Linux Introduction

Course

In London-City and Birmingham

£ 995 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Course

This Linux Operating System training 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. Who will the Course Benefit? Anyone who needs to understand and use the LINUX Operating System. Learning Objectives The delegates will practise: Creating, copying, renaming, moving and deleting files and directoriesUsing the shell's redirection and pipe facilitiesEditing text files using the vi editorSetting and changing access permissions on filesMonitoring and controlling their own processesUsing the basic file and text searching utilitiesCustomising their own login environment To provide the skills needed to work productively in the LINUX environment.

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Location

Start date

Birmingham ((select))
B3 2HJ

Start date

On request
London-City ((select))
EC3V 9LJ

Start date

On request

About this course

There are no formal pre-requisites for this Linux Introduction training course, although an understanding of and exposure to information technology and an understanding of operating systems are required.

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Subjects

  • Operating System
  • Linux
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Course programme

Course Contents - DAY 1Course Introduction

  • Administration and Course Materials
  • Course Structure and Agenda
  • Delegate and Trainer Introductions
Session 1: 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
Session 2: BASIC COMMANDS
  • Command line syntax
  • Basic file handling commands
  • Basic Directory handling commands
  • Filename wildcard characters
  • Exercise: Manipulating files and directories
Session 3: REDIRECTION AND PIPES
  • Input redirection
  • Output redirection
  • Pipes
  • Exercise: Using redirection and pipe facilities
Course Contents - DAY 2Session 4: INTRODUCTION TO THE vi EDITOR
  • Overview of the vi editor
  • Basic functions
  • Switching to input mode
  • Other useful commands
  • Exercises: Using the vi editor
Session 5: SEARCHING AND REPLACING TEXT
  • Replacing text
  • Using the vi editor
  • Using sed for search and replace
  • Searching for text with grep
  • Exercises: Searching and Replacing Text
Session 6: RECALLING AND EDITING COMMANDS
  • Overview
  • The bash shell
  • The korn shell
  • Exercises: Recall and Edit Commands
Session 7: 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
Course Contents - DAY 3Session 8: PROCESSES
  • What is a process?
  • Monitoring processes
  • Killing processes
  • Background processes
  • Job Control
  • Grouping commands
  • Exercise: Monitoring and controlling processes
Session 9: THE USER ENVIRONMENT
  • Customising the .bash_profile file
  • Customising the .bashrc file
  • Exercise: Setting up an environment
Session 10: MORE BASIC COMMANDS
  • The find command
  • The cut command
  • The sort command
  • The finger command
  • Exercise: Using file handling commands

Linux Introduction

£ 995 + VAT