Introduction to Linux

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Course Length:

5 Days

Course Description:

This is the first in a series of courses focusing on the Linux Operating System. It is vendor neutral with an emphasis on the latest version of RedHat Linux. A comprehensive study of Linux is undertaken. Topics include Linux evolution, graphical environments, terminal interfaces and bash, file system, file manipulation commands, data manipulation commands, editors, software tools, networking tools, and system administration tools. The course is supplemented with many hands-on exercises that reinforce the lectures.

Who Should Attend:

This course is intended for programmers, end users, managers, and future system administrators.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Understand the relationship between UNIX and LINUX
• Log in and out of the system
• Use the various components of the GNOME desktop
• Perform work using terminal shell windows
• Navigate through the file system
• Get help using the on-line manual
• Use the rich set of LINUX file management utilities
• Edit files using the 'vi' editor
• Use network utilities including ftp and telnet
• Use the bash shell for a wide variety of functions
• Write fundamental bash scripts
• Kill processing through knowledge of the process tree
• Launch and control jobs
• Understand the role of the system administrator
• Use the robust set of software tools
• Use the Nautilus graphical shell
• Launch applications graphically

Prerequisites:

Students are required to have some familiarity with an operating system such as DOS or Windows.

Course Outline:

• Chapter 1: An Introduction
  1. Brief UNIX History
  2. Linux + GNU
  3. Commercialization of Linux
  4. UNIX/Linux Time Line
  5. GNU, FSF, and the GPL
  6. Linux Advantages
• Chapter 2: Getting Started
  1. Logging in to Linux
  2. Working in Linux
  3. The Gnome Display
  4. Terminal Windows
  5. Nautilus
  6. Gnome Applications
  7. Terminal Window Interface
  8. Shell Command Lines
  9. The man Command
  10. Linux Architecture
• Chapter 3: The Linux Filesystem
  1. Filesystems
  2. Top Level Directories
  3. Home Directories
  4. Directory Commands
  5. The /etc/passwd File
  6. The /etc/group File
  7. The newgrp command
  8. The su command
  9. File and Directory Permissions
  10. chmod
  11. umask
• Chapter 4: Shell Fundamentals
  1. Shell Functionality
  2. Shell Variables
  3. The PATH Variable
  4. The Command Line
  5. Command History
  6. Command Substitution
  7. Filename Expansion Characters
  8. The Standard Output
  9. The Standard Error
  10. The Standard Input
  11. Pipes
  12. Aliases
  13. Functions
  14. Quoting
  15. Control Sequences
  16. Other Shell Features
• Chapter 5: File Manipulation Commands
  1. cat
  2. ls
  3. cp
  4. mv
  5. ln
  6. rm
  7. wc
  8. find
  9. The vi Editor
  10. vi Commands
• Chapter 6: Linux Filters
  1. Perspective
  2. grep
  3. sort
  4. head and tail
  5. tr
  6. cut
  7. od
  8. paste
  9. split
  10. uniq
  11. xargs
  12. sed
  13. awk
  14. more and less
  15. tee
  16. lp
• Chapter 7: Processes
  1. What is a Process?
  2. Properties of a Process
  3. Process Creation
  4. ps
  5. Job Control
  6. Signals
  7. kill
  8. nohup
• Chapter 8: Shell Programming
  1. Shells
  2. Scripting Rationale
  3. Creating a bash Script
  4. bash Startup Files
  5. A Script’s Environment
  6. Exporting Variables
  7. Exit Status
  8. Programming the Shell
  9. Parameter Passing
  10. Operators
  11. if
  12. Arithmetic
  13. Looping Constructs
  14. Input and Output
  15. Interrupts
• Chapter 9: Networking Applications
  1. TCP/IP
  2. Client/Server Model
  3. Ports
  4. DNS
  5. NFS
  6. ping
  7. ftp
  8. telnet
  9. ssh
• Chapter 10: Software Tools
  1. C Language and UNIX
  2. Creating Programs in C
  3. Creating a Library
  4. Using the Library
  5. Static vs. Shared Libraries
  6. make
  7. Revision Control
  8. CVS
  9. Other Languages
• Chapter 11: System Administration
  1. Duties of the System Administrator
  2. Bringing Up the System
  3. Shutting Down the System
  4. Adding Users
  5. The /dev Directory
  6. The find Command
  7. Backing Up Files
  8. cpio
  9. tar
  10. Filesystem Commands - mount
  11. Filesystem Commands – df
  12. Filesystem Commands – du
  13. at and crontab
  14. Managing Software
• Chapter 12: Using the Graphical Environment
  1. The X Window System
  2. A Picture of Several X Clients
  3. XFree86™ and Xorg
  4. The GNOME Desktop Environment
  5. Window Managers
  6. Window Operations
  7. Nautilus – The Linux File Manager
  8. A Graphical Depiction of Nautilus
  9. Launching Applications through Nautilus
  10. Office Applications