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  Linux - The Essentials

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Course Duration

3 days

Course Overview

The Linux^® Essentials course is for technical staff and users (support personnel, application developers, system integrators and power users) who require the basic skills necessary to interface effectively with LINUX

Who should attend

Attendees should be technical staff who are familiar with the Windows^® user interface. No experience with LINUX is required.

Course Objectives

This course will provide delegates with the knowledge and skills necessary to use the Linux system effectively. It introduces the GNOME and KDE desktops and the command-line commands to support file and directory management, processes and the shell. It is highly practical and covers the latest versions of Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake and Debian, but most of this material can be applied to any other distribution of Linux. On completion of this course delegates will be able to:

- Describe the various interfaces to Linux
- Benefit from the GNOME and KDE desktop environments
- Work with the command line and use basic Linux commands
- Manipulate files and directories
- Print files
- Maintain file security
- Manage processes
- Benefit from the functionality of the BASH shell
- Edit text with vi
- Print files
- Configure and use a Local Area Network
- Surf the web and utilise mail services

Course Topics

   Linux Overview

Linux OverviewWhat is Linux?
Components of the Operating System
Windowing Systems (KDE, Gnome)

   Accessing Linux

Logging In and Out
Commands in the UNIX System
Special Key Sequences
On-line Documentation

   Linux Filesystems

The Filesystem
Moving Around Directories
Creating Directories
Metachars
User Security
Passwords
Users and Groups
File Permissions

   File Manipulation

Displaying the Contents of a File
Copying Files
Moving and Renaming Files
Removing Files
Linking Files
Comparing Files

   Editing with vi and vim

   Communications

Who's logged on
Sending and Receiving Email

   Introduction to the Bash Shell

Environment Variables
Using Quotes
Command Substitution
Bash Shell History

   Redirects, Pipes and Filters

Redirection
Pipes
Filters

   Searching

The grep command
The find command

   Processes

Understanding the Process
The Process Tree
Background Processes
Examining Processes
Killing Processes

   Printing

Printing files
Print Queue Status
Miscellaneous Commands
Clearing the screen
Displaying the date
Calendars
The stty command

   Regular Expressions

Metachars
Using Regular Expressions

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