UNIX$/$Linux$/$Mac OS Commands Assignment

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January $6,2024$

Goal

The goal of this assignment is to explore additional UNIX$/$Linux$/$Mac OS commands the Quarto environment. This assignment builds on the UNIX$/$Linux$/$Mac OS commands we have learned already.

Instructions

Your solutions to this assignment should be prepared as a reproducible document in the Quarto environment. It is recommended that use this document as the template and add to it$.$

For each exercise, you need to come up with a text document that illustrates the features of the command. It may be possible to construct one text document that can be used to illustrate the features of multiple commands.

Your code should be sensibly commented. A command may provide numerous options for altering the functional behavior. In such cases, select one or two options that are most widely used.

Rubric

Each question will be graded using the following rubric:

Table $1$: Grading rubric Component Score

Suitable $($but not trivial$)$ test data is created $30\%$

The working code best exemplifies the typical usage of the command $50\%$

The code is sensibly commented for readability, reusability, and maintenance $20\%$

$1$ The cp command

Exercise $1$ Illustrate the features of the cp command.

Solution.

Code

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$2$ The mkdir command

Exercise $2$ Illustrate the features of the mkdir command.

Solution.

Code

$3$ The chmod command

Exercise $3$ Illustrate the features of the chmod command.

Solution.

Code

$4$ The seq command

Exercise $4$ Illustrate the features of the seq command.

Solution.

Code

$5$ The nl command

Exercise $5$ Illustrate the features of the nl command.

Solution.

Code

$6$ The shuf command

Exercise $6$ Illustrate the features of the shuf command.

Solution.

Code

$7$ The less command

Exercise $7$ Illustrate the features of the less command.

Solution.

Code

$8$ The more command

Exercise $8$ Illustrate the features of the more command.

Solution.

Code

$9$ The split command

Exercise $9$ Illustrate the features of the split command.

Solution.

Code

$10$ The csplit command

Exercise $10$ Illustrate the features of the csplit command.

Solution.

Code

$11$ The expand command

Exercise $11$ Illustrate the features of the cut command.

Solution.

Code

$12$ The unexpand command

Exercise $12$ Illustrate the features of the cut command.

Solution.

Code

$13$ The cut command

Exercise $13$ Illustrate the features of the cut command.

Solution.

Code

$14$ The paste command

Exercise $14$ Illustrate the features of the cut command.

Solution.

Code

$15$ The comm command

Exercise $15$ Illustrate the features of the comm command.

Solution.

Code

$16$ The join command

Exercise $16$ Illustrate the features of the join command.

Solution.

Code

$17$ The pr command

Exercise $17$ Illustrate the features of the pr command.

Solution.

Code

$18$ The basename command

Exercise $18$ Illustrate the features of the basename command.

Solution.

Code

$19$ The dirname command

Exercise $19$ Illustrate the features of the dirname command.

Solution.

Code

$20$ The touch command

Exercise $20$ Illustrate the features of the touch command.

Solution.

Code