Linux Introduction

Course

In Edinburgh, Manchester, Bristol and 3 other venues

£ 1,100 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Course

This course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the LINUX Operating System. The most commonly used commands and utilities are described in detail as are the command line wildcard and redirection facilities. The course discusses the mechanisms by which a user acquires a login environment and the main features of the Bash shell are introduced.

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Location

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Birmingham (West Midlands)

Start date

On request
Bristol (Avon)

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On request
Edinburgh (Midlothian/Edinburghshire)

Start date

On request
Leeds (North Yorkshire)

Start date

On request
London
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Clerks Court 18-20 Farringdon Lane Clerkenwell, EC1R 3AU

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On request
Manchester (Greater Manchester)

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On request
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Subjects

  • Linux
  • IT

Course programme

Course Introduction

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

Introduction to the Linux Operating System

  • A brief history of UNIX
  • The UNIX kernel
  • The UNIX file system
  • Getting started navigating the file system
  • The file system structure
  • Directories and files
  • Pathnames
  • Navigating the file system
  • Exercise: Logging on to the system
  • Exercise: Navigating the file system

Basic Commands

  • Command line syntax
  • Basic file handling commands
  • Basic Directory handling commands
  • Filename wildcard characters
  • Exercise: Manipulating files and directories

Introduction to the vi Editor

  • Overview of the vi editor
  • Basic functions
  • Switching to input mode
  • Other useful commands
  • Exercises: Using the vi editor

Searching and Replacing Text

  • Replacing text
  • Using the vi editor
  • Using sed for search and replace
  • Searching for text with grep
  • Linking files
  • Exercises: Searching and Replacing Text

Recalling and Editing Commands

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

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

Processes

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

More Basic Commands

  • The wc (word count) command
  • The find command
  • The cut command
  • The sort command
  • The finger command
  • Exercise: Using file handling commands

The User Environment

  • Customising the .bash_profile file
  • Customising the .bashrc file
  • Exercise: Setting up an environment

Linux Introduction

£ 1,100 + VAT