This curriculum describes how to get started with UNIX, introducing the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) and the terminal window. It introduces files, directories, printing and operations frequently performed on these. It teaches how to manipulate input and output, as well as how to compress and uncompress files. It also introduces the UNIX shell environment, shell functionality, and text patterns. Additionally, this curriculum teaches end users a little about how UNIX works and handles resources. It shows how UNIX can be best used by advanced users in a UNIX-based enterprise. This course can even act as a starting primer for users interested in becoming administrators. This curriculum consists of 2 Skill Builder courses: Course 13630 UNIX Part 1: User Fundamentals Course 13631 UNIX Part 2: Advanced Topics for Users.
Course Overview
The UNIX Part 1: User Fundamentals course is the first in a series of 10 courses on the UNIX operating system. It describes how to get started with UNIX, introducing the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) and the terminal window. It introduces files, directories, and printing and operations frequently performed on these. It teaches how to manipulate input and output, as well as how to compress and uncompress files. It also introduces the UNIX shell environment, shell functionality, and text patterns.
Learn To:
- Identify the differences between working with windows and with shells.
- Identify the features of X-windows.
- 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.
Content Emphasis
Conceptual
Audience
End User, Application Developer, Technical Manager, System Analyst, System Administrator, Software Engineer, Database Administrator, Help Desk/Support.
Total Learning Time
6 - 8 Hour(s)
Course Contents
Unit 1: Introduction to UNIX
Duration: 1 - 2 Hour(s)
- 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
Duration: 1 - 2 Hour(s)
- 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
Duration: 2 Hour(s)
- 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
Duration: 2 Hour(s)
- 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.
Course Overview
The second course in the UNIX curriculum teaches end users a little about how UNIX works and handles resources. It shows how UNIX can be best used by advanced users in a UNIX-based enterprise. This course can even act as a starting primer for users interested in becoming administrators.
Learn To:
- Identify the hardware requirements for a UNIX system.
- Identify the features of job control.
- Identify the guidelines for managing disk space usage.
- Identify the benefits of networking.
- Identify the features of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
- Identify the requirements for remote access.
- Identify the features of Network Information Services (NIS).
- Identify the features of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
Content Emphasis
Skills-Based
Audience
The intended audience for this series of courses are End Users, Application Developers, Technical Managers, System Analysts, System Administrators, Software Engineers, Database Administrators, Help Desk/Support.
Total Learning Time
6 - 8 Hour(s)
Course Contents
Unit 1: Hardware and Processes
Duration: 1 - 2 Hour(s)
- Identify the hardware requirements for a UNIX system.
- Identify the memory requirements of a UNIX system.
- Identify the features of job control.
- Track multiple processes.
- Change the state of a running process.
- Schedule a script for later execution.
Unit 2: UNIX File Information
Duration: 1 - 2 Hour(s)
- Identify the characteristics of the main types of UNIX disks.
- Identify the methods of disk organization.
- Identify the characteristics of UNIX file systems.
- Identify the features of the home directory.
- Identify the features of file security.
- Identify the guidelines for managing disk space usage.
- Display available disk space.
- Create hard and symbolic links between files.
Unit 3: Networking Concepts and Commands
Duration: 2 Hour(s)
- Identify the benefits of networking.
- Identify the features of local area networks (LANs).
- Identify the features of wide area networks (WANs).
- Identify the features of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
- Identify the features of network file systems.
- Identify the requirements for remote access.
- Log in to a remote computer.
- Copy remote files.
- Transfer files by using File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
- Start a remote X-window.
- Identify the features of Network Information Services (NIS).
- Identify the features of hostname resolution.
- Identify the features of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
- Identify the features of UNIX e-mail services.
Unit 4: Data Backup
Duration: 2 Hour(s)
- Identify the features of the backup process.
- Identify the guidelines for backup scheduling.
- Identify the considerations involved in selecting backup media.
- Identify the method for backing up files to a magnetic tape by using the tar command.
- Create backup files.
- Verify a backup.
- Restore a backup.
