UNIX/Linux Fundamentals

Price: $2495 | Duration: 5 days

Prerequisites: None

Description: This hands on course provides training on standard UNIX/Linux commands and utilities used for day to day tasks including file manipulation, program execution and control, and effective use of the shell and desktop environments. The course presents the concepts necessary to understand the way UNIX works as well as the system's most commonly used commands. Data manipulation utilities and shell syntax for synthesizing command pipelines are emphasized. Bourne and Korn shell programming is introduced so students will be able to read and modify existing shell scripts as well as create their own. Desktop environments are also introduced from a user's perspective, including common window managers, Open Office utilities and an introduction to configuration tools. Proficiency in applying new skills is reinforced with extensive hands on exercises after each module.

UNIX/Linux Fundamentals Course Overview

Introduction to Unix
  • Design Philosophy
  • System Components
  • The Shell and Command Entry
  • Documentation
   Basic User Commands
  • Logging In and Logging Out
  • Command Line Editing
  • Navigating the File System
  • Viewing and Copying Files
  • Controlling the Terminal
  • Sending and Receiving Mail
Text Editing
  • Types of Editors
  • From ed to ex to vi
  • Basic Editor Tasks with vi
  • Editing Multiple Files
  • Named Buffers
  • vi Startup File
   UNIX Processes
  • The Unix Process Model
  • Process States
  • Monitoring and Controlling Processes
The File System
  • File System Organization
  • File Types
  • File and Directory Naming Rules and Conventions  
  • Commands for Navigating the File System
  • Introduction to Inodes
  • Ownership, Permissions, and Dates
  • Manipulating Files and Links
  • Manipulating Directories
  • Determining Disk Usage
  • Other File System Utilities
   Introduction to Shells: sh, csh, and ksh
  • Shell Functions
  • I/O Redirection and Pipes
  • Command Separation and Grouping
  • Background Execution
  • Filename Expansion
  • Shell Variables
  • Command Substitution
  • Quoting and Escaping Metacharacters
  • C Shell Features
  • Korn Shell Features
  • Command Execution
  • Startup Files
  • Customizing the User Environment
Printing
  • Printing Under AT&T Unix
  • Printing Under BSD Unix
   Multitasking and Batch Processing
  • Multitasking
  • Scheduled Execution Using cron
  • The at and batch Commands
Text File Manipulation
  • Regular Expressions
  • grep and egrep
  • The Stream Editor sed
  • sort
  • awk 
  • Other Text File Utilities
   Shell Programming
  • Shell Script Features and Capabilities
  • How to Create and Run a Script
  • Interpreting Command Line Arguments
  • Conditional Constructs
  • Looping Constructs
  • Built-in Expression Operators
  • Making Scripts Interactive
Other File Processing Commands
  • Examining and Comparing Files
  • Compression Utilities
  • Data Format Interchange
  • Encryption
   Backing Up Files
  • Backup Media
  • Unix Device Names
  • tar and cpio
  • File Transport and Conversion with dd
Networking Commands
  • Remote Access Control Mechanisms
  • Using the Secure Shell(ssh)
  • Remote Execution Commands
  • ftp, tftp
  • telnet
  Desktop Environments
  • KDE
  • Gnome
  • Open Office
    • Write
    • Calc
    • Impress
    • Math
    • Draw
    • Base
  • Introduction to YaST
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