Introduction to Linux

This course provides a foundation of the core skills for using Linux. We’ll focuses on the skills you can use daily in a Linux environment.

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Join an engaging hands-on learning environment, where you’ll learn about:

Navigating the file system
Controlling file access
File and directory naming rules and conventions
Manipulating files and links
Controlling the Terminal
Working with vi
Monitoring and controlling processes
Using command line editing
Command substitution, quoting and escaping
Using backup commands
Submitting and controlling print jobs
Communicating over the network
Remote access with password authentication
Working with secure shells
Using GNOME and KDE GUI environments
How to write and run shell scripts
Using conditional constructs to control script execution
Manipulating strings
Command-line processing
Using regular expressions
String processing utilities: sed, grep and awk
Counting words, lines and characters
Working with compression utilities
Writing functions
Using the ksh and bash commands
Working with UNIX I/O streams

This course has a 50% hands-on labs to 50% lecture ratio with engaging instruction, demos, group discussions, labs, and project work.

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The Design of Linux

A brief history of Linux
The Linux design philosophy
Linux architecture

Basic Operations

Logging in and out
The general form of a Linux command
Common commands
Using man pages
Essential commands

File System Basics

The Linux directory structure
Standard directories
Relative and absolute pathnames
Legal file names
Navigating the filesystem

Wildcards

Matching one character
Matching many characters
Shortcuts
Wildcard gotchas
Wildcards and ls

File and Directory Permissions

Viewing permissions
File permissions
Directory permissions
Setting defaults
Changing permissions
Keeping data secure

Working with files

Viewing contents
Identifying file contents
Copying and moving
Deleting
Using symbolic links

Executing Programs

Redirecting STDOUT
Redirecting STDERR
Redirecting STDIN
Creating pipelines
Processes attributes
Listing processes
Killing processes
Foreground & background processes

Using find

Syntax
Finding by name, type, or size
Combining tests
Finding by size, owner, or timestamps
Using xargs with find
Other find options

Filters and other useful commands

What is a filter?
cat: a generic filter
head and tail
grep
sort
wc
other interesting filters

The vi editor

Why vi?
Basic vi operations: navigating, adding, deleting
Advanced operations: buffer management, search and replace, configuration options

Customizing the user environment

About shells
Shell startup files
Shell variables
Search path
Aliases
Simple shell scripts

Networking/Communications

Reading and sending mail
Remote login
Remote file transfer
Other network utilities (ping, finger, etc)

Backups and archiving

Checking space used or available
Creating tar archives
Viewing and extracting files from archives
Compression utilities
Working with windows

Before attending this course, you should be comfortable working with the command line.

Professionals who want to learn core Linux skills to perform simple tasks.

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