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Introduction to Unix - 1 day

Objectives

This course is for those who want to understand the basics of the Unix operating system. It is also applicable for those who want to know the basics of Linux, Solaris, AIX and other Unix variants.

Expected outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:

Describe what Unix is for, and understand the basic approach of Unix.
Log in and out of a Unix session
Use basic Unix commands such as ls, cat, cp, mv and rm
Access directories and files
Use pipes and filters
Understand processes and jobs

Audience

This course is aimed at anyone who wants to understand the basics of Unix.

Prerequisites

No experience is necessary.

Outline

Overview of Unix
- Background
- The structure of Unix
- Architecture
- The Unix approach
Basic commands
- Logging into a Unix session
- Command line syntax
- Basic commands
- Entering commands
- Logging out
Files
- File types
- Basic file commands
- File operations
- File permissions
- Wildcards
Directories
- Changing directory
- What directory am I in?
- Basic directory commands
Redirection, pipes and filters
- Redirection
- Pipes
- Filters
- Plumbing
Processes and jobs
- Looking at processes
- Background processing
- Printing

Also available

Introduction to Programming (1 day)
Intermediate Unix - Shell Scripting (2 days)
Introduction to Perl (2 days)

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