UNIX Shell Programming Part 2: C Shell

Audience

The intended audience for this course are programmers working in a UNIX environment. Students should have taken the first course in this series (13891).

Objective

• Identify features of the C shell.
• Match shell types with their main features.
• Set access permissions on a file.
• Identify the syntax of the test command.
• Identify the functions of the if/else condition.
• Identify the features of the switch command.

Topics Include

Unit 1: C Shell Introduction

• Identify features of the C shell.
• Match shell types with their main features.
• Set access permissions on a file.
• Sequence the steps for scheduling processes by using crontab.
• Schedule a process by using the at command.
• Identify features of the grep command.
• Identify features of the sed command.
• Identify options available with the sed command.
• Identify features of sed scripts.
• Identify features of the C shell user environment.
• Identify features of the command line.
• Identify the features of command line history.
• Identify features of aliases.
• Identify features of metacharacters.
• Identify functions of basic regular expressions.
• Identify the methods to search files and commands using regular expressions.
• Identify the functions of quotes and special characters.
• Identify features of variables.
• Identify functions of special variables.
• Identify the features of command substitution.
• Create an interactive script.
• Identify features of standard input output and error.
• Identify features of pipes and filters.
• Identify the procedure used to redirect commands through a pipe.
• Identify the commands for controlling jobs.

Unit 2: C Shell Programming

• Identify the functions of the if/else condition.
• Identify the syntax of the test command.
• Identify the features of the switch command.
• Identify the syntax of repetition commands.
• Identify the commands to control loop constructs.
• Identify features of basic arithmetic.
• Identify the characteristics of command line arguments.
• Identify features of the onintr command.
• Identify options in the C shell for debugging scripts.
• Identify methods to customize and store scripts.

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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