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 shell, Bash shell and Korn shell programming
techniques are 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.
Comprehensive hands on exercises are integrated throughout to reinforce
learning and develop real competency.
Introduction to UNIX
- Design Philosophy
- System Components
- The Shell and Command Entry
- Documentation
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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
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Text Editing
- Types of Editors
- From ed to ex
to vi
- Basic Editor Tasks with vi
- Editing Multiple Files
- Named Buffers
- vi Startup File
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UNIX Processes
- The UNIX Process Model
- Process States
- Monitoring and Controlling Processes
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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
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Introduction to Shells: sh, bash,
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
- Bash Shell Features
- Korn Shell Features
- Command Execution
- Startup Files
- Customizing the User Environment
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Printing
- Printing Under AT&T UNIX
- Printing Under BSD UNIX
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Multitasking and Batch Processing
- Multitasking
- Scheduled Execution Using cron
- The at and
batch Commands
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Shell Programming
- Shell Script Features and Capabilities
- Creating and Running a Script
- Working With Variables
- Environment Variables
- Working With Data Types
- Formatting
- Base Conversion
- Setting Special Attributes
- Input/Output Techniques
- Conditional Constructs
- Looping Constructs
- Math Operators
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Advanced Shell Features
- Manipulating Strings
- Writing and Calling Functions
- Controlling Process Priorities
- Interpreting Command Line Arguments
- Making Scripts Interactive
- Special Shell Variables
- Advanced I/O with Streams
- Improving Performance of Scripts
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Text Manipulation Utilities
- Editing a File from a Script
- Scripting with ed or
sed
- UNIX and Linux Utilities to Manipulate Files
- Regular Expressions
- grep and
egrep
- The Stream Editor sed
- Sorting in Scripts
- Generating Reports with awk
- Splitting Large Files
- Counting Words, Lines, and Characters
- Transforming File Contents
- Extracting Text Strings
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File Processing Utilities
- Examining and Comparing Files
- Reporting Differences Between Files
- Comparing Files of Any Format
- Displaying Data in Octal and Hex
- Compressing Data
- Converting File Formats
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Backing Up Files
- Backup Media
- UNIX Device Names
- tar and cpio
- File Transport and Conversion with dd
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Networking Commands
- UNIX Network Applications
- Remote Execution Commands
- Remote Activity Reporting
- Communicating with Remote Users
- Internet Applications
- Remote Access Control Mechanisms
- Using the Secure Shell(ssh)
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