Unix: Introduction

Audience

Personnel who require a good working knowledge of the UNIX Operating System and the vi editor.

Skills Gained

On completion of the course the delegate will have a good practical knowledge of the UNIX Operating System, the command structures and the editor facilities.

Prerequisites

An understanding of IT is required.

Course Outline

• History of UNIX
• File System Structure
• The Structure and use of Pathnames
• File Naming Conventions
• Logging in and outof the System
• Command Syntax
• Command Execution
• File Manipulation Commands
• The vi Editor
• Security
• User to User Communication Facilities
• Commands for Searching and Sorting
• Filter and Pipe Utilities
• Multi-tasking
• The Shell Environment
• Shell Variables
• Customisation of the Environment

Follow On Courses

• UNIX Shell Programming
• SQL
• TCP/IP Networking