UNIX / Linux for Users

Description

This course covers the UNIX / Linux operating system from a user's perspective. This class assumes the student has some familiarity with using computers, such as using a word processor. The five day class combines lecture with hands-on exercises.

Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Understand the philosophy and organization of the UNIX / Linux operating system
• Write shell scripts in both Bourne and C shell languages
• Use the vi editor to edit text and a source code control system to store revisions in text
• Communicate with local and foreign users via mail
• Run multiple processes simultaneously

Author

The Author is Kenneth Pugh, a recognized C and C++ language expert. Mr. Pugh has many years of experience in programming a variety of languages and operating systems. He is author of several books, including UNIX for the MS-DOS USER and All on C. He was a columnist for the C User's Journal and the C++ Journal. He has been on the faculty of the University of Hawaii and Wellesley College.

Outline

• Introduction
  • History
  • Some Basic Commands
• File and Directories
  • Files, types, names
  • Directory commands
• Shells
  • The initial script
  • Input and Output Redirection
  • Filenames and the shell
• A Text Editor - vi
  • Command and input mode
  • Opening and saving a file
  • Deleting, moving, and copying blocks
• Multiple users interaction
  • Permissions and Groups
  • Mail
  • Networks
• Multi-tasking
  • Processes
  • Process commands
  • Background processes
• Shell
  • Shell scripts
  • Shell variables
  • Textual manipulations
  • Regular expressions
• Tools
  • Regular expression finders grep
  • Stream editor sed
  • Sorting sort
  • Translating characters tr
• Bourne Shell
  • Shell scripts
  • Control flow
  • Evaluating expressions
  • Korn shell additions
• C Shell
  • History
  • Alias
  • ob control
  • Shell scripts
  • Control flow
• System Administration
  • Superuser
  • Administrative directory
  • Communicating with your users
  • Disk maintenance
• Shutdown
• Text processing nroff/troff
  • Text and commands
  • Primitive formatting commands
• Text revision systems - SCCS
  • Creating a control file
  • Retrieving current version
  • Recording changes
• Pattern scanning language - awk
  • Basic operations
  • Creating awk programs
  • Associative arrays