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OPS102: Operating Systems for Programmers

This course is an introduction to operating systems for programmers and developers. It provides a general introduction to the concepts and use of the most popular contemporary operating systems.

Topic Overview

These articles provide an overview of the topics in this course. For 2024 Summer, these notes cover only the first half of the course.

Remember that these articles may not cover all of the detail covered in the lectures and labs; it is important that you take full and complete notes.

Number	Main Content	Extra (Optional)	Practice
1	Introduction to Operating Systems
2	Filesystem Basics	Additional details on SSH	Pathname Practice
3	File Globbing, Common Commands, and Text Editors		File Management Practice
4	Permissions
5	Redirection	Brainteaser: More Using Cut with Spaces
6	Resources and Processes
7	Bash Scripting 1 Bash Scripting 2 - Loops
8	Windows Scripting
9	Regular Expressions
10	Software Management