Introduction to Unix

This foundation course for Unix system administrators and programmers provides a general understanding of the Unix system and teaches the basic skills for using it. Although the course is based on the Korn shell, it is suitable for users of the C and Bourne shells.

Basic computer literacy.

On completion of this course, the student should be able to

• Use a variety of basic Unix commands
• Describe the Unix tools approach enabling the use of most Unix commands
• Create, access, and manipulate data under Unix using the standard editors
• Recognize how the Unix file system works
• Describe how processes interact with each other and with files

2 Days

Instructor-led course, with practical computer-based exercises.

• Unix Overview
  • Unix history and features
  • Processes
  • Software tools techniques
• Introductory Unix Commands
  • Logging in
  • Command syntax
  • Command execution
  • Documentation
• Introduction to Editing with vi
  • vi as a text file viewer
  • vi as a text file editor
• The Unix File System
  • Files and directories
  • File hierarchy
  • Pathnames
  • Directory entries
  • File manipulation commands
  • Links and symbolic links
  • Protection
  • Changing file protection: chmod
  • Initial protection modes: umask
  • Special files
  • Multi-volume file systems
• The Unix File System
  • The command interpreter
  • Korn Shell user interface
  • Filters and pipelines
  • Filename generation and metacharacters
  • Job control
  • Command grouping and sub-shells
• More vi
  • Advanced features of vi
• Everyday Unix Tools
  • File manipulation and more

Any Unix system, ideally with the Korn shell, but C or Bourne can be used. The systems should be able to load a 3.5” DOS-formatted solution disk.