14/Sept - Operating Systems & Command Line Basics

Pre Requisites

Create an account on repl.it

• https://repl.it/signup

Class Curriculum

Operating system (OS) basics

• Questions
  • Can you think of any operating systems in nature?
  • Can you think of any operating systems in society?
  • What are some operating systems you've used?

Principle of abstraction

• Questions:
  • Can you think of other examples of the Principle of abstraction in:
    • Society
    • Science & Technology

The Linux command line

• Questions:
  • Create an account on repl.it
  • Click + New Repl on the top-left side of the page
  • Select Bash from the Language drop-down menu
  • Click create repl
  • Explore the following commands in your bash command line interface on repl.it:
    • echo
    • pwd
    • ls
    • cd
    • cat
    • cp
    • mv
    • mkdir
    • touch
    • find
    • grep
    • history
    • date
    • whoami

Job opportunities

• Systems Administrator
• DevOps Engineer
• Site Reliability Engineer
• Questions:
  • Can you think of any other career opportunities?

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