UNIX User Introduction

This 2-day course covers the competencies and skills identified as key to intending UNIX users. The course aims are to give participants sufficient skills to allow them to run applications in a UNIX environment and the associated procedures this requires, such as organizing, copying, moving and deleting files. Providing hands-on experience, on completion of the course the participants will be able to: understand the concepts underlying UNIX and the benefits offered; be able to log on and off the system and run their chosen applications; be able to manage their files; and be able to use a variety of commands, tools and utilities.

Target audience

Recent, new or intending UNIX environment users. Familiarity with basic computing concepts is desirable. Knowledge of another operating system would be an advantage but not essential.

Course content

Introduction The History & Features of UNIX

The Structure of UNIX The UNIX System . The Shell . Users . The UNIX File System

Accessing the System Logging On . The Login Process . Exiting from the System

The UNIX Command Line Command Line Syntax . Multi-Processing . passwd . man - online manual

Directory and File Commands pwd - print working directory . cd - change directory . ls - list . Wild Cards - File Name Generation . mkdir - make directory . mvdir - move directory . rmdir - remove directory . cp - copy . In - Link . mv - move . rm - remove . chmod - change mode of access . unmask - user mask . chown - change owner . chgrp - change group . File Manipulation . wc - word count . grep - global regular expression printer . sort . cut . find

The vi Editor Starting vi . Exiting vi . Modes of Operation . Command Mode . The Screen Commands . Searching

vi Edit Mode Text Insertion . Text Deletion . Text Modification . Text Movement . Named Buffers . Special Commands

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