Backtick tools in LOs

common-content/en/module/tools/awk/index.md

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ time = 20
 facilitation = false
 emoji= "💻"
 [objectives]
-    1="Filter a space-separated file and extract a positional field using awk"
-    2="Sum the numbers in a column of a space-separated file using awk"
-    3="Explain what NF and $NF mean in awk"
+    1="Filter a space-separated file and extract a positional field using `awk`"
+    2="Sum the numbers in a column of a space-separated file using `awk`"
+    3="Explain what `NF` and `$NF` mean in awk"
 +++
 
 `awk` is a tiny programming language for manipulating columns of data.

common-content/en/module/tools/bitwise-operators/index.md

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ time = 120
 facilitation = false
 emoji= "📖"
 objectives=[
-    "Describe the meaning of the &, |, ^, and ~ bitwise operators.",
-    "Manually perform the function of the &, |, ^, and ~ bitwise operators on two integers.",
+    "Describe the meaning of the `&`, `|`, `^`, and `~` bitwise operators.",
+    "Manually perform the function of the `&`, `|`, `^`, and `~` bitwise operators on two integers.",
 ]
 +++
 

common-content/en/module/tools/cat-1/index.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ time = 10
 facilitation = false
 emoji= "💻"
 [objectives]
-    1="Show the contents of a file with cat"
+    1="Show the contents of a file with `cat`"
 +++
 
 `cat` is a tool for getting the contents of files.

common-content/en/module/tools/cat-2/index.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ facilitation = false
 emoji= "💻"
 hide_from_overview = true
 [objectives]
-    1="Show the contents of a file, including line numbers, with cat"
+    1="Show the contents of a file, including line numbers, with `cat`"
     2="Concatenate multiple files outputting to the terminal"
 +++
 

common-content/en/module/tools/grep-in-pipelines/index.md

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ time = 20
 facilitation = false
 emoji= "💻"
 [objectives]
-    1="List the files in a directory which contain an upper-case letter in their name with ls and grep."
-    2="Count the number of files in a directory which contain an upper-case letter in their name with ls, grep, and wc."
-    3="Explain why we don't need to pass -1 to ls when piping its output."
+    1="List the files in a directory which contain an upper-case letter in their name with `ls` and `grep`."
+    2="Count the number of files in a directory which contain an upper-case letter in their name with `ls`, `grep`, and `wc`."
+    3="Explain why we don't need to pass `-1` to `ls` when piping its output."
 +++
 
 We've already used grep to search for text in files using regular expressions.

common-content/en/module/tools/grep/index.md

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ time = 30
 facilitation = false
 emoji= "💻"
 [objectives]
-    1="Identify the lines in a file which contain a string using grep"
-    2="Identify which files contain a string using grep"
+    1="Identify the lines in a file which contain a string using `grep`"
+    2="Identify which files contain a string using `grep`"
 +++
 
 `grep` is a tool for searching files for text.

common-content/en/module/tools/head-and-tail/index.md

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ time = 20
 facilitation = false
 emoji= "💻"
 [objectives]
-    1="Output the first 5 lines of a file using head"
-    2="Output the last 5 lines of a file using tail"
-    3="Output the five lines starting 10 lines into a file using head and tail"
+    1="Output the first 5 lines of a file using `head`"
+    2="Output the last 5 lines of a file using `tail`"
+    3="Output the five lines starting 10 lines into a file using `head` and `tail`"
 +++
 
 `head` outputs lines (or bytes) from the start of a file. `tail` outputs lines (or bytes) from the end of a fail.

common-content/en/module/tools/individual-shell-tools/index.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ time = 30
 facilitation = false
 emoji= "💻"
 [objectives]
-    1="Identify which of {cat, ls, wc, grep, sed, awk} will be useful to solve a given problem"
+    1="Identify which of {`cat`, `ls`, `wc`, `grep`, `sed`, `awk`} will be useful to solve a given problem"
 +++
 
 Through this course, we are going to write lots of programs.

common-content/en/module/tools/jq/index.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ time = 90
 facilitation = false
 emoji= "❓"
 [objectives]
-    1="Use jq to retrieve information from a JSON file"
+    1="Use `jq` to retrieve information from a JSON file"
 +++
 
 All of the tools we've seen so far operate on lines, words, or characters.

common-content/en/module/tools/ls/index.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ time = 15
 facilitation = false
 emoji= "💻"
 [objectives]
-    1="List the files (and directories) in a directory with ls"
+    1="List the files (and directories) in a directory with `ls`"
 +++
 
 `ls` is a tool for listing the files in a directory.

common-content/en/module/tools/programming-language-concepts/index.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ objectives=[
     "Describe what a variable is.",
     "Describe how a variable relates to a memory location.",
     "Give examples of common operators.",
-    "Describe the meaning of the && (and), || (or), and ! (not) operators.",
+    "Describe the meaning of the `&&` (`and`), `||` (`or`), and `!` (`not`) operators.",
     "Explain what happens when you call a function.",
 ]
 +++

common-content/en/module/tools/sed/index.md

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ time = 30
 facilitation = false
 emoji= "💻"
 [objectives]
-    1="Remove numbers from the start of lines in a file using sed"
-    2="Replace occurences of one string in a file with another using sed"
-    3="Print the lines of a file which don't contain some string using sed"
+    1="Remove numbers from the start of lines in a file using `sed`"
+    2="Replace occurrences of one string in a file with another using `sed`"
+    3="Print the lines of a file which don't contain some string using `sed`"
 +++
 
 `sed` is a tool for replacing text in files with other text.

common-content/en/module/tools/shell-pipelines/index.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ emoji= "💻"
     1="Describe what a shell pipeline is."
     2="Explain why we use shell pipelines."
     3="Explain the difference between stdout and stderr."
-    4="Explain what gets passed between two programs when they're combined with a |."
+    4="Explain what gets passed between two programs when they're combined with a `|`."
 +++
 
 Read the learning objectives listed on this page: Bear in mind what you’re trying to achieve while reading this text. If a topic isn’t making much sense, and isn’t in the objectives, you can probably skip over it. If a topic is listed in the objectives, you should keep studying it until you are confident you’ve met the objective.

common-content/en/module/tools/sort-and-uniq/index.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ time = 20
 facilitation = false
 emoji= "💻"
 [objectives]
-    1="Count the occurrences of different lines within a file using sort and uniq"
+    1="Count the occurrences of different lines within a file using `sort` and `uniq`"
 +++
 
 `sort` sorts its input. `uniq` deduplicates adjacent matching lines.

common-content/en/module/tools/tr/index.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ time = 20
 facilitation = false
 emoji= "💻"
 [objectives]
-    1="Replace all occurrences of one character with another using tr"
+    1="Replace all occurrences of one character with another using `tr`"
 +++
 
 `tr` translates (replaces) characters.

common-content/en/module/tools/wc/index.md

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ time = 10
 facilitation = false
 emoji= "💻"
 [objectives]
-    1="Count the bytes, words, and lines of a file with wc"
-    2="Count just the words of a file with wc"
+    1="Count the bytes, words, and lines of a file with `wc`"
+    2="Count just the words of a file with `wc`"
 +++
 
 `wc` is a tool for counting the bytes, words, or lines in a file.