UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am assigned a programming work.It is my first time to use unix.

The task is writing a shell script to interrogate the university Unix operating system to determine the number of "Runnable" processes at any given time.Then append the result,along with a time-stamp,on a log file. Also there are other threads programming assignments using c.

Although it is simple for everybody,but it is due next week. My background is not computer science.I just take "Operating System", and I never use unix before.So it is a taugh homework for me.

My question is:
1. The teacher requires me to submit a hard copy of the source code for each of the programs.
What does it mean? Is it mean to copy unix files to a CD or flash drive?
2.Could anyone give me an example of such a shell script or detail steps?

Thanks in advance!

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