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Course Outline

Introduction

  • Recap of fundamentals
  • History of Unix
  • Distinctive features of Unix
  • Login and Logout procedures
  • The Unix architecture

The Shells

  • sh, ksh, csh, and bash
  • The command line interface
  • Executing commands
  • File wildcards
  • Aliases
  • Command substitution
  • Shell variables
  • Special shell variables
  • Command history
  • Input and Output handling
  • stdin, stdout, and 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 names and extensions
  • Directories
  • Navigating directories
  • File locations
  • File devices
  • Listing files
  • Inspecting file contents
  • Manipulating files
  • Finding files
  • Comparing files

Unix Processes

  • Understanding processes
  • Viewing active processes
  • Using ps and top
  • Signals and kill commands
  • Job control
  • Scheduling tasks

Unix tools

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

Unix Shell Scripts

  • Script fundamentals
  • Comments
  • Generating output
  • Interactive input
  • I/O redirection
  • Script arguments
  • Special variables
  • Permissions and PATH variables
  • Return codes
  • Conditional tests
  • Conditional statements
  • Loop structures
  • The case command
  • Shell functions
  • Options
  • Debugging techniques

Unix Networking

  • TCP/IP protocols
  • General applications
  • FTP
  • telnet
  • The 'r' command suite

System Administration

  • Brief introduction

Conclusion

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

HANDS-ON

Practical exercises include:

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

Requirements

N/A

 21 Hours

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