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LinkedIn Learning

Unix Essential Training

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

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This course teaches Unix from the ground up, starting with the basics of the command line and the most important Unix commands.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Work with Unix from the command line
1. Introduction to Unix
  • What is Unix?
  • Ways to access Unix
  • Logging in and using the command prompt
  • Command structure
  • Kernel and shells
  • Unix text editors
2. Files and Directories
  • File system basics
  • Creating files
  • Reading files
  • Creating directories
  • Moving and renaming files and directories
  • Copying files and directories
  • Deleting files and directories
  • Creating symbolic links
  • Searching for files and directories
3. Ownership and Permissions
  • Users and groups
  • File and directory ownerships
  • File and directory permissions
  • Setting permissions
  • Root, sudo, and sudoers
4. Commands and Processes
  • Command basics
  • System information commands
  • Monitoring processes
  • Stopping processes
  • Using the command history
  • Command history shortcuts
5. Directing Input and Output
  • Directing output to a file
  • Directing input from a file
  • Piping output to input
  • Suppressing output
6. Configure Your Working Environment
  • Profile, login, and resource files
  • Setting command aliases
  • Setting the PATH variable
  • Customizing the command prompt
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Kevin Skoglund

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