Design Tools And Laboratory Engineering (2024)

Work Environment

A VirtualBox image with Debian Linux is provided

C And C++

C: Type System, Structures, Pointers And Arrays

• Type Conversions

From Structures …

• struct: Basics

• struct: Functions

From Pointers and Arrays …

• Pointers and Addresses

• Pointers as Function Parameters

• Exercise: Function That Swaps Two Variables

• Pointers and Arrays

Recommended Readings, Links

• FH Joanneum: Egon Teiniker on Computer Science (Github)

• Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie: The C Programming Language (Second Edition/ANSI C), Prentice Hall

• Pointers in C for Absolute Beginners – Full Course

Linux Basics

Filesystem Commands

From The Shell (Bash - “Bourne Again Shell”) …

• Commandline

• Absolute and Relative Paths

• Special Paths

• Directory Listings: The ls Command

• Current Working Directory

• Creating And Removing Files and Directories

• Copying: cp

• Moving and Renaming: mv

Exercises

• Exercise: mkdir

• Exercise: Create Files (I/O Redirection)

• Exercise: Copy Files

• Exercise: Move Files

• Exercise: Verify, Repeat

• Exercise: Copy Directory Tree

• Exercise: Remove Directory Tree

• Exercise: Funny Stuff

More Commands

From Tools: Inspecting Text Files

• cat

• head And tail

• cut

Exercises

1. Output the first two lines of /etc/passwd

2. Output the third line of /etc/passwd (Note: use head and tail in a pipe)

OS Concepts: File System Permissions

• Permissions: Mode, User and Group Ownership

Exercises

From Exercises: File System Permissions …

• Exercise: Determine Your User Credentials

• Exercise: Create Group-Shared File

• Exercise: Create Private Directory

• Question: Private Directory

• Exercise: Create Public Directory

• Question: Public Directory

• FH/Moodle Quiz: Permissions

Recommended Readings, Links

• Willian E. Shotts: The Linux Command Line, 2nd Edition: A Complete Introduction 1st Edition, no starch press (Amazon)

• Linux Command-Line for Beginners: Your First 5 Minutes

• Linux Commandline: Full Course