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Oracle Linux: Linux Fundamentals NEW

Duration: 4 Days What you will learn Designed to provide the essential skills needed to be proficient at the Unix or Linux command line. This challenging course focuses on the fundamental concepts and tools which make Linux so powerful. Students in this course commonly span a variety of skill levels, from beginners desiring a solid foundation in Linux to experienced users seeking to fill in gaps in their knowledge. The curriculum is designed to provide hands-on experience. Subjects focused on during this class include the Linux filesystem and how to manipulate it; Optimal Flexible Architecture, the basic Linux notions of pipes, redirection, regular expressions, and other tools for performing complex tasks; the management of processes and jobs; vi, the standard Unix editor; and the ability to construct shell scripts to automate routine or difficult operations. Learn to: Identify Multi-User Concepts Perform Archiving and Compression Create Shell Scripts Identify - The Linux Filesystem Perform Text Processing Identify Command Shells

Audience System Administrator Technical Administrator

Course Objectives Identifying and Changing the Shell Identify the Linux Filesystem Understand how to manipulate files Identify the Linux Kernel and Linux Features Identify the streaming editor and perform text processing Identify the role of command shell Use regular expressions with grep to search for character patterns Use archiving and compression commands Use text editors like pico,nano,vim,emacs Identify Multi-User concepts Identify process management and job control identify how to perform command line messaging Use RPM to query the system and for information about locally installed packages and package files Identify the standard print commands Mounting filesystems & managing removable media Identify the X Window system

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Course Topics What is Linux? UNIX Origins, Design Principles and Timeline FSF, GNU, and GPL - General Public License The Linux Kernel and Linux Features Popular uses of Linux What is a Distribution? Components of Distributions Oracle Enterprise Linux Unbreakable Linux Network Multi-User Concepts Multi-User Concepts got root? Logging In Switching User Contexts Gathering Login Session Info Gathering System Info Getting Help Character Encodings The X WINDOW System Starting X Display Manager concepts Customizing X sessions Window Manager concepts KDE GNOME The LINUX FILESYSTEM Unix/Linux Filesystem Features Filesystem Hierarchy Standard Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA) Navigating the Filesystem Two Types of Disk Space File and Directory permissions SUID and SGID on files SGID and Sticky Bit on Directories Manipulating Files Directory manipulation File manipulation Linux vs Windoes Text Files Physical Unix file structure Filesystem links File extensions and content Displaying Binary files GNOME Serach Tool Archiving and Compression Archives with tar

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Archives with cpio The gzip Compression Utility The bzip2 Compression Utility The PKZIP Archiving/Compression format GNOME File Roller SHELL Basics Role of Command Shell Communication Channels Piping commands together File Globbing and Wildcard Patterns Brace Expansion Shell and Environment variables Nesting Commands Multiple and Multi-line commands Command Shells Identifying the Shell sh: Configuration Files sh: Script Execution bash: Bourne Again Shell bash: Configuration Files bash: Command Editing bash: Command Completion bash: prompt Shell Scripting for DBAs Shell Script Strengths and Weaknesses Positional Parameters Input and Output Doing Math Conditional statements Flow Control: case Reading Files with while Functions Process Management and Job Control Process Lifecycle Process States Signals Tools to send Signals Job Control Overview Job Control Commands Persistent Shell sessions with screen Remote graphical access with VNC and RDP Regular Expressions Regular Expression Overview RE Character Classes RE Quantifiers RE Parenthesis

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TEXT Processing Searching Inside Files The Streaming Editor Test processing with awk Replacing Text Characters Text Sorting Duplicate Removal Utility Combining Files and Merging Text TEXT Editing Pico/GNU Nano Pico/Nano Interface vi and Vim Learning vi Basic vi Intermediate vi The gedit Text Editor The Secure Shell (SSH) Secure Shell ssh and sshd configuration Accessing remote shells Transfering files Alternative sftp clients SSH Key management ssh-agent Intro to Software Management Command Line Internet - Non-interactive Command Line Internet - Interactive Managing Software Dependencies Working with RPMs Using the YUM command Messaging System Messaging commands Controlling System Messaging Instant Messenger Clients Pidgin configuration Electronic Mail Sending and Receiving Email with mutt Sending and Receiving Email with mail Thunderbird Printing UNIX Printing Interfaces Format Conversion Utilities Ghostscript enscript and mpage

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