Linux Fundamentals

Programmers, administrators and support personnel who need to understand the LINUX Operating system, existing shellscripts, automate procedures and write their own utilities.

To provide the skills needed to work productively in a LINUX environment to develop and customise shell programs.

This Linux Operating System and Bash Shell Programming training course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the LINUX Operating System. The most commonly used commands are described in detail as are the command line wildcard and redirection facilities. The mechanisms by which a user acquires a login environment are discussed and the main features of the Bash shell are introduced.
The course is designed to give delegates practical experience in developing and writing shell scripts. Most of the built-in Bash shell commands are introduced together with the main program control structures.

Topics Covered

INTRODUCTION TO THE LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM
BASIC COMMANDS
REDIRECTION AND PIPES
INTRODUCTION TO THE vi EDITOR
SEARCHING AND REPLACING TEXT
RECALLING AND EDITING COMMANDS
FILE PERMISSIONS AND ACCESS CONTROL
PROCESSES
THE USER ENVIRONMENT
MORE BASIC COMMANDS
UNIX COMMAND REVIEW
GETTING STARTED
USING VARIABLES
INTEGER ARITHMETIC
HANDLING RUN TIME DATA
CONDITION EXECUTION
LOOP CONSTRUCTS
MULTI-BRANCH DECISIONS
FUNCTIONS
INTERRUPT HANDLING
ADDITIONAL FEATURES AND FACILITIES