Unix Introduction

This course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the UNIX Operating System. The most commonly used commands and utilities are described in detail as are the command line wildcard and redirection facilities. The mechanisms by which a user acquires a login environment are discussed and the main features of the Korn/Posix/Bash Shells are introduced. The delegates will practise: Creating, copying, renaming, moving and deleting files and directories Using the shell's redirection and pipe facilities Editing text files using the vi editor Setting and changing access permissions on files Monitoring and controlling their own processes Using the basic file and text searching utilities Customising their own login environment