CS253 Midterm 1 Review Guide

	One page of multiple choice, 8 questions
	Rest is short answer
	Need to know symbols BASH uses.  *, &, $ (for variables), " and ', > >> 2> 2>> <
	Regular expressions for grep.  ., [ ], ^, $, *
	Up to 10 pages of notes is allowed, 8.5 by 11 both sides
	
There are no questions which are purely from the book. A lot of the questions require you to know how a Linux system functions in general. Creativity and reasoning will go a long way toward a good score.
Commands which might appear somewhere on the test: Pipes are mentioned in multiple questions, so be familiar with how to use these.