Intermediate Unix Training Course

Introduction

• Recap the basics
• History of Unix
• Unique features of Unix
• Login & Logout
• The structure of Unix

The Shells

• sh, ksh, csh, bash
• The command line
• Running commands
• File wildcards
• Aliases
• Command substitution
• Shell variables
• Special shell variables
• Command history
• Input and Output
• stdin, stdout, stderr
• redirecting output, errors, input
• combining output
• Pipes & filters

Editing in Unix

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

Unix Files

• The file system
• File names and extensions
• Directories
• Moving around directories
• Files - where are things?
• File devices
• Listing files
• Looking at file contents
• Manipulating files
• Finding files
• Comparing files

Unix Processes

• What are Processes?
• Viewing Processes
• ps and top
• signals & kill
• Controlling Jobs
• Scheduling

Unix tools

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

Unix Shell Scripts

• The basics
• Comments
• Creating output
• Interactive input
• I/O
• Script arguments
• Special variables
• Permissions & PATH
• Return codes
• Conditional tests
• Conditional statements
• Loops
• The case command
• Shell functions
• Options
• Debugging

Unix Networking

• TCP/IP
• Generic Applications
• FTP
• telnet
• The "r" commands

System Administration

• A brief introduction

Conclusion

• Opportunity for review, final questions and further hands-on

HANDS-ON

Hands-On includes:

• Logging in and out
• Using the Unix shell
• Starting stopping and managing processes
• Creating files with vi
• Managing files and directories
• Creating shell scripts
• Using network tools