UNIX/Linux Fundamentals and Shell Scripting

Duration: 5 Days (Face-to-Face or Remote-Live), or 35 hours of coursework with personal facilitation over a four week span (On-Demand)

US Price: $2495 (Face-to-Face or Remote-Live), or $1495 (On-Demand)

Delivery Options: Attend face-to-face in the classroom, remote-live or via on-demand training

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Description

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 desktop environments. Upon completion, attendees will be able to productively use any UNIX-based system. The course presents the concepts necessary to understand the way UNIX works (processes, I/O streams, command line processing, etc.) as well as the system's most commonly used commands. Data manipulation utilities and shell syntax for synthesizing command pipelines are emphasized. Bourne shell, Bash shell and Korn shell programming techniques are introduced so students will be able to read and modify existing shell scripts as well as create their own. Desktop environments are also introduced from a user's perspective, including common window managers, Open Office utilities and an introduction to configuration tools. Comprehensive hands on exercises are integrated throughout to reinforce learning and develop real competency.

Prerequisites

None

Course Overview

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, bash, 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 Bash 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
Shell Programming Shell Script Features and Capabilities Creating and Running a Script Working With Variables Environment Variables Working With Data Types Formatting Base Conversion Setting Special Attributes Input/Output Techniques Conditional Constructs if/then else/elif Looping Constructs for, while, until Math Operators	Advanced Shell Features Manipulating Strings Writing and Calling Functions Controlling Process Priorities Interpreting Command Line Arguments Making Scripts Interactive Special Shell Variables Advanced I/O with Streams Improving Performance of Scripts
Text Manipulation Utilities Editing a File from a Script Scripting with ed or sed UNIX and Linux Utilities to Manipulate Files Regular Expressions grep and egrep The Stream Editor sed Sorting in Scripts Generating Reports with awk Splitting Large Files Counting Words, Lines, and Characters Transforming File Contents Extracting Text Strings	File Processing Utilities Examining and Comparing Files Reporting Differences Between Files Comparing Files of Any Format Displaying Data in Octal and Hex Compressing Data Converting File Formats
Backing Up Files Backup Media UNIX Device Names tar and cpio File Transport and Conversion with dd	Networking Commands UNIX Network Applications Remote Execution Commands Remote Activity Reporting Communicating with Remote Users Internet Applications ftp, tftp, telnet Remote Access Control Mechanisms Using the Secure Shell(ssh)