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Course Outline

Introduction

  • Recap of the basics
  • History of Unix
  • Key features of Unix
  • Logging in & out
  • The Unix architecture

The Shells

  • sh, ksh, csh, bash
  • The command line interface
  • Executing commands
  • File wildcards
  • Aliases
  • Command substitution
  • Shell variables
  • Special shell variables
  • Command history
  • Input and Output concepts
  • stdin, stdout, stderr
  • Redirecting output, errors, and input
  • Combining output streams
  • Pipes & 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
  • Locating files - where are things?
  • Device files
  • Listing files
  • Viewing file contents
  • Manipulating files
  • Finding files
  • Comparing files

Unix Processes

  • Understanding Processes
  • Monitoring Processes
  • ps and top commands
  • Signals & kill
  • Job control
  • Scheduling tasks

Unix tools

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

Unix Shell Scripts

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

Unix Networking

  • TCP/IP
  • General Applications
  • FTP
  • telnet
  • The "r" family of commands

System Administration

  • Brief introduction

Conclusion

  • Review opportunities, final questions, and additional practical exercises

HANDS-ON

Hands-On exercises include:

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

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