UXSYS03

DATES:

1. Introduction
   • Become familiar with the concepts and terminology of Linux/UNIX.
2. Establishing Communication
   • Communicate between two users in the system.
   • Using the write and talk commands, send information to another user.
   • Send an e-mail and check for e-mails.
3. File System
   • Move through the file system and get file information.
   • 1- Create multiple directories. 2- Set permissions. 3- Navigate through the directories.
   • Use full path name, partial paths and variables containing directory names.
4. File Management
   • Perform file manipulation: 1- Copy a file. 2- Move a file. 3- Search for a file. 4- Rename a file. 5- Reset permission and ownership. 6- Check the size of files.
5. UNIX Permissions
   • Read the octal permissions.
   • Set file and directory permission and check the permission mask.
6. Redirection, Filters, and Pipes
   • Use filter and pipes in the command-line.
   • Pass the output of one command to the input of another command.
7. vi Editor
   • Acquire proficiency with the vi editor.
   • 1- Create a file. 2- Setup macros. 3- Configure the vi control file. 4- Combine vi commands.
8. Shell Scripts
   • Create shell scripts.
   • Create a shell script that is supplied a file name and search for a string.
   • Once the string is found, indicate the line number of the string.
9. UNIX Shells and Variables
   • Create variables and use the variables in commands.
   • Store the name of a user in a variable and send that user an e-mail.
10. UNIX C Shell User Environment
    • Understand the start-up process for the C shell.
    • Customize the environment by updating the .login and the .cshrc files.
11. Aliases in the C shell
    • Create, list and remove aliases.
    • Aliases can be used to make mnemonics for complex frequently used commands.
    • Create an alias for a non trival command.
12. History in the C shell
    • Utilize the history feature in C shell; list all the elements in the history.
    • Execute a specific command and then execute the last command.
    • View a specific command.
13. Korn Shell Programming
    • Code and test several korn shell scripts to manipulate files and perform calculations.
    • Write a script that will echo the third parameter, if it is present.
    • Given a file of numbers, a single number per line, write a script that will find the lowest and highest number.
    • Write a script that will recognize if a word entered from the keyboard starts with an upper or lower case character or a digit.
14. System Status and Command Information
    • Determine the system status standard UNIX commands.
    • List statistics about the UNIX system using the following utilities: uptime, who, top, vmstat, iostat and ps.
15. Multitasking Capabilities
    • Run multiple programs where one program forks another.
    • Create children and determine what is being inherited by the child.
16. Advanced File Management
    • Execute grep and egrep to search file(s).
    • Search files using regular expressions.
17. Transferring and Printing Files
    • Create tar archives and use the compression utilities.
    • Create a tar of a directory and compress the tar; restore the tar in a different directory.
18. Command-line Database Processing
    • Become proficient with the awk utility.
    • Use the awk utility to reformat a file and search for specific records.