CSCI 3294 (Unix Power Tools), Spring 2006:
Homework 8

Assigned:

March 29, 2006.

Due:

April 5, 2006, at 5pm.

Credit:

10 points.

Reading

(There is no specific assigned reading for this homework, but you will probably have to read some man or info pages to complete it.)

Problems

Answer the following questions. You may write out your answers by hand or using a word processor or other program, but please submit hard copy, either in class or in my mailbox in the department office. Answers to most questions will involve experimentation on a UNIX or Linux system. You are free to use any appropriate system (unless a specific problem says otherwise); if you use something other than Fedora Core Linux please tell me what.

1. (10 points) Pick four commands from among the many mentioned in class March 20 and March 22, preferably ones that sound interesting or useful to you. For each command, describe something you could use it for, and say how (i.e., specify the parameters you would need).