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Shell Corporate Workshop and Training Course is targeted at those new to the Linux (or Unix) operating system

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What is Shell Training about?

This training is targeted at those new to the Linux (or Unix) operating system (biased towards programmers). It will bring them up to speed quickly on usage of all basic file / utility CLI (command line interface) commands and the system's well deserved reputation of power tools.

What are the objectives of Shell Training ?

At the end of Shell training course participants will be able to:

  • Understand the design philosophy of the LINUX Operating System.
  • Have User- level knowledge of the LINUX Operating System (grep, pipes, the shell, awk, etc.).
  • Use well the utilities, tools & shell provided by the LINUX OS, understanding how they can be made to work in tandem.

What are the prerequisites for Shell Training?

Must Have

  • User- level knowledge of any operating system (Windows, DOS, LINUX)
  • Programming skills in any language (a working knowledge of a scripting language and/or the 'C' programming would be an advantage). Good To Have
  • Application development experience on any OS.

Available Training Modes

Live Online Training

18 Hours

Classroom Training

3 Days

Course Outline Expand All

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  • Linux system architecture
  • The various layers - the kernel, the shell, applications; philosophy of the LINUX OS.
  • The Birth of Linux: Linus Torvalds' historic post.
  • Linux - A Descriptive note.
  • The GNU project and the GNU GPL license
  • The Linux GUI environment
  • The KDE and GNOME desktops
  • What is the GNU Tool Chain.
  • Directory and File Access
  • Pathnames
  • cd command
  • Listing files with ls
  • Finding files with the find comma nd
  • Viewing files- cat, more, head, tail
  • Creating files
  • Creating directories
  • File Permissions
  • Renaming files
  • Copying Files
  • Removing files & directories
  • Linking Files
  • Concept
  • Directory Files & Inodes
  • Hard Links
  • Symbolic Links
  • Introduction
  • Redirecting Input & Output
  • Using the >,>>, -
  • Filters
  • Using wc
  • Using sort
  • Using the grep command
  • Regular expressions
  • Finding patterns
  • Pipelines
  • Introduction
  • Program Structure
  • Using awk
  • Expressions & Variables
  • Comparison Operators
  • Logical Operations with awk
  • More examples
  • Process Environment
  • Creating a Process
  • Grouping shell commands
  • Background Processing
  • Job Control
  • Suspending a job
  • jobs command
  • Placing a job in the foreground
  • Placing a job in the background
  • The kill command
  • Using the ps command
  • Setting priority with the nice command
  • Making a process sleep
  • Making a process wait
  • Conditional execution based on exit status
  • The cron daemon
  • Using crontab
  • Introduction
  • Creating shell scripts
  • Executing Korn shell commands
  • The shell environment
  • Shell variables
  • Global variables - the export command
  • Flow Control
  • Conditional statements
  • The while loop
  • The until loop
  • The for loop
  • Relational Operators
  • Quoting on the shell
  • Shell conditional operators (-a, -e, -f,)
  • Signal Trapping on the shell
  • Boolean Operators
  • Using the for loop effectively
  • Examples
  • HERE Documents
  • More *real- world* shell scripts
  • Code walk- throughs
  • Debugging shell scripts
  • What is /proc?
  • A Map of /proc
  • Individual Process Information
  • Hardware Information
  • Memory Information (meminfo) - sysctln -
  • Building and installing typical GNU/Linux applications
  • Common RPM options

Who is the instructor for this training?

The trainer for this Shell Training has extensive experience in this domain, including years of experience training & mentoring professionals.

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