Length: 3 Days

OVERVIEW
This intensive workshop provides the student with the knowledge to interact with a UNIX operating system. Students will develop their UNIX skills with hands-on experience.

PRE-REQUISITES
Prior to attending this class, students should have the following experience:

  • Basic computer knowledge
  • Basic keyboarding skills

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

Upon successful completion of this course, students should:

  • understand basic UNIX concepts such as logging in and changing their password
  • be able to use and customize Common Desktop Environment
  • be able to navigate a UNIX filesystem
  • be able to manipulate files by viewing, filtering, copying, moving and deleting
  • be able to protect their files using UNIX file permissions
  • know how to use the vi editor to edit text files
  • be able to control UNIX processes (programs) including using the at and crontab commands to schedule processes to run in the future.
  • know how to use variables, aliases and history to improve performance
  • know how to handle files that have “difficult” names

COURSE TOPICS

Module One Basic UNIX Concepts
Module Two Introduction to CDE
Module Three The Filesystem
Module Four Handling Files
Module Five Metacharacters
Module Six File Security
Module Seven The vi editor
Module Eight crontab and at
Module Nine Jobs and Processes
Module Ten Variables
Module Eleven Aliases
Module Twelve History
Module Thirteen Dealing with Difficult Files

WRAP-UP

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