Intermediate Linux (TTLX2104)

2 Days

12 CPD hours

This skills-focused course combines expert instructor-led discussions with practical hands-on labs that emphasize useful, current techniques, best practices and standards. Working in this hands-on lab environment, guided by our expert practitioner, you'll learn about and explore:
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

Intermediate Linux: Shell, Bash, Text Manipulation, Multitasking & More is a two-day course designed to provide you with hands on experience using standard Linux commands and utilities used for day-to-day tasks including file manipulation, program execution and control, and effective use of the shell and desktop environments. Throughout the course you?ll explore key concepts to Linux core functionality, while learning the system's most commonly used commands. You?ll also learn the Bourne shell, Bash shell and Korn shell programming techniques you?ll need to read and modify existing shell scripts, and create your own. Data manipulation utilities and shell syntax for synthesizing command pipelines are also emphasized throughout the course.

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 Execution Using cron
• The at and batch Commands

Regular Expressions

• Regular Expression Overview
• Regular Expression Implementations
• Regular Expressions
• RE Character Classes
• Regex Quantifiers RE Parenthesis

Additional course details:

Nexus Humans Intermediate Linux (TTLX2104) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward.