Helpful Resources

This page is currently a catch-all for helpful links and resources pertaining to the class. Please report any broken links.

Shell Resources

• Learning the Shell
• Free Linux command line ebook
• Video 1: Logging into a Linux server
• Video 2: Linux Shell Commands and Transferring or Creating Files
• Video 3: Compiling and Running C Programs
• Linux commands cheat sheet

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C Resources

• An interactive way to learn C
• A C language tutorial.
• A C language file I/O tutorial.

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Sample C Code

• Start with this template

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Tools to Interact with a Linux Server

• PuTTY: A Free SSH Client
• Winscp: Free SFTP, SCP, and FTP client for Windows.
• Nano, the simplest Linux programming editor.
• Vim, one popular Linux programming editor.
• The Vim cheat sheet.
• Emacs, the other popular Linux programming editor.
• The Emacs cheat sheet.

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Programming Tools

• Man page levels
• Help in parsing command line options: getopt
• Here is a coding style reference for Linux kernel programmers, but it is a good general C reference.
• A free ebook on Advanced Linux Programming.
• A good Linux kernel API
• A good introduction to kernel modules.
• The other resource for everything.