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Course Outline

Introduction

  • Review of foundational concepts
  • History of Unix
  • Distinctive features of Unix
  • Login and logout procedures
  • Unix architecture

The Shells

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

Editing in Unix

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

Unix Files

  • File system structure
  • File naming conventions and extensions
  • Directories
  • Navigating directories
  • Locating files
  • File devices
  • Listing files
  • Inspecting file contents
  • File manipulation
  • Searching for files
  • Comparing files

Unix Processes

  • Understanding processes
  • Viewing active processes
  • Using ps and top
  • Signals and kill commands
  • Managing jobs
  • Scheduling tasks

Unix Tools

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

Unix Shell Scripts

  • Fundamentals
  • Comments
  • Generating output
  • Handling interactive input
  • I/O operations
  • Script arguments
  • Special variables
  • Permissions and PATH configuration
  • Return codes
  • Conditional tests
  • Conditional statements
  • Loops
  • Case command usage
  • Shell functions
  • Script options
  • Debugging techniques

Unix Networking

  • TCP/IP basics
  • General network applications
  • FTP
  • telnet
  • "r" command suite

System Administration

  • Overview of administration tasks

Conclusion

  • Review opportunities, final Q&A, and additional hands-on practice

HANDS-ON

The practical component includes:

  • Login and logout procedures
  • Working with the Unix shell
  • Starting, stopping, and managing processes
  • Creating and editing files with vi
  • File and directory management
  • Writing shell scripts
  • Utilizing network utilities

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 21 Hours

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