Goals/Outcomes

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Learning Goals/Outcomes

Command/Concept	Goal/Outcome	Refer to
git	Demonstrate understanding of and ability to perform git first-time setup	git Ch. 1
mkdir	Use mkdir to create a new nested directory within the current directory	man Ch.
Python: writing programs	Demonstrate ability to write and use simple Python programs, such as opening a text file and print all words that end in -ing	Bird et al Ch. 0
Python: imports	Demonstrate ability to import the NLTK module in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: basics	Demonstrate understanding of indentation in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: built-in functions	Demonstrate ability to find the length of a data structure in Python using len()	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: built-in functions	Demonstrate ability to create a set from another existing data structure in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: built-in functions	Demonstrate ability to create a sorted data structure from another existing data structure in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: functions	Demonstrate understanding of what a function is in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: functions	Demonstrate ability to create and use simple functions in Python, such as a function to calculate the lexical diversity of a text	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: lists	Demonstrate ability to create a list in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: lists	Demonstrate ability to concatenate lists in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: lists	Demonstrate ability to append data to an existing list in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: lists	Demonstrate ability to access an individual element from a list in Python using an index	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: lists	Demonstrate understanding of zero-based indexing in Python lists	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: lists	Demonstrate ability to access a contiguous range of elements from a list in Python using slicing with a start index and an end index	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: lists	Demonstrate understanding of and ability to access a contiguous range of elements from a list in Python using slicing with a start index but no end index	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: lists	Demonstrate ability to access a contiguous range of elements from a list in Python using slicing with an end index but no start index	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: basics	Demonstrate understanding of and ability to use variables in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: basics	Demonstrate understanding of the rules governing the names of variables in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: strings	Demonstrate ability to create a string in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: strings	Demonstrate ability to concatenate strings in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: strings	Demonstrate ability to append data to an existing string in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: strings	Demonstrate ability to access an individual character from a string in Python using an index	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: strings	Demonstrate understanding of zero-based indexing in Python strings	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: strings	Demonstrate ability to access a contiguous range of characters from a string in Python using slicing with a start index and an end index	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: strings	Demonstrate understanding of and ability to access a contiguous range of characters from a string in Python using slicing with a start index but no end index	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: strings	Demonstrate ability to access a contiguous range of characters from a string in Python using slicing with an end index but no start index	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: lists	Demonstrate ability to access a contiguous range of characters from a string in Python using slicing with a negative start index and no end index	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: numbers	Demonstrate understanding of and ability to use numerical comparison operators in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: strings	Demonstrate understanding of and ability to use string comparison operators in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: conditionals	Demonstrate understanding of and ability to use if, elif, and else blocks in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: basics	Demonstrate understanding of and ability to nest blocks in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: loops	Demonstrate understanding of and ability to use for loops in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: basics	Demonstrate ability to launch and use the Python interactive interpreter	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: basics	Demonstrate ability to perform basic arithmetic using the Python interactive interpreter	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: basics	Demonstrate understanding of what a syntax error is in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: imports	Demonstrate understanding of what it means to import a module in Python	Bird et al Ch. 1
Python: booleans	Demonstrate understanding of and ability to use booleans in Python	Bird et al Ch. 2
Python: basics	Demonstrate ability to write and use simple Python scripts	Bird et al Ch. 2
cal	Use cal to print a calendar of the current month	Shotts Ch. 1
date	Use date to print the current date	Shotts Ch. 1
exit	Use exit to terminate a shell session	Shotts Ch. 1
Keyboard shortcuts	Use up and down arrows to navigate shell history	Shotts Ch. 1
