Linux Introduction

Course Overview

This Linux Operating System training course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the LINUX Operating System. The most commonly used commands and utilities are described in detail as are the command line wildcard and redirection facilities.

The course discusses the mechanisms by which a user acquires a login environment and the main features of the Bash shell are introduced.

Exercises and examples are used throughout the course to give practical hands-on experience with the techniques covered.

The delegate will learn and acquire skills as follows:

• Creating, copying, renaming, moving and deleting files and directories

• Using the shell’s redirection and pipe facilities

• Editing text files using the vi editor

• Setting and changing access permissions on files

• Monitoring and controlling their own processes

• Using the basic file and text searching utilities, including regular expressions (regex)

• Customising their own login environment

Who will the Course Benefit?

Anyone who needs to understand and use the LINUX Operating System.