CO-M5 Systems Programming

Systems programming uses low-level programming languages such as C and assembly language to interface with the operating system and computer hardware.

Learning outcomes

What a student must demonstrate to claim coverage of this unit. Each outcome links to the skill drills that assess it.

1. CO-M5-O1 Use the C programming language to write programs that interface with operating system services.
2. CO-M5-O2 Use shell scripting to automate system administration and simple forensic tasks.

EWU courses that cover this unit

Exam questions that cite this unit

• CSCD240-E1-A-Q15 env-path Add /opt/tools/bin to PATH for the current shell.
• CSCD240-E1-A-Q25 alias Create alias ll for long listing with human-readable file sizes.
• CSCD240-E1-A-Q28 globbing Files: data, data1, data12, data2. Display only data1 and data12 via ls.
• CSCD240-E1-A-Q31 quoting var="Stu Steiner". A) echo "Hello $var" B) echo 'Hello $var'. Explain difference and output.
• CSCD240-E1-A-Q45 command-substitution Print "Backup taken on <today>" using $(date +%Y-%m-%d) as the date.
• CSCD240-E1-B-Q15 redir Send only stderr of "scan /etc/shadow" to errors.log; leave stdout on terminal.
• CSCD240-E1-B-Q39 quoting var="Red Team". A) echo "Go $var" B) echo 'Go $var'. Output + explain difference.
• CSCD240-E1-B-Q41 command-subst Print "Backup taken on <today>" using $(date +%F).
• CSCD240-E1-C-Q06 cmd-subst Recommended modern syntax for command substitution?