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Linux and UNIX Tools and Utilities Training

Course 396

Duration: 4 days
Labs: Yes
Language: English
Level: Advanced

To realise the full processing power of your UNIX/Linux system, you need to choose the right tools and use them in the right combination. In this training course, you learn how to leverage the many tools and utilities in the UNIX operating system to upgrade your UNIX/Linux administration skills, maximise productivity, and streamline tasks by adding shell commands, filters, and languages — like awk.

Linux and UNIX Tools Training Delivery Methods

In-Person
Online

Linux and UNIX Tools Training Information

In this Linux and UNIX training, you will learn how to:

Build and use UNIX/Linux tools and utilities.
Perform complex search strings using regular expressions.
Explore extended regular expressions with grep, sed, and awk.
Employ text filters to manipulate text and data.

Prerequisites

You should have familiarity with user-level UNIX commands, such as ls, rm, cd, cp, mv, and mkdir, and have knowledge at the level of:

Learning Tree course 428, {course:428}, or
Learning Tree course 143, Introduction to Linux Training.

Linux and UNIX Tools Training Outline

Module 1: Linux and UNIX Fundamentals

The evolution of Linux and UNIX

Exploring the history of UNIX
Examining current Linux/UNIX standards

Reviewing UNIX commands

Manipulating files and directories
Writing shell start-up files

Uncovering UNIX documentation

Utilising the man command
Investigating other manual page browsers

Module 2: Searching Text with Regular Expressions

Working with regular expressions

Specifying string patterns for filtering operations
The meta character set
Developing extended regular expressions

Implementing the grep command

Processing files
Processing command output

Module 3: Filtering Text

Defining the characteristics of a filter

Reading from standard input
Writing to standard output and standard error
Combining filters into pipelines to perform complex tasks

Performing tasks with common filters

Editing the output of commands with the stream editor sed
Translating characters with tr
Sorting files and command output
Comparing different versions of files with diff
Using other common filters: cut and uniq
Combining filters for complex text processing
Executing filter commands with find

Module 4: Programming with Shell Scripts

Exploring shell basics

Writing simple shell scripts
Storing data in shell variables

Controlling logic flow

Making decisions with if and case
Quoting shell commands to control substitutions
Testing file attributes, strings and numbers
Reading and testing standard input
Looping with for and while
Accessing the shell's built-in variables

Integrating other shell features

Accepting command-line arguments
Redirecting standard output
Substituting command output
Performing arithmetic in shell scripts
Scanning for command line options

Working with tools creatively

Combining filters with pipelines and command substitution
Developing scripts incrementally

Module 5: Restructuring Data with awk

Establishing awk as a flexible search tool

Writing useful awk one-liners
Testing and extracting fields from structured input
Performing arithmetic calculations

Creating long awk scