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Course Outline

Introduction

  • Review of fundamental concepts
  • History of Unix
  • Distinguishing features of Unix
  • Logging in and out
  • Architecture of Unix

The Shells

  • sh, ksh, csh, bash
  • The command line interface
  • Executing commands
  • File wildcards
  • Aliases
  • Command substitution
  • Shell variables
  • Special shell variables
  • Command history
  • Input and Output
  • stdin, stdout, stderr
  • Redirecting output, errors, and input
  • Combining output streams
  • Pipes and filters

Editing in Unix

  • Evolution of Unix editors
  • Ed, ex, vi, and emacs
  • vi tutorial
  • emacs (optional)

Unix Files

  • The file system
  • File naming conventions and extensions
  • Directories
  • Navigating through directories
  • Locating files
  • File devices
  • Listing files
  • Examining file contents
  • Manipulating files
  • Searching for files
  • Comparing files

Unix Processes

  • Understanding Processes
  • Monitoring Processes
  • Using ps and top
  • Signals and the kill command
  • Controlling Jobs
  • Scheduling tasks

Unix tools

  • Filters and utility tools
  • cat, tee, grep
  • Regular expressions
  • tr, cut, sort, uniq
  • sed and awk
  • od, strings

Unix Shell Scripts

  • Core concepts
  • Adding comments
  • Generating output
  • Handling interactive input
  • Input/Output operations
  • Script arguments
  • Special variables
  • Permissions and PATH settings
  • Return codes
  • Conditional tests
  • Conditional statements
  • Loop structures
  • The case command
  • Shell functions
  • Script options
  • Debugging techniques

Unix Networking

  • TCP/IP protocols
  • General-purpose applications
  • FTP
  • telnet
  • The "r" family of commands

System Administration

  • Overview of system administration

Conclusion

  • Opportunities for review, addressing final questions, and additional hands-on practice

HANDS-ON

The hands-on component includes:

  • Logging in and out
  • Working with the Unix shell
  • Starting, stopping, and managing processes
  • Creating files using vi
  • Managing files and directories
  • Developing shell scripts
  • Utilizing network tools

Requirements

N/A

 21 Hours

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