Linux Introduction

Who will the Course Benefit?

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

Course Objectives

To provide the skills needed to work productively in the LINUX environment.

Linux Introduction Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 1

Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM

• A brief history of UNIX / Linux
• The UNIX / Linux kernel
• The UNIX / Linux file system structure
• File and directory management commands
• Absolute vs Relative Pathnames
• Further basic commands
• Exercise: Navigating the file system

Session 2: BASIC COMMANDS

• Command line syntax
• Basic file handling commands
• Basic Directory handling commands
• Filename wildcard characters
• Using commands with logical AND and OR
• Sequential command execution
• Exercise: Manipulating files and directories

Session 3: REDIRECTION AND PIPES

• Input and Output redirection
• Redirecting errors
• Piping commands
• Exercise: Using redirection and pipe facilities

Linux Introduction Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 2

Session 4: INTRODUCTION TO THE vi/Vim EDITOR

• Overview of the vi/Vim editor
• The language of vi
• Undoing and Redoing changes
• Input Mode and Last Line Mode
• Further vi functions
• Executing commands within vi / Vim
• Customising the vi / Vim Environment
• Getting Help
• Exercises: Using the vi editor

Session 5: SEARCHING AND REPLACING TEXT

• Searching and replacing text using the vi/Vim editor
• Using regular expressions (regex)
• Using sed for search and replace
• Searching for text with grep,egrep and fgrep
• Exercises: Searching and Replacing Text

Session 6: RECALLING AND EDITING COMMANDS

• Overview
• The bash shell
• The korn shell
• Exercises: Recall and Edit Commands

Session 7: FILE PERMISSIONS AND ACCESS CONTROL

• Users and user groups
• File access permissions
• Changing file attributes
• Switching users and user groups
• Linking files
• Exercise: Setting and access permissions

Linux Introduction Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 3

Session 8: FILTERING AND FORMATTING TEXT

• Overview
• The paste command
• The cut command
• An introduction to awk
• The nl command
• Exercises: Filtering Text

Session 9: PROCESSES

• What is a process?
• Monitoring processes
• Killing processes
• Background processes
• Job Control
• Grouping commands
• Exercise: Monitoring and controlling processes

Session 10: THE USER ENVIRONMENT

• Customising the .profile or .bash_profile
• Customising the .kshrc or .bashrc
• Exercise: Setting up an environment

Session 11: MORE BASIC COMMANDS

• The find command
• Using xargs command
• The locate command
• The df command
• The cut command
• The sort command
• Finding duplicate content
• Number sequencing
• Exercise: More Basic Commands

Requirements

There are no formal pre-requisites for this Linux Introduction training course,although an understanding of and exposure to information technology and an understanding of operating systems is required.

Further Learning

• Linux Shell Programming
• Linux System Administration (LPI)
• Oracle SQL
• Linux Networking