Intermediate Unix

Become an advanced Unix/Linux user

• 2 days • £1540/$1960 • world-wide

You will learn:

Login and logout of Unix
Manipulate files and directories in the shell
Recall and edit commands
Build several commands into a command line tool
Use the vi editor (emacs is optional)
Manage Unix processes
Use Unix tools including sed and awk
Use networking tools
Write shell scripts

Course Benefits

Unix is recognised as a leading Enterprise server, having a very large market ranging from small to very large businesses. The majority of web-servers in the world run on Unix platforms.

Using Unix is becoming increasingly important as the Internet grows and more and more companies implement Unix or Linux systems.

This course is generic, and the skills learnt apply equally to HP-UX, Sun Solaris, ICL DRS/NX, Linux, Dynix, SCO or other versions of Unix.

Who should attend?

This course is designed for the first time or basic Unix user. The course is ideally suited for those who are currently using Unix but wish to know how it works and to extend their knowledge. It is also suitable for those with no Unix experience.

Optionally, the course can cover common tools used by developers such as make and SCCS, please contact us for further details.

Course Details

£1540/$1960
2 days
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Formats

Virtual Classroom
Public Course
On-site Course
Modular Course
Bespoke Course

Platforms

Unix
FreeBSD
AIX
HP-UX
Solaris

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 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

All our trainers are practising Linux consultants with extensive experience with Linux and Unix in large commercial environments. They are ideally suited to bringing you the highest quality of training.

Locations

Our courses are available world-wide in our virtual classrooms accompanied by virtual labs. We also deliver on-site training and public training at venues around the world.

Please contact us if you are looking for training in your area.

Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Basingstoke, England, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Inverness, Scotland, UK
Leeds, England, UK
London, England, UK
Manchester, England, UK
Sheffield, England, UK
Europe - various locations
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Malaysia - various locations
Boston, USA
San Francisco, USA
New York, USA
Washington DC, USA
USA - various locations