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Introduction to UNIX - a UNIX foundation
This comprehensive two-day course aims to
equip the novice UNIX user with all the skills necessary to
navigate the system and make productive use of the tools available,
including the vi
editor and essential UNIX commands. It also forms the necessary
foundation for subsequent courses. This course, combined with the UNIX Utilities and Shell Programming
course
(course code UA), provides preparation exams such as the new Sun
Certified
Solaris Associate (SCSAS) CX-310-105 exam. Further courses lead to
administrator certifications; for example:
Solaris Certification
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OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
A foundation course to instill confidence in
day-to-day Unix use. This course provides all the knowledge
that applications users will need and forms a good grounding for the
power user or administrator who will go on to take other courses.
*see note at bottom for special savings!
for pricing for a course run especially for your organisation, please
use our worksheet **Also available on your site for groups of four to
ten.
COURSE DATES:
Mar 2010
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INTENSITY: About 30% of the course is
practicals, and 70% lectures.
RESOURCE: Each student will have
exclusive use of a Sun workstation for the duration of the course. Each
student will be provided with a full set of training notes relating to
the course, and quick reference cards to assist with file editing and
Unix commands.
PREREQUISITES: This course is
suitable for new computer users and those who are using UNIX
for the first time. Previous experience with an interactive computer
system is desirable but not essential. If you have previous experience
of any other version(s) of Unix, the follow up courses described in the
next paragraph may be more appropriate. Please call for advice if in
doubt.
FOLLOW UPS: First Alternative offers
an extensive range of Solaris and Linux courses. A natural follow-up to
this
Introduction course would be the Utilities and Shell Programming course (suitable
for those who wish
to become proficient with UNIX utilities and Bourne/Korn shell
programming). Please see here for
a link to all our available courses.
PRACTICALS / TAKEAWAYS: Each student
leaves the course with their own set of training notes for the material
covered; around 120 pages per day of training.
| Every student who attends this course
will be issued with a signed certificate of course completion, which we
will be happy to "authenticate" upon future request. |
| On this course, we hand out a number
of quick reference sheets to each student on subjects such as vi and
Unix commands. |
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The examples from this course are available (via
the internet) to students who have attended.
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SOFTWARE VERSIONS
- This course is suitable
for Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP/UX and any other version of UNIX or Linux
on any platform..
COURSE PROFILES: During the course,
the student will learn from many practical examples written for this
course and supplied in the manual. For ease of use during and after the
course, we have provided these examples online.
TOPICS COVERED ON THE COURSE
UNIX / Linux overview
What are Linux and Unix? Advantages and disadvantages. Basic
command
examples. Other versions of Unix. Future of Unix. Logistics and support.
Getting started
Logging in and out.Keyboard basics.
Files, directories and path names. Creating and examining files.
Effective use of directories. Moving, copying and removing files. Basic
system password security. Online Documentation and the man command.
Common problems.
The vi editor
Invoking vi. Insert and Append. Moving around the text. Deleting text.
Change operators. Other insert operators. Searching for text; Search
and
replace. Saving and quitting.
The Next stage
Introduction to UNIX shells. Shell interaction. Input and Output
control using Re-direction
and piping. Shell metacharacters (wild cards). The command history
mechanism, and command
line editing facilities. The shell quoting mechanism. Setting up and
using command aliases. Job and Process monitoring and control. More
complex copying and moving.
Protecting files and directorie using chmod. Shell variables and
setting up the
environment. Introduction to UNIX utilities.
Introduction to networking
Introduction to network concepts. Ethernet Overview. Network basic
commands (including logging in to other machines with ssh). Network
File System
(NFS) - overview, benefits and uses. Overview of file sharing
mechanisms with Microsoft machines.
Supplement for the Gnome Window System
A thorough examination of the major tools available, such as the
Panel, File Manager, Text editor and the Help system.
Customising the Workspace and setting basic user preferences.
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