Linux. The course also introduces several common UNIX commands, some of which have to do with managing and printing files. Course participants will also learn about output redirection, pipes, and file name wildcards. Finally, the course will explain UNIX directory structure and path names, including some commands for manipulating directories and for controlling directory permissions. Participants will also have opportunities to use brief exercises as hands-on practice between discussion topics.
This course is also helpful in that it provides a basis for other UNIX-based short courses, including those on the emacs and vi editors.
Enrollment for ACS short courses is limited to 30 students, so be sure to sign up early. Also note that courses with insufficient enrollment may be cancelled.
If you would like to register for this course, or would like more information, please contact the VCC Help Desk by either stopping by in person, calling ext. 7777, or by directing e-mail to acs-courses@rpi.edu. If the class needs to be cancelled or rescheduled, you will receive notification via e-mail.
As a final reminder, remember that you can always find the latest schedule of course offerings and descriptions on-line via RPInfo by clicking on the Academic Computing Services link under the Computing section of the RPInfo homepage, then on the Computing short courses link from the resulting ACS homepage.
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