Available on a limited basis, please watch for dates

This course is for the new UNIX users.

This course teaches the basic fundamentals of UNIX.

Prerequisites: The student should have prior experience using a computer operating system and an editor.

Price:$1,200 (12 Credits) or Introductory Price of $600 (6 Credits) for Virtual Classroom
The self-paced course is available for $300 (3 Credits):
Contents include documentation and TAR (Tape and Archive and Recovery) to do the labs.

Major course topics: Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

• Login and use a UNIX system
• Describe the format of a command
• Use on-line and off-line system documentation
• Use commands to navigate the file tree
• Use commands to locate and interrogate files
• Use commands to copy, move, link, and delete files
• Use file name generation characters
• Print files
• Use the vi text editor
• Use electronic mail and basic messaging commands
• Set permissions on files and directories
• Use the redirection and piping facilities
• Create pipelines and use grep, sort, cut, and tr to manipulate data files
• Start and stop processes in foreground and background
• Customize the shell environment
• Write simple shell scripts

Introducing UNIX

• Define these terms:
  • Kernel
  • utilities
  • Shell (sh, csh, ksh)
• Explain the relationship between the shell and the kernel when a command is executed

Getting started

• List three guidelines of general system security
• Identify secure passwords
• Define password aging
• Login/logout of the system
• Use control functions to correct typing errors and terminate commands
• Change your password with the command passwd
• Execute these commands and describe the information displayed:
  • cal
  • who
  • who am i
  • date
  • history
  • bc

Getting information

• List two sources of system documentation
• Access information on system commands and topics through the online manual

Exploring files and directories

• Define directory
• Describe the purpose of the home directory
• List the contents of a directory using the ls command
• Determine the current working directory with the command pwd
• Describe the UNIX file tree
• Reference a file or directory by an absolute pathname
• Reference a file or directory by a relative pathname
• Describe these types of file:
  • special, ordinary
• Describe the purpose of a hidden file
• Determine a file's type using the ls and file commands
• List the contents of a file with these commands:
  • cat, more, pg, head, tail
• Locate a file using the find command

Working with files

• Describe the purpose and function of the filesystem
• Describe the purpose and function of the link count
• Manipulate files using these commands:
  • cp
  • mv
  • ln
  • rm
• Manipulate directories using these commands:
  • mkdir
  • rmdir
• Use these metacharacters in filename substitution:
  • ? [] {}
• Print a file, display the print queue, and remove a job from the queue using these commands:
  • lp
  • lpstat
  • cancel

The vi editor

• List the operating modes of the vi editor and move between them
• Use commands to move the cursor
• Search for next and previous patterns
• Use commands to insert text
• Save the edited file and quit vi
• Use commands to delete, copy, paste, and change text
• Configure the vi operating environment

Electronic mail

• Invoke mailx and describe the fields in the display
• Read a mail message
• List mail headers in the mailbox
• Send mail to another user
• Respond to a mail message
• Delete a mail message
• Copy or save a mail message
• Edit a mail message using the vi editor
• Quit mailx
• Create a .mailrc file to configure the mailx environment
• Use the write and talk commands to communicate with other users

Controlling file access

• List and describe the file permission classes
• List and define the file/directory permission modes
• Explain the relationship between file permission classes and file permissions
• Display a file's owner and permissions with the ls -l command
• Change permissions using the chmod command in both symbolic and octal formats
• Set default permissions using the umask command
• Use the id, groups, and chgrp commands

Controlling I/O

• Differentiate between standard input, standard output, and standard error
• Explain what is meant by redirection
• Redirect standard input from a file
• Redirect standard output to a file
• Redirect standard error to a file
• Redirect the output to another command
• Build a pipeline

Managing data

• Determine the number of lines, words, and characters in a file with the wc command
• Search for patterns in files using the grep command
• Search for patterns in files using grep with regular expressions
• Sort data files using the sort command
• Isolate fields and characters using the cut and tr commands
• Compare files and directories using the commands cmp and dircmp

Managing jobs and processes

• Define process
• Explain the difference between foreground and background processes
• Display the status of a process
• Kill a background process
• Start a process in foreground
• Start a process in background
• Move a process from background to foreground and back again
• Display information on background processes using the jobs command
• Kill a job

Customizing your Korn Shell environment

• Define default environment and explain how it is set
• Describe the purpose of the .profile and .kshrc files
• Define and manage aliases
• List environment variables with the set command
• Modify environment variables
• View and modify Korn Shell options
• Display and set terminal settings with the stty command

Introduction to shell scripts

• Describe what is meant by a shell script
• Write a simple shell script
• Use environment and user variables in a script
• Read input from the screen
• Pass arguments into a script
• Use quotes to escape variable expansion
• Use command substitution
• Use the if and for statements

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