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UNIX fundamentals

UNIX fundamentals

By Systems & Network Training

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  • 3 days

  • All levels

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UNIX fundamentals training course description

An introduction to using the UNIX operating system
focussing on the command line. Appropriate for all
versions of UNIX. The starting point for all UNIX work,
we concentrate on the technical aspects rather than
issues such as using browsers. The course is heavily
practical in nature.

What will you learn

  • Describe UNIX.

  • Log in and use UNIX commands to perform a variety of tasks from manipulating and printing files to looking at and killing processes.

  • Create and edit files with vi.

  • Recognise the role of the administrator.

  • Write simple shell scripts.

  • Customise the user environment.

UNIX fundamentals training course details

  • Who will benefit:

Anybody who needs to use a UNIX system.

  • Prerequisites:

None.

  • Duration

3 days

UNIX fundamentals training course contents

  • What is UNIX?


Operating systems, UNIX flavours, UNIX features.

  • Getting started


Logging in, changing passwords, logging out.

  • UNIX basics


Command structure. The UNIX manuals, basic commands (who, date, tty, uname, echo, banner...)

  • Filesystem commands


Home directories, manipulating files and directories, Filesystem layout, Pathnames, hard and symbolic links.

  • The UNIX Editors


ed, vi, shell escapes, .exrc

  • Extracting data from files


grep, find, cut, sort and paste

  • Permissions


Theory, chmod, chown, newgrp..

  • Processes


ps, kill, background processes, at, exec,
priorities.

  • The Shell


Metacharacters, piping and redirection.

  • Basic shell scripting


What are shell scripts? Simple scripts, control
structures. Variables. Arguments.

  • Customising your environment


Environmental variables, stty, .profile and other
startup files

  • More shell features


Bash and other shells, the history facility,
command line editing, aliases, job control,
miscellaneous features.

  • Introduction to administration


The root user, su and tar

  • Archiving files


Backups, tar, cpio, dd, gzip.

  • Unix and hardware


Main hardware components, Unix device
drivers.

  • Connecting to a network


IP configuration, ifconfig, ping, netstat,
traceroute, dig.

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