UNIX Introduction

Anyone who needs to understand and use the UNIX Operating System.

Skills Gained
Creating, copying, renaming, moving and deleting files and directories
Using the shell's redirection and pipe facilities
Editing text files using the vi editor
Setting and changing access permissions on files
Monitoring and controlling their own processes
Using the basic file and text searching utilities
Customising their own login environment

This Unix Operating System training course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the UNIX Operating System. The most commonly used unix commands and utilities 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 Korn/Posix/Bash Shells are introduced.

Course Topics

INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIX 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