Midterm Study Guide
You are responsible for everything we discussed in class or in section. Additionally, you 
should know the material in Abrahams and Larson, Chapters 2 (except for 2.10 and 2.15­
2.18), 3, 4.22­4.4.2, 5 (except 5.13­5.15), and 7.1. Questions about material in any of 
chapters 1­3, 4­11, 12 (except for 12.4­12.7), and 14 (except for 14.7­14.11) in Holmes are 
also fair game.
Some specific topics you should know:
UNIX System
standard input, output, error
pipes and redirection
aliases
history
shell variables
directories and path names
file manipulation commands (rm, cp, cat, mv, rmdir)
sending mail
C Language
precedence and order of evaluation of operands
integer and floating arithmetic
if/else, switch
recursion
arrays, pointers, and their relationship
scope
memory allocation
parameter passing to functions
while/for/doŠwhile loops
declarations
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