Training materials

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• Slides: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil)
• Command memento: English, German, French, Italian
• Vi memento: English, French
• Labs: English, French

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Description

Overview

Unix Operating systems have been used for 35 years in research and industrial centers, telecommunications, Internet servers, etc.
Since the beginning, these systems include a rich set of utilities available from the command line. These commands give to Unix all its flexibility and power, and safegard the security of the system.
GNU / Linux is an implementation of Unix. Since its creation in 1991, it grows faster than any other operating system.

Duration

1 day. 1/2 of theory et 1/2 of labs

Language

English or French

Audience

Any beginner using or needing to use a workstation or server running Unix or GNU / Linux.

Benefits

Increased efficiency thanks to a better knowledge of the capabilities of the system.

Course objectives

Make the audience familiar with the basic commands of the system, and show them how to learn more according to their needs. Caution: this course doesn't cover desktop tools (e-mail, web browsing, word processing).

Prerequisites

None

Needed equipment

Video projector, 1 PC computer on each desk (1 or 2 people). No operating system requirement.

Materials

Print and electronic copy of presentations and labs. Electronic copy of lab files. GNU / Linux cdrom.

Contents

Basic commands

Command line interpreters
Unix filesystem structure
Handling files and directories
Displaying files
Symbolic links
Text editors
Controlling file access rights

Task control

Unix: multitask since the beginning
Executing in background, suspending and resuming
List of active tasks
Aborting 1 or several tasks
The PATH environment variable
Standard input and output, using pipes and redirections
Example: the grep command

Misc

Compression and archiving
Printing files
Comparing files
Quick overview of a few desktop applications (e-mail, web browsing, word processor)

System administration basics

Misc: file ownership, shutting down...
Setting up networking
Filesystems: creating and mounting

Going further

Accessing manual pages, searching the Internet for resources