Intermediate Linux

Intermediate Linux Course Details:

This hands-on course teaches you the Linux commands and utilities used for everyday tasks. This includes file manipulation, program execution and control, and the effective use of the shell and desktop environments. You'll learn the concepts necessary to understand how Linux works and the system's most commonly used commands. Data manipulation utilities and shell syntax for synthesizing command pipelines are emphasized. We'll also introduce Bourne shell, Bash shell, and Korn shell programming techniques, so you will be able to read and modify existing shell scripts as well as create your own.

Dec 5 2024

December 5 - 6, 2024 | 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (EST)

Date: 12/05/2024 - 12/06/2024 (Thursday - Friday) | 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (EST)
Location: ONLINE (Virtual Classroom Live)
Delivery Format: VIRTUAL CLASSROOM LIVE Request Quote & Enroll

Review of the File System

File system organization
File types
File and directory naming rules and conventions
Commands for navigating the file system
Introduction to Inodes
Ownership, permissions, and dates
Manipulating files and links
Manipulating directories
Determining disk usage
Other file system utilities

Introduction to Shells: sh, bash, and ksh

Shell functions
I/O Redirection and pipes
Command separation and grouping
Background execution
Filename expansion
Shell variables
Command substitution
Quoting and escaping metacharacters
Bash shell features
Korn shell features
Command execution
Startup files
Customizing the user environment

Shell Programming

Shell script features and capabilities
- Creating and running a script
- Working with variables
Environment variables
Working with data types
- Formatting
- Base conversion
- Setting special attributes
Input/Output techniques
Conditional constructs
- if/then
- else/elif
Looping constructs
- for, while, until
Math operators

Advanced Shell Features

Manipulating strings
Writing and calling functions
Controlling process priorities
Interpreting command line arguments
Making scripts interactive
Special shell variables
Advanced I/O with streams
Improving performance of scripts

Text Manipulation Utilities

Editing a file from a script
Scripting with ed or sed
UNIX and Linux utilities to manipulate files
Regular expressions
grep and egrep
The stream editor sed
Sorting in scripts
Generating reports with awk
Splitting large files
Counting words, lines, and characters
Transforming file contents

File Processing Utilities

Examining and comparing files
Reporting differences between files
Comparing files of any format
Displaying data in octal and hex
Compressing data
Converting file formats
Extracting text strings

Multitasking and Batch Processing

Multitasking
Scheduled sxecution using cron
The at and batch commands

Regular Expressions

Regular expression overview
Regular expression implementations
Regular expressions
RE character classes
Regex quantifiers
RE parenthesis

*Please Note: Course Outline is subject to change without notice. Exact course outline will be provided at time of registration.

Join an engaging hands-on learning environment, where you’ll learn:

Review of the file system
Introduction to shells: sh, Bash, and ksh
Shell programming
Advanced shell features
Text manipulation utilities
File processing utilities
Multitasking and batch processing
Regular expressions

This course has a 50% hands-on labs to 50% lecture ratio with engaging instruction, demos, group discussions, labs, and project work.

Before attending this course, you should have experience with common UNIX/Linux user-level commands, such as moving, copying, and editing files. Experience with the vi editor is a plus.

This is an intermediate-level course for professionals with basic Linux experience.

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