UNIX Part 1: User Fundamentals

Audience

End User Application Developer Technical Manager System Analyst System Administrator Software Engineer Database Administrator Help Desk/Support.

Objective

• Identify the differences between working with windows and with shells.
• Identify the features of Xwindows.
• Identify the components of the Common Desktop Environment (CDE).
• Identify the command options used to change directories.
• Identify print commands for printing options in System V.
• Identify the functions of filters and pipes.
• Identify ways of manipulating shell variables.
• Identify the methods for condensing command names by using Wildcards and metacharacters.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Introduction to UNIX

• Identify the milestones in the development of UNIX.
• Identify the standards relating to UNIX.
• Identify the differences between working with windows and with shells.
• Identify the features of X-windows.
• Identify the differences between X-windows managers.
• Identify the components of the Common Desktop Environment (CDE).
• Log in and out of a UNIX system.
• Launch a basic application by using the CDE.
• Get help in the CDE.
• Identify the features of Mailer.
• Open a terminal from the CDE.
• Display information about UNIX users.
• Access a man page from the terminal window.

Unit 2: Files Directories and Printing

• Identify the components of the UNIX file tree.
• Identify the main file types.
• Identify the command options used to change directories.
• Identify the command options for listing directory contents.
• Create directories.
• Create files from the command line.
• Edit a simple file by using the vi editor.
• Identify commands that locate files from the command line.
• Copy a file from one directory to another.
• Remove a file from a directory.
• Identify the characteristics of users and groups.
• Control access to certain files in a UNIX system.
• Print a document from a Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) system.
• Identify print commands for printing options in System V.

Unit 3: Input Output and Compression

• Identify the characteristics of standard input output and error.
• Identify the functions of filters and pipes.
• Pipe a command.
• Compress a file by using the compress and gzip commands.
• Access a compressed file by using the uncompress and gunzip commands.

Unit 4: UNIX Shell Environment

• Identify the variables of common shells.
• Identify ways of manipulating shell variables.
• Identify the features of shell startup sequences.
• Identify the ways in which you can edit the .profile login script.
• Create an alias.
• Identify ways of manipulating the command history.
• Identify the methods for condensing command names by using Wildcards and metacharacters.
• Search a string pattern by using the grep commands.
• Identify the functions of basic regular expressions.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

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