Keyboard shortcuts	Use left and right arrows to position cursor on the command line	Shotts Ch. 1
cd	Use cd to navigate to a directory using a relative path	Shotts Ch. 2
cd	Use cd to navigate to a directory using an absolute path	Shotts Ch. 2
cd	Use cd without options to navigate to the home directory	Shotts Ch. 2
	Use cd to navigate to a directory using ~	Shotts Ch. 2
ls	Use ls to list the contents of the current directory	Shotts Ch. 2
ls	Use ls to list the contents of a non-current directory using a relative path	Shotts Ch. 2
ls	Use ls to list the contents of a non-current directory using an absolute path	Shotts Ch. 2
pwd	Use pwd to determine the present working directory	Shotts Ch. 2
Absolute paths	Demonstrate understanding of the file system and absolute paths	Shotts Ch. 2
Relative paths	Demonstrate understanding of the file system and relative paths	Shotts Ch. 2
Relative paths	Demonstrate understanding of the file system and complex paths using . and ..	Shotts Ch. 2
	Demonstrate basic understanding of symbolic links	Shotts Ch. 3
	Use ls to view hidden files	Shotts Ch. 3
	Use ls with additional options	Shotts Ch. 3
file	Use file to determine a file's type	Shotts Ch. 3
less	Use less to view text files	Shotts Ch. 3
Home directories	Demonstrate understanding of the file system and home directories	Shotts Ch. 3
wildcards	Demonstrate understanding and us of * wildcards in bash	Shotts Ch. 4
wildcards	Demonstrate understanding and us of ? wildcards in bash	Shotts Ch. 4
wildcards	Demonstrate understanding and us of character set wildcards in bash	Shotts Ch. 4
wildcards	Demonstrate understanding and us of character class wildcards in bash	Shotts Ch. 4
cp	Use cp to copy a single file	Shotts Ch. 4
cp	Use cp to copy a single file into a directory	Shotts Ch. 4
cp	Use cp to copy a single directory	Shotts Ch. 4
ln	Use ln to create symbolic links	Shotts Ch. 4
	Use ln to create a symbolic link in another directory using an absolute path	Shotts Ch. 4
	Use ln to create a symbolic link in another directory using an relative path	Shotts Ch. 4
mkdir	Use mkdir to create a new directory within the current directory	Shotts Ch. 4
mkdir	Use mkdir to create a new directory using a relative path	Shotts Ch. 4
mkdir	Use mkdir to create a new directory using an absolute path	Shotts Ch. 4
mv	Use mv to move a single file/directory into a different directory	Shotts Ch. 4
mv	Use mv to move multiple files/directories into a directory	Shotts Ch. 4
mv	Use mv to move and rename a single file/directory	Shotts Ch. 4
rm	Use rm to remove a single file in the current directory	Shotts Ch. 4
rm	Use rm to remove a single file using a relative path	Shotts Ch. 4
rm	Use rm to remove a single file using an absolute path	Shotts Ch. 4
rm	Use rm to recursively remove a directory within the current directory	Shotts Ch. 4
rm	Use rm to recursively remove a directory using a relative path	Shotts Ch. 4
rm	Use rm to recursively remove a directory using an absolute path	Shotts Ch. 4
ln	Demonstrate understanding of hard links	Shotts Ch. 4
alias	Demonstrate how to create custom commands using alias	Shotts Ch. 5
Bash builtins	Demonstrate understanding of the difference between Bash builtins and other executables	Shotts Ch. 5
Resourcefulness	Demonstrate ability to find, learn, and use unfamiliar commands	Shotts Ch. 5
apropos	Demonstrate ability to use apropos to find an appropriate program	Shotts Ch. 5
help	Demonstrate ability to use help to get help about bash builtins	Shotts Ch. 5
info	Demonstrate ability to use info to get help about a GNU program	Shotts Ch. 5
man	Demonstrate ability to use man to get help about a program	Shotts Ch. 5
pipes	Demonstrate understanding of pipelines	Shotts Ch. 6
pipes	Demonstrate ability to redirect standard output from one process into standard input of another process using pipes	Shotts Ch. 6
stderr	Demonstrate understanding of the standard error stream	Shotts Ch. 6
stderr	Demonstrate ability to redirect the standard error stream	Shotts Ch. 6
stderr	Demonstrate ability to redirect both standard output and standard error streams	Shotts Ch. 6
stdin	Demonstrate understanding of the standard input stream	Shotts Ch. 6
stdin	Demonstrate ability to redirect the standard input stream	Shotts Ch. 6
stdout	Demonstrate ability to redirect the standard output stream	Shotts Ch. 6
stout	Demonstrate understanding of the standard output stream	Shotts Ch. 6
cat	Use cat to send file content to standard output	Shotts Ch. 6
grep	Use grep to perform basic searches	Shotts Ch. 6
head	Use head to print the first N lines of a file	Shotts Ch. 6
head	Use head to print all but the last N lines of a file	Shotts Ch. 6
tail	Use tail to print the last N lines of a file	Shotts Ch. 6
tail	Use tail to print all but the last N lines of a file	Shotts Ch. 6
uniq	Use uniq to remove duplicate lines	Shotts Ch. 6
wc	Use wc to count lines	Shotts Ch. 6
wc	Use wc to count words	Shotts Ch. 6
wc	Use wc to count characters	Shotts Ch. 6
Arithmetic expansion	Demonstrate understanding and use of arithmetic expansion	Shotts Ch. 7
Brace expansion	Demonstrate understanding and use of brace expansion	Shotts Ch. 7
Command substitution	Demonstrate understanding and use of command substitution	Shotts Ch. 7
Double quotes	Demonstrate understanding and use of double quotes and how they interact with expansion	Shotts Ch. 7
Escape sequences	Demonstrate understanding and use of common escape sequences	Shotts Ch. 7
Parameter expansion	Demonstrate understanding and use of parameter expansion	Shotts Ch. 7
Pathname expansion	Demonstrate understanding and use of pathname expansion	Shotts Ch. 7
Single quotes	Demonstrate understanding and use of single quotes and how they interact with expansion	Shotts Ch. 7
echo	Use echo to print simple strings	Shotts Ch. 7
echo	Use echo to print strings containing variables	Shotts Ch. 7
echo	Use echo to print strings containing escape sequences	Shotts Ch. 7
echo	Use echo to print multi-line messages	Ch.
