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UNIX Fundamentals for Beginners  
Course Number
A1154

Who should attend this course?

Course Objectives
On completing this course delegates will be able to:-

The course is designed for beginners or as a refresher course and assumes little or no previous knowledge of the UNIX operating system. The course includes lots of practical exercises and plenty of help is available on the course. 

Duration

2 days

Course Prerequisites

The course is designed for delegates with little or no knowledge of the UNIX operating system. Understanding another command line operating system would be an advantage but is not necessary.

Use the basic UNIX command set to list copy and move files
Copy and remove UNIX files interactively and recursively 
Use the find command to define and instigate a search
Use commands with wildcards and re-direction to standard input and output
Use manual pages to get information on UNIX command syntax
Use the KDE graphical desktop to run utility programs
Describe the UNIX file system structure, list the important UNIX directories and manage UNIX directories
Use hard links and symbolic links on files and directories
Use the UNIX vi text editor to create, change, replace, search, copy and paste text in files. 
Describe the UNIX file permissions and be able to set permissions on files and directories
Add users and groups and manage user passwords
Navigate the UNIX file system using relative and absolute paths
Use, control and kill foreground and background Unix processes
Schedule and control UNIX processes using background processes and cron
State what UNIX device files are and work with UNIX devices
Control UNIX print queues and submit print requests
Describe the different shell types, use shell features and customise the shell interface.

Course Topics

Day 1
The history of UNIX and version differences
Commands syntax
Wildcards
Redirecting standard input, standard output and standard error
Logging on
The KDE Graphical interface
Manual pages
The UNIX basic command set
Practical Session
Navigating the file system
Common UNIX directories
Navigating the file system and searching for files
Hard links and symbolic links
Practical Session
UNIX file permissions and system security
Setting standard permissions
Setting Set User ID and Set Group ID permissions
Practical Session
The vi text editor
Using vi with other utility programs
Practical Session

Day 2
Day 1 Summary
Unix processes
The process structure
UNIX Run Levels
Switching processes and killing processes
Scheduling processes with cron and at
Practical Session
Unix shell types and attributes
Using alias and commands history
Shell variables
Customising the user interface with .profile
The passwd file format
Adding users and groups
Practical Session
Using Unix device files
File types
Device naming conventions
Using printers
Using tapes for back-up
Adding disks
Practical Session
Course summary and objectives review