Linux Introduction
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Bring greater efficiency to your IT infrastructure by learning to employ the standardized and finely tuned processes of the Linux operating system in your enterprise environment. In this training course, you gain the foundational knowledge and skills to administer and support your Linux OS, and learn to control permissions, process data, and perform administrative tasks.
You Will Learn How To
- Administer and support Linux in your environment
- Manage and automate GNU open-source tools
- Create, edit, and search files and directories
- Connect to network services
- Run shell scripts for automation
Important Course Information
Requirements:
- Basic computer knowledge and familiarity operating a computer system
Software:
- This course uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Concepts taught are applicable to all Linux distributions
Course Outline
- Introducing Linux
- The UNIX heritage
- Linux inception
- Linux kernel and GNU tools
- Accessing the System
The GNOME desktop
- Applying system settings
- Customizing favorites
- Personalizing the terminal window
Starting at the command line
- Switching to console logins
- Performing an SSH login
- Structuring commands
- Managing Files and Directories
Naming files and directories
- Contrasting full and relative pathnames
- Unraveling the file system hierarchy
- Handling files cp and mv
Organizing files under directories
- Making and navigating directories
- Listing attributes with ls
Working with Linux files
- Accelerating command line usage with Bash wildcards
- Scrolling through files with GNU less
- Comparing files with diff
- Controlling Access to Linux Resources
Defining access rights to files
- Identifying multiple users and groups
- Adjusting access permissions: chmod
Collaborating via group membership
- Joining secondary groups
- Inheriting and changing group ownership
Adopting multiple roles
- Switching identity
- Changing passwords
- Raising privilege with su, sudo and setuid
Searching the system
- Locating files with find
- Finding pathnames with locate
Manipulating streams
- Matching lines with GNU grep
- Selecting lines and fields: head, tail, gawk and cut
- Redirection and pipelines
Editing files and streams
- Automating stream edits with sed
- Creating and modifying files: vim, gedit
- Leveraging Bash Shell Features
Customizing Bash behavior
- Setting options: noclobber and ignoreeof
- Assigning to built-in shell variables
Initializing context
- Exporting variables to the environment
- Extending login and start-up scripts
Enhancing interactivity
- Retrieving and reusing previous commands
- Exploiting file name completion shortcuts
- Automating Tasks with Shell Scripts
Invoking shell scripts
- Taking bash input from a file
- Running scripts using source
Testing and controlling execution
- Checking exit status with if
- Verifying file attributes with conditionals
- Executing Jobs and Processes
Monitoring processes with ps and top
- Launching multiple jobs
- Signaling with kill
Archiving and retrieving data
- Compressing with bzip and gzip
- Creating tar archives
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Tuition
Standard
Government
In Classroom or
Online
Standard
$2990
Government
$2659
Private Team Training
Course Tuition Includes:
Training Hours
Standard Course Hours: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
*Informal discussion with instructor about your projects or areas of special interest: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
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