Tilde expansion	Demonstrate understanding of tilde expansion and home directories	Shotts Ch. 7
Keyboard shortcuts	Use keyboard shortcuts to search command history	Shotts Ch. 8
Keyboard shortcuts	Use keyboard shortcuts to clear screen	Shotts Ch. 8
Keyboard shortcuts	Use keyboard shortcuts to navigate to the beginning and end of the current line	Shotts Ch. 8
Keyboard shortcuts	Use keyboard shortcuts to navigate forward and backward on the current line	Shotts Ch. 8
Keyboard shortcuts	Use keyboard shortcuts to cut and paste text on the current line	Shotts Ch. 8
Keyboard shortcuts	Use keyboard shortcuts to perform tab completion	Shotts Ch. 8
clear	Use clear to clear the screen	Shotts Ch. 8
history	Use history to display command history	Shotts Ch. 8
chmod	Use chmod to change file permissions	Shotts Ch. 9
chmod	Demonstrate understanding of permissions symbolic notation	Shotts Ch. 9
chmod	Demonstrate understanding of permissions octal notation	Shotts Ch. 9
groups	Demonstrate understanding of groups, and ability to determine what groups a user is a member of	Shotts Ch. 9
umask	Use umask to set default permissions	Shotts Ch. 9
Permissions	Demonstrate understanding of file system permissions	Shotts Ch. 9
Permissions	Demonstrate understanding of what permissions are required to delete a file	Shotts Ch. 9
Processes	Demonstrate understanding of background processes	Shotts Ch. 10
Processes	Demonstrate ability to launch a process in the background	Shotts Ch. 10
Processes	Demonstrate ability to send a currently running foreground process to the background	Shotts Ch. 10
Processes	Demonstrate ability to send a currently running background process to the foreground	Shotts Ch. 10
Processes	Demonstrate ability to suspend a currently running foreground process	Shotts Ch. 10
Processes	Demonstrate ability to resume a currently suspended process	Shotts Ch. 10
Processes	Demonstrate ability to kill a currently running process using keyboard shortcuts	Shotts Ch. 10
kill	Demonstrate understanding of processes, and ability to terminate a running process with kill	Shotts Ch. 10
ps	Demonstrate understanding of processes, and ability to view running processes with ps	Shotts Ch. 10
top	Demonstrate understanding of processes, and ability to view running processes with top	Shotts Ch. 10
.bashrc	Demonstrate understanding of bash startup files	Shotts Ch. 11
vi	Demonstrate understanding of what vi is	Shotts Ch. 12
vi	Demonstrate understanding of vi modes and how to switch between them	Shotts Ch. 12
vi	Use vi to edit a file	Shotts Ch. 12
vi	Use vi to save a file	Shotts Ch. 12
vi	Use vi keyboard shortcuts to navigate to the beginning and end of the current line	Shotts Ch. 12
vi	Use vi keyboard shortcuts to navigate forward and backward on the current line	Shotts Ch. 12
vi	Use vi keyboard shortcuts to copy, cut, and paste text	Shotts Ch. 12
vi	Use vi keyboard shortcuts to search and replace text	Shotts Ch. 12
vi	Use vi to simultaneously edit multiple files	Shotts Ch. 12
vi	Use vi to copy text from one file to another	Shotts Ch. 12
vi	Use vi keyboard shortcuts to exit vi	Shotts Ch. 12
wget	Use wget to download a file	Shotts Ch. 16
find	Use find to locate files	Shotts Ch. 17
xargs	Demonstrate understanding of and ability to use xargs	Shotts Ch. 17
grep	Demonstrate understanding of and use of start and end anchors in regular expressions	Shotts Ch. 19
grep	Demonstrate understanding of and use of bracket expressions in regular expressions	Shotts Ch. 19
grep	Demonstrate understanding of and use of POSIX character classes in regular expressions	Shotts Ch. 19
grep	Demonstrate understanding of and use of bracketed character ranges in regular expressions	Shotts Ch. 19
grep	Demonstrate understanding of and use of ? in regular expressions	Shotts Ch. 19
grep	Demonstrate understanding of and use of * in regular expressions	Shotts Ch. 19
grep	Demonstrate understanding of and use of + in regular expressions	Shotts Ch. 19
grep	Demonstrate understanding of and use of {} matching in regular expressions	Shotts Ch. 19
grep	Demonstrate basic ability to use regular expressions in grep to find desired content	Shotts Ch. 19
grep	Demonstrate advanced ability to use regular expressions in grep to find desired content	Shotts Ch. 19
cat	Use cat and standard output redirection to create a file from standard input	Shotts Ch. 20
cat	Use cat to number lines	Shotts Ch. 20
cut	Demonstrate understanding and use of cut	Shotts Ch. 20
diff	Demonstrate understanding and use of diff	Shotts Ch. 20
paste	Demonstrate understanding and use of paste	Shotts Ch. 20
sort	Use sort to sort a file	Shotts Ch. 20
sort	Use sort to sort standard input	Shotts Ch. 20
sort	Demonstrate ability to use advanced features of sort	Shotts Ch. 20
tr	Use tr to transform text	Shotts Ch. 20
sed	Demonstrate understanding of and use of start and end anchors in regular expressions	Shotts Ch. 20
sed	Demonstrate understanding of and use of bracket expressions in regular expressions	Shotts Ch. 20
sed	Demonstrate understanding of and use of POSIX character classes in regular expressions	Shotts Ch. 20
sed	Demonstrate understanding of and use of bracketed character ranges in regular expressions	Shotts Ch. 20
sed	Demonstrate understanding of and use of ? in regular expressions	Shotts Ch. 20
sed	Demonstrate understanding of and use of * in regular expressions	Shotts Ch. 20
sed	Demonstrate understanding of and use of + in regular expressions	Shotts Ch. 20
sed	Demonstrate understanding of and use of {} matching in regular expressions	Shotts Ch. 20
sed	Demonstrate basic ability to use regular expressions in sed to find and transform desired content	Shotts Ch. 20
sed	Demonstrate advanced ability to use regular expressions in sed to find and transform desired content	Shotts Ch. 20
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding of what a shell script is	Shotts Ch. 24
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding of shebang lines	Shotts Ch. 24
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding of the executable permissions bit in the context of shell scripts	Shotts Ch. 24
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding of and use of line continuations in shell scripts	Shotts Ch. 24
Shell scripts	Demonstrate ability to write and use simple shell scripts	Shotts Ch. 24
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding and use of heredocs (<<)	Shotts Ch. 25
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding of shell functions	Shotts Ch. 26
Shell scripts	Demonstrate ability to write and use basic shell functions	Shotts Ch. 26
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding of and use of local variables in shell scripts	Shotts Ch. 26
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding of and use of string comparison expressions in shell scripts	Shotts Ch. 27
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding of and use of integer comparison expressions in shell scripts	Shotts Ch. 27
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding of and use of if-then tests using [[ ]] syntax in shell scripts	Shotts Ch. 27
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding of and use of regular expression testing using =~ within [[ ]]	Shotts Ch. 27
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding of and use of logical operators within [[ ]]	Shotts Ch. 27
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding of and use of bash control operators (&& and \|\|)	Shotts Ch. 27
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding and use of herestrings (<<<)	Shotts Ch. 28
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding and use of while loops in shell scripts	Shotts Ch. 29
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding and use of until loops in shell scripts	Shotts Ch. 29
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding and use of for loops in shell scripts	Shotts Ch. 33
Shell scripts	Demonstrate understanding and use of bash arrays	Shotts Ch. 35
pipes	Demonstrate understanding of named pipes	Shotts Ch. 36
pipes	Demonstrate ability to use named pipes	Shotts Ch. 36
Shell scripts	Demonstrate ability to write and use intermediate-level shell scripts	Shotts Ch. 24-36
Shell scripts	Demonstrate ability to write and use advanced-level shell scripts	Shotts Ch. 24-36
ln	Demonstrate understanding of symbolic links	Shotts Ch. 3-4