Unix Introduction Level 1

Students will learn the basic skills necessary to understand the structure of the UNIX operating system and to use the available utilities and commands to manage their personal file structures in the UNIX C Shell.

Lesson 1: Overview of the UNIX operating system

• UNIX features and benefits
• UNIX history and evolution
• UNIX standardization
• The structure of UNIX

Lesson 2: Establishing communication

• Starting the UNIX session
• Using basic UNIX commands
• Understanding the UNIX command syntax
• Using the UNIX "help" facility: the manual pages

Lesson 3: Multiuser Communications

• UNIX Mail
• The interactive "talk" program

Lesson 4: Introduction to the filing system

• Examining UNIX files and directories
• Moving through the file system
• Using full and partial paths
• Understanding current and parent directories

Lesson 5: File management

• Creating directories
• Copying files and directories
• Moving and renaming files and directories
• Removing files and directories
• Using shell metacharacters

Lesson 6: UNIX permissions

• Understanding permissions
• File permissions
• Directory permissions

Lesson 7: Redirection, filters, and pipes

• Exploring standard input, standard output, and standard error
• Using filters
• Using pipes

Lesson 8: Using the vi editor

• Creating a vi file
• Editing a vi file
• Working with database files
• Advanced vi techniques

Lesson 9: Introduction to shell scripts

• Creating a shell script
• Examining a database with a shell script

• Bethlehem, PA - June 26, 2012