Training

UNIX Introduction (4 days)

This course has been designed for a person who requires a good working knowledge of the UNIX operating system and wants to utilise the benefits of its flexibility and multi-user capabilities.

Course Content
- UNIX in context: its role and origins
- Using UNIX: graphical and command line interfaces
- Managing files 1: structure, security and housekeeping
- Managing files 2: naming conventions, manipulation and navigation commands
- The Shell environment: use and personalisation
- Scripting: writing, use of variables
- The vi Editor: vi, sed and awk
- Accessing UNIX servers: remote server usage and file transfers
- Data control: searching, filtering, extracting and restructuring
- Basic administration: users, groups, housekeeping

Pre-requisites
Experience of using UNIX and familiarity with servers.

Benefits
UNIX is the operating system for many organisations and plays a part in most environments from small to medium enterprises to multi-national corporations and almost certainly on internet systems with which most of us engage. This course will equip the delegate with the skills to set up, interact with, and control UNIX systems so that they can take full advantage of the benefits it has to offer.