Course Length:

5 Days

Course Description:

This is the first course in a series of courses in the SuSE Linux Curriculum. This course places emphasis on Linux developers. Topics include: Linux principles, a detailed view of the file system, the vi editor, fundamental Linux commands including awk, sed, and grep, a detailed view of the bash shell including its function as a programming language, other programming languages such as C, and Perl, software tools such as make and rcs, and related system administration topics. The course is supplemented with many hands-on exercises that reinforce the lectures.</dd>

Who Should Attend:

This course is intended for current Unix and Linux developers and those who wish to gain similar knowledge.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Log in and out of the system.
• Navigate through file system.
• Manipulate files using the rich set of Linux utilities.
• Create and modify files using the 'vi' editor.
• Use the Linux shell for a wide variety of functions.
• Launch and control jobs.
• Use the rich set of software tools provided by Linux.
• Write non-trivial Perl scripts.
• Use the Linux command set to solve standard problems.
• Write non-trivial shell scripts.
• Understand simple C programs.
• Understand the role of the system administrator.

Prerequisites:

Students are required to have some development experience.

Course Outline:

• Chapter 1: An Introduction
  1. Brief UNIX History
  2. Linux + GNU
  3. Commercialization of Linux
  4. UNIX/Linux Timeline
  5. GNU, FSF, and the GPL
  6. Linux Advantages
• Chapter 2: Getting Started
  1. Logging in to Linux
  2. Working in Linux
  3. The KDE Display
  4. Terminal Windows
  5. Konqueror
  6. KDE Applications
  7. Terminal Window Interface
  8. Shell Command Lines
  9. The man Command
  10. Linux Architecture
• Chapter 3: Directories
  1. Filesystems
  2. Top Level Directories
  3. Home Directories
  4. Directory Commands
  5. The /etc/passwd File
  6. The /etc/group File
  7. The newgrp command
  8. The su Command
  9. File and Directory Permissions
  10. chmod
  11. umask
• Chapter 4: Shell Fundamentals
  1. Shell Functionality
  2. Shell Variables
  3. The PATH Variable
  4. The Command Line
  5. Command History
  6. Command Substitution
  7. Filename Expansion Characters
  8. The Standard Output
  9. The Standard Error
  10. The Standard Input
  11. Pipes
  12. Aliases
  13. Functions
  14. Quoting
  15. Control Sequences
  16. Other Shell Features
• Chapter 5: File Manipulation Commands
  1. cat
  2. ls
  3. cp
  4. mv
  5. ln
  6. rm
  7. wc
  8. find
  9. The cmp command
  10. Exit Values
  11. The vi Editor
  12. vi Commands
• Chapter 6: Linux Filters
  1. Perspective
  2. grep
  3. sort
  4. head and tail
  5. tr
  6. cut
  7. od
  8. paste
  9. split
  10. uniq
  11. xargs
  12. sed
  13. awk
  14. more and less
  15. tee
  16. lp
• Chapter 7: Processes
  1. What is a Process?
  2. Properties of a Process
  3. Process Creation
  4. ps
  5. Job Control
  6. Signals
  7. kill
  8. nohup
• Chapter 8: Shell Programming
  1. Introduction
  2. Shell as a Programming Language
  3. An Example Shell Script
  4. Passing Arguments to Shell Scripts
  5. Relational Operators
  6. Making Decisions
  7. Logical Operators
  8. File Operators
  9. Looping Constructs
  10. Arithmetic Calculations
  11. The test Command
  12. Altering Loop Control
• Chapter 9: Networking Applications
  1. TCP/IP
  2. Client/Server Model
  3. Ports
  4. DNS
  5. NFS
  6. ping
  7. ftp
  8. telnet
  9. ssh
• Chapter 10: Software Tools
  1. C Language and SuSE
  2. Simple C Programs
  3. Making Libraries
  4. Shared Libraries
  5. Compression Utilities
  6. The file Command
  7. make
  8. Revision Control
  9. CVS
  10. Other Languages
• Chapter 11: System Administration
  1. Duties of the System Administrator
  2. Bringing Up the System
  3. Shutting Down the System
  4. Adding Users
  5. The /dev Directory
  6. The find Command
  7. Backing Up Files
  8. cpio
  9. tar
  10. Filesystem Commands - mount
  11. Filesystem Commands – df
  12. Filesystem Commands – du
  13. at and crontab
  14. Managing Software
• Chapter 12: A Tutorial Introduction to Perl
  1. What is Perl?
  2. The First Perl Program
  3. Perl Variables
  4. IO in Perl
  5. Control Flow Constructs
  6. Control Flow Constructs - if
  7. Control Flow Constructs - loops
  8. Statement Modifiers
  9. Altering Loop Control Flow - last
  10. Altering Loop Control Flow – redo
  11. Array Principles
  12. Array Functions
  13. Arrays and STDIN
  14. Associative Arrays
  15. The Special Built In Variable $_
  16. Regular Expressions
  17. Writing Your Own Functions