From 16b5b6fe0a8c48e8ad2fd434bed84a3b681268eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jak R-S <176810031+jakr-s@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 20:03:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/8] task: complete ls scripts --- individual-shell-tools/ls/script-01.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/ls/script-02.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/ls/script-03.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/ls/script-04.sh | 3 +++ 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-01.sh b/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-01.sh index 241b62f5e..8f984e99d 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-01.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-01.sh @@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ fi # TODO: Write a command to list the files and folders in this directory. # The output should be a list of names including child-directory, script-01.sh, script-02.sh, and more. + +ls -1 \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-02.sh b/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-02.sh index d0a5a10f4..c0a83c41c 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-02.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-02.sh @@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command which lists all of the files in the directory named child-directory. # The output should be a list of names: helper-1.txt, helper-2.txt, helper-3.txt. + +ls -1 child-directory \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-03.sh b/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-03.sh index 781216d21..7c5e6838c 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-03.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-03.sh @@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command which _recursively_ lists all of the files and folders in this directory _and_ all of the files inside those folders. # The output should be a list of names including: child-directory, script-01.sh, helper-1.txt (and more). # The formatting of the output doesn't matter. + +ls -R1 \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-04.sh b/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-04.sh index 72f3817b3..a103cbfe0 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-04.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-04.sh @@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ echo "First exercise (sorted newest to oldest):" # TODO: Write a command which lists the files in the child-directory directory, one per line, sorted so that the most recently modified file is first. # The output should be a list of names in this order, one per line: helper-3.txt, helper-1.txt, helper-2.txt. +ls -t1 child-directory echo "Second exercise (sorted oldest to newest):" # TODO: Write a command which does the same as above, but sorted in the opposite order (oldest first). # The output should be a list of names in this order, one per line: helper-2.txt, helper-1.txt, helper-3.txt. + +ls -tr1 child-directory \ No newline at end of file From 39b309bf14fa5064fff83d712c61fccb10765431 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jak R-S <176810031+jakr-s@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 20:24:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/8] task: complete cat scripts --- individual-shell-tools/cat/script-01.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/cat/script-02.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/cat/script-03.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/cat/script-04-stretch.sh | 2 ++ 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-01.sh b/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-01.sh index c85053e0f..da5ec5029 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-01.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-01.sh @@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output the contents of the helper-1.txt file inside the helper-files directory to the terminal. # The output of this command should be "Once upon a time...". + +cat ../helper-files/helper-1.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-02.sh b/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-02.sh index 01bbd5eab..d0ad4fd8f 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-02.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-02.sh @@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # It looked delicious. # I was tempted to take a bite of it. # But this seemed like a bad idea... + +cat ../helper-files/* \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-03.sh b/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-03.sh index 37573b0c1..e4e7c7fe3 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-03.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-03.sh @@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # 1 It looked delicious. # 2 I was tempted to take a bite of it. # 3 But this seemed like a bad idea... + +cat -n ../helper-files/helper-3.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-04-stretch.sh b/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-04-stretch.sh index 00fe3c48b..e64603ae3 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-04-stretch.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-04-stretch.sh @@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # 3 It looked delicious. # 4 I was tempted to take a bite of it. # 5 But this seemed like a bad idea... + +cat ../helper-files/* | cat -n \ No newline at end of file From c8f54f5817a08a2406102c69106f70490c0709ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jak R-S <176810031+jakr-s@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 20:29:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/8] task: complete wc scripts --- individual-shell-tools/wc/script-01.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/wc/script-02.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/wc/script-03.sh | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-01.sh b/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-01.sh index c9dd6e5df..22b7b8d9e 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-01.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-01.sh @@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output the number of words in the file helper-files/helper-3.txt. # The output should include the number 19. The output should not include the number 92. + +wc -w ../helper-files/helper-3.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-02.sh b/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-02.sh index 8feeb1a62..8874591e5 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-02.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-02.sh @@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output the number of lines in the file helper-files/helper-3.txt. # The output should include the number 3. The output should not include the number 19. + +wc -l ../helper-files/helper-3.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-03.sh b/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-03.sh index 6b2e9d3d1..58c98bb82 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-03.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-03.sh @@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # 1 7 39 ../helper-files/helper-2.txt # 3 19 92 ../helper-files/helper-3.txt # 5 30 151 total + +wc -lwm ../helper-files/* \ No newline at end of file From c2cb3a70db6c73af9c39ce2a69f2bd4159052739 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jak R-S <176810031+jakr-s@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 20:56:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 4/8] task: complete grep scripts --- individual-shell-tools/grep/script-01.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/grep/script-02.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/grep/script-03.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/grep/script-04.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/grep/script-05.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/grep/script-06.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/grep/script-07.sh | 2 ++ 7 files changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-01.sh b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-01.sh index fb05f42f2..eaa8c2c44 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-01.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-01.sh @@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output every line in dialogue.txt said by the Doctor. # The output should contain 6 lines. + +grep "^[Doctor:]" dialogue.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-02.sh b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-02.sh index df6f85640..0a5db33b9 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-02.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-02.sh @@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output every line in dialogue.txt that contains the word Doctor (regardless of case). # The output should contain 9 lines. + +grep -i "Doctor" dialogue.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-03.sh b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-03.sh index 5383fe578..716a5baff 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-03.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-03.sh @@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output the number of lines in dialogue.txt that contain the word Doctor (regardless of case). # The output should be exactly the number 9. + +grep -ic "Doctor" dialogue.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-04.sh b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-04.sh index 80ee04776..df9f1d45b 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-04.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-04.sh @@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output every line in dialogue.txt that does not contain the word "Hello" (regardless of case). # The output should contain 10 lines. + +grep -iv "Hello" dialogue.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-05.sh b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-05.sh index 1eb538185..05ec18065 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-05.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-05.sh @@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output every line in dialogue.txt that contains the string "cure", as well as the line before that line. # The output should contain two pairs of two lines of text (with a separator between them). + +grep -B1 "cure" dialogue.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-06.sh b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-06.sh index 5670e3b6c..1369bc610 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-06.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-06.sh @@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output the name of every `.txt` file in this directory which contains a line of dialogue said by the Doctor. # The output should contain two filenames. + +grep -l "^[Doctor:]" *.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-07.sh b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-07.sh index 9670ebad9..5d25c2673 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-07.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-07.sh @@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output, for each `.txt` file in this directory, how many lines of dialogue the Doctor has. # The output should show that dialogue.txt contains 6 lines, dialogue-2.txt contains 2, and dialogue-3.txt contains 0. + +grep -cH "^[Doctor:]" *.txt \ No newline at end of file From d314c3a9d351f4b64b188163f124fc380c9c8cb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jak R-S <176810031+jakr-s@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 18:23:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 5/8] task: complete sed scripts --- individual-shell-tools/sed/script-01.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/sed/script-02.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/sed/script-03.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/sed/script-04.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/sed/script-05.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/sed/script-06.sh | 2 ++ 6 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-01.sh b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-01.sh index 3eba6fa4d..d2ee90faa 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-01.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-01.sh @@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output input.txt with all occurrences of the letter `i` replaced with `I`. # The output should contain 11 lines. # The first line of the output should be: "ThIs Is a sample fIle for experImentIng with sed.". + +sed 's/i/I/g' input.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-02.sh b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-02.sh index abdd64d06..7db8a2a15 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-02.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-02.sh @@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output input.txt with numbers removed. # The output should contain 11 lines. # Line 6 of the output should be " Alisha". + +sed 's/[0-9]//g' input.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-03.sh b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-03.sh index dd284a296..9047fee4a 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-03.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-03.sh @@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output input.txt removing any line which contains a number. # The output should contain 6 lines. + +sed '/[0-9]/d' input.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-04.sh b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-04.sh index 0052ac6c4..ae19f6735 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-04.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-04.sh @@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output input.txt replacing every occurrence of the string "We'll" with "We will". # The output should contain 11 lines. + +sed "s/We'll/We will/g" input.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-05.sh b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-05.sh index 2dcc91a0c..3a0057788 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-05.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-05.sh @@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # If a line starts with a number and a space, make the line instead end with a space and the number. # So line 6 which currently reads "37 Alisha" should instead read "Alisha 37". # The output should contain 11 lines. + +sed -E 's+^([0-9]*) (.*)$+\2 \1+' input.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-06.sh b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-06.sh index 0b9390170..5020380bd 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-06.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-06.sh @@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # The output should contain 11 lines. # Line 3 should be "It contains many lines, and there are some things you may want to do with each of them.". # Line 11 should be "We also should remember, when we go shopping, to get 4 items: oranges, cheese, bread, olives.". + +sed -E 's+,([^ ])+, \1+g' input.txt \ No newline at end of file From 567f29cf3efb4db6700dee155a53ac53fb7174f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jak R-S <176810031+jakr-s@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 19:16:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 6/8] task: complete awk scripts --- individual-shell-tools/awk/script-01.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/awk/script-02.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/awk/script-03.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/awk/script-04.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/awk/script-05.sh | 2 ++ 5 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-01.sh b/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-01.sh index 8db4390af..54e6207ae 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-01.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-01.sh @@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output just the names of each player in `scores-table.txt`. # Your output should contain 6 lines, each with just one word on it. + +awk '{ print $1 }' scores-table.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-02.sh b/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-02.sh index 5956be9bd..eb4c5d1ab 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-02.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-02.sh @@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output the names of each player, as well as their city. # Your output should contain 6 lines, each with two words on it, separated by a space. + +awk '{ print $1, $2 }' scores-table.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-03.sh b/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-03.sh index af7c6e8b9..289ace004 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-03.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-03.sh @@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output just the names of each player along with the score from their first attempt. # Your output should contain 6 lines, each with one word and one number on it. # The first line should be "Ahmed 1". + +awk '{ print $1, $3 }' scores-table.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-04.sh b/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-04.sh index bf15703c7..31f3d40f9 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-04.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-04.sh @@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output just the names of each player in London along with the score from their last attempt. # Your output should contain 3 lines, each with one word and one number on it. # The first line should be "Ahmed 4". + +awk '{if ($2 == "London") print $1, $NF}' scores-table.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-05.sh b/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-05.sh index d1680cb02..6e72ca2e0 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-05.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-05.sh @@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output just the names of each player along with the number of times they've played the game. # Your output should contain 6 lines, each with one word and one number on it. # The first line should be "Ahmed 3". + +awk '{ print $1, NF-2 }' scores-table.txt \ No newline at end of file From 5e9aeb9762ef1500b4cf450c6fb7df4a8de021af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jak R-S <176810031+jakr-s@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 19:22:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 7/8] task: complete awk stretch exercises --- individual-shell-tools/awk/script-06-stretch.sh | 2 ++ individual-shell-tools/awk/script-07-stretch.sh | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-06-stretch.sh b/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-06-stretch.sh index 0201e6378..b38e92794 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-06-stretch.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-06-stretch.sh @@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output the total of adding together all players' first scores. # Your output should be exactly the number 54. + +awk '{ total += $3 } END { print total }' scores-table.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-07-stretch.sh b/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-07-stretch.sh index 3f7155880..53aa072e6 100755 --- a/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-07-stretch.sh +++ b/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-07-stretch.sh @@ -7,3 +7,9 @@ set -euo pipefail # TODO: Write a command to output just the names of each player along with the total of adding all of that player's scores. # Your output should contain 6 lines, each with one word and one number on it. # The first line should be "Ahmed 15". The second line should be "Basia 37" + +awk '{ + total = 0 + for (i = 3; i <= NF; i++) total += $i + print $1, total +}' scores-table.txt \ No newline at end of file From e2e0c91540f702577b1681e4bace4066bff34b96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jak R-S <176810031+jakr-s@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 11:35:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 8/8] task: complete question exercises --- number-systems/README.md | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/number-systems/README.md b/number-systems/README.md index 77a3bde94..3b117cd6e 100644 --- a/number-systems/README.md +++ b/number-systems/README.md @@ -5,61 +5,61 @@ Do not convert any binary numbers to decimal when solving a question unless the The goal of these exercises is for you to gain an intuition for binary numbers. Using tools to solve the problems defeats the point. Convert the decimal number 14 to binary. -Answer: +Answer: 1110 Convert the binary number 101101 to decimal: -Answer: +Answer: 45 Which is larger: 1000 or 0111? -Answer: +Answer: 1000 Which is larger: 00100 or 01011? -Answer: +Answer: 01011 What is 10101 + 01010? -Answer: +Answer: 11111 What is 10001 + 10001? -Answer: +Answer: 100010 What's the largest number you can store with 4 bits, if you want to be able to represent the number 0? -Answer: +Answer: 15 How many bits would you need in order to store the numbers between 0 and 255 inclusive? -Answer: +Answer: 8 How many bits would you need in order to store the numbers between 0 and 3 inclusive? -Answer: +Answer: 2 How many bits would you need in order to store the numbers between 0 and 1000 inclusive? -Answer: +Answer: 10 How can you test if a binary number is a power of two (e.g. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ...)? -Answer: +Answer: If the binary number contains only one 1 then it is a power of 2 Convert the decimal number 14 to hex. -Answer: +Answer: E Convert the decimal number 386 to hex. -Answer: +Answer: 182 Convert the hex number 386 to decimal. -Answer: +Answer: 902 Convert the hex number B to decimal. -Answer: +Answer: 11 If reading the byte 0x21 as a number, what decimal number would it mean? -Answer: +Answer: 33 If reading the byte 0x21 as an ASCII character, what character would it mean? -Answer: +Answer: ! If reading the byte 0x21 as a greyscale colour, as described in "Approaches for Representing Colors and Images", what colour would it mean? -Answer: +Answer: Dark Grey If reading the bytes 0xAA00FF as an RGB colour, as described in "Approaches for Representing Colors and Images", what colour would it mean? -Answer: +Answer: Purple If reading the bytes 0xAA00FF as a sequence of three one-byte decimal numbers, what decimal numbers would they be? -Answer: +Answer: 170 0 255