Learning the Shell, Fall 2026

Details

Course: COMP 141-003 Intro to Computing Tools and Techniques
Level: Undergraduate
Instructor: Daniel Moreira (dmoreira1@luc.edu)

Lectures: WED, 4:15 to 5:30 PM, in person at Cuneo Hall 107
Office Hours: TUE, WED, and THR evenings, Doyle Center 310 or Zoom, by appointment
Sakai: https://sakai.luc.edu/x/6Ulb6a
Git: https://github.com/danielmoreira/luc-comp141

Overview

Despite the current era of rich graphical user interfaces (desktop, web, and mobile), the command-line experience remains important, especially for software developers and computer-aided scientific researchers. Many development scenarios still require command-line fluency in Unix tools, including modern embedded, cloud, cybersecurity, and supercomputing environments. With mobile computing and the Internet of Things, Unix (notably via Linux) has become a ubiquitous platform, owing to its lightweight, open-source nature. While this course is not a comprehensive programming class, students will develop essential programming skills through shell scripting. They will also learn about computer-aided problem-solving using Unix commands supported by shell scripts.

Please refer to Sakai for having access to the materials, assignments, quizzes, announcements, grading, and progress of this course. This page is static and will not be updated.

References

• Shots, W. The Linux Command Line, 2nd Edition. No Starch Press Book, 2019. Available at https://linuxcommand.org/.