UNIX Tools and Shell Scripting

UNIX Tools and Shell Scripting course covers the following topics:Basic introduction to UNIX-like environment.Strengths and limitations of UNIX shell and tools.Bourne shell (sh), common commands, AWK language.Regular expressions and sed.Bash and its extensions to Bourne shell.POSIX standard and portability of the shell scripts.Common pitfalls, common practices and robustness of shell scripts.Other tools common in UNIX-like systems, e.g. netcat, socat and curl.This course is focused on programming and problem solving rather than system administration.  However, the skills acquired during the course will be practical for both the programmers, DevOps and system administrators. Course Information Start DateStart TimeDurationCostCourse CodeApply Monday 5 October 2015 18:30 - 20:30 10 weekly classes £460.00 CS2572 Course Cancelled Monday 11 January 2016 18:30 - 20:30 10 weekly classes £460.00 CS2572 Enrolment Closed Monday 25 April 2016 18:30 - 20:30 10 weekly classes £460.00 CS2572 Enrolment Closed Tutor Info Robert Stephenson is a visiting lecturer at London Metropolitan University. He has a Mathematics and Computing BSc (UNL) and Data Communications, Networks and Distributed Systems MSc (UCL). Eligibility Prerequisites: basic knowledge of programming and computing concepts.