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Training Course Summary:

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 X Window system. 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. The X Window System is also introduced from a user's perspective, including configuration of the user's environment, use of the window manager, and use of several standard X client utility programs such as xterm. Proficiency in applying new skills is reinforced with extensive hands on exercises after each module.

Pre-Requisites:

None

Training Course Overview/Content:

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
rcp, rlogin, rsh
telnet
ftp, tftp
Using the Secure Shell(ssh)
Introduction to the X Window System
X Window Client/Server Model
The Role of the Window Manager
Initialization Files and Environment Variables
Starting and Stopping Window Managers
Interacting with Window Managers
Customizing Window Manager Behavior

Introduction to Standard X Clients
Controlling Resource Settings
Standard Command Line Options
xterm Capabilities, Menus, and Resources
xterm Command Line Options
xdpyinfo
Window Control and Status Utilities
Bitmap Editor
Font Control and Status
Setting and Querying Resources
Miscellaneous Utility Clients (xload, xkill, xman, xedit, etc.)