Unix Essential Training

This course teaches Unix from the ground up, starting with the basics of the command line and the most important Unix commands.

Introduction

• Work with Unix from the command line

1. Introduction to Unix

• What is Unix?
• Ways to access Unix
• Logging in and using the command prompt
• Command structure
• Kernel and shells
• Unix text editors

2. Files and Directories

• File system basics
• Creating files
• Reading files
• Creating directories
• Moving and renaming files and directories
• Copying files and directories
• Deleting files and directories
• Creating symbolic links
• Searching for files and directories

3. Ownership and Permissions

• Users and groups
• File and directory ownerships
• File and directory permissions
• Setting permissions
• Root, sudo, and sudoers

4. Commands and Processes

• Command basics
• System information commands
• Monitoring processes
• Stopping processes
• Using the command history
• Command history shortcuts

5. Directing Input and Output

• Directing output to a file
• Directing input from a file
• Piping output to input
• Suppressing output

6. Configure Your Working Environment

• Profile, login, and resource files
• Setting command aliases
• Setting the PATH variable
• Customizing the command prompt

Conclusion

• Next steps