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Using the Shell in Linux


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
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Overview/Description
To enable the student to use and manage the shell environment

Target Audience
Students wishing to acquire the basic skills required as a Linux system administrator

Prerequisites
General knowledge of computers and computer operating systems; Unix knowledge ideal (because it is similar to Linux)

Expected Duration (hours)
4.8

Lesson Objectives

Using the Shell in Linux

  • explain why using the shell is preferable to using a GUI.
  • distinguish different command types and issue commands at the command prompt.
  • issue some basic file manipulation commands at the command prompt.
  • describe the special characters that can be used on the command line.
  • manage the shell environment.
  • set the PATH environment variable in a secure way.
  • use the history facility and edit previously entered commands.
  • edit the command history.
  • use some of the advanced facilities of the command line.
  • redirect a command's output to another command or to a file.
  • use redirection commands in order to redirect output and input.
  • describe what a process in Linux involves.
  • run processes, monitor their behavior, and terminate them.
  • monitor the system and modify and terminate processes.
  • view and change the priority of processes, using the top, nice, and renice commands.
  • build regular expressions.
  • search files using the grep command family.
  • search files using regular expressions and grep.
  • search through files and make simple changes using the sed tool.
  • describe the text utilities available in Linux.
  • outline the text utilities available for manipulating and modifying text files.
  • process the text within files using common utilities.

    • Course Number:
    31719_eng