Course Description

The UNIX Utilities and Commands course is an entry-level, lecture/lab course designed to provide training for users who require the fundamental skills needed to become productive using a UNIX type operating system, including UNIX, UNIX System V, or BSD.

The concepts presented in this course are suitable for users of any UNIX environment, and prepare the students to use the Korn shell on any UNIX based operating system. The examples, exercises, and solutions are based on UNIX V5. The length of the course is five days.

This course includes functionality of the UNIX V5 operating system, which may be running on a variety of machines.

Who Should Attend?

The course is designed for customers with no, or limited, experience in a UNIX environment, who must become familiar with the available utilities and commands. The course is suitable for new users of UNIX systems.

What Will You Learn?

• Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
• Log in and Out
• Invoke Desktop Applications
• Set Up your Workspace
• Manage Files and Directories
• Use Shell Commands
• Use an Editor on the System
• Use redirection, Filters, Piping and awk
• Manage Software Processes
• Communicate with Other Users
• Transfer Files and Execute Commands across TCP/IP Networks
• Print Files and Manage Print Jobs
• Write Files To and Extract Files From Tapes
• Write Introductory Level KornShell Scripts

Prerequisites

No prerequisites for this course are necessary.

Course Outline

Getting Started with UNIX

• Introducing the UNIX Operating System
• Describing User Interface
• Logging in and Logging out of the System
• Passwords
• UsingTru64 UNIX Documentation

Using CDE

• Using the Front Panel
• getting Help
• Using Text Editor
• Using Calendar
• Using terminal
• Running Applications

Customizing Your Workspace

• Customizing the Workspace (CDE)
• Using the Style Manager (CDE)
• Terminal Setup (CLI)

Introducing File System Concepts

• Identifying Files and Data Types
• Naming Files and Directories
• Describing the UNIX Directory Structure
• Controlling File Access

Managing Files with CDE

• Using File Manager
• Locating Files
• Customizing File Manager Views
• Creating Files and Folders
• deleting Files and Folders
• Copying Files and Folders
• Copying and Moving Files and Folders
• Renaming Files and Folders
• Changing Ownership and Permissions
• Linking Files and Folders

Managing Files with CLI

• Changing Directory
• Listing Files
• Finding Files
• Viewing Files
• Creating Files
• Creating Directories
• Changing permissions
• Moving and Renaming Files
• Copying Files
• Removing Files and Directories
• Linking Files

Introducing UNIX Shells

• Shell introduction
• Wildcard operators
• KornShell Environment
• KornShell Startup Files

Using the vi Editor

• Introduction to the UNIX editors
• Editing with vi
• Moving the Cursor
• Finding, Inserting and Changing Text
• Copying, Moving and Saving Text

Redirecting, Filtering, and Piping

• Redirecting input and output
• Filters
• Sorting
• Searching
• Pipelines
• The awk utility

Controlling Processes

• The process Concept
• Obtaining Process Status
• Controlling and Managing Jobs
• Scheduling Jobs to Run at Appropriate Times

Communicating With Other Users

• Using Mailer (CDE)
• Obtaining user information (CLI)
• Introduction to mail (CLI)
• Customizing mail (CLI)
• Using mail (CLI)

Using TCP/IP Networks

• Accessing remote systems
• Invoking Remote Motif applications

Printing Using CDE

• Setting Your Default Printer
• Submitting Print Requests
• Controlling Print Queues

Printing Using CLI

• Setting your Default Printer
• Printing Files
• Managing Print Requests
• Deleting Print Requests

Using Tapes and Disks

• Identifying devices
• Using tar (tape archive) utility
• Using disks

Recalling and Editing Shell Commands

• Shell command history
• Shell command line editing
• Editing shell commands in a temporary buffer

Introduction to Shell Scripts

• Simple KornShell scripts
• Using variables in KornShell scripts
• Flow control and Loops