IT-407 RGPV B.Tech
Open Source Software Lab (Linux and R)
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Unit 1 Introduction to LINUX Operating System 6 topics
- Overview of popular Linux distributions
- Hardware requirements for Linux
- Installation of Linux distributions
- Internal and external commands
- Command structure
- General‑purpose utilities: cal, date, echo, printf, bc, script, passwd, PATH, who, uname, tty, stty, pwd, cd, mkdir, rmdir
Unit 2 Handling Files and System Administration 6 topics
- File system navigation and management commands: cat, cp, rm, mv, more, file, ls, wc, pg, cmp, comm, diff, gzip, tar, zip, df, du, mount, umount, chmod
- VI editor and security by file permissions (chmod, find, locate)
- Compiling C/C++ files and file processing utilities (awk, sed, gcc, sh)
- Networking commands: ping, telnet, ftp, arp, rlogin, make, apt‑get
- Accessing remote servers and files
- System administration: Linux configuration, connecting to remote machines, adding and removing users
Unit 3 Programming in Linux (Bash Shell Scripting) 10 topics
- Bash shell scripting fundamentals
- Interactive scripts and shell variables
- Positional parameters and command‑line arguments
- Arithmetic operations in shell scripts
- Script control flow: if‑else, nested if, case statements
- File and string tests
- Loop control structures: for, while, until, break, continue
- Logical operators
- Script termination, exit status, sleep and wait
- Debugging techniques and executing multiple scripts
Unit 4 R Introduction 6 topics
- Installation of R
- R reserved words, variables and constants
- R operators and control structures
- R programming constructs: for loop, while loop, break & next, repeat loop
- R functions: definition, return values, environment and scope
- Recursive functions and switch statement
Unit 5 R Data Structures and Visualization 3 topics
- R vectors, matrices, lists, and data frames
- Object‑oriented features: S3 class, S4 class, reference class, inheritance
- Graphical methods: bar plot, histogram, pie chart, box plot, strip chart
Unit 6 R Data Structure 15 topics
- R Vectors
- R Matrix
- R List
- R Data Frame
- R Object and Class
- Object and Class
- R S3 Class
- R S4 Class
- R Reference Class
- R Inheritance
- R Graphs and Charts: Bar plot
- Histogram
- Pie Chart
- Box plot
- Strip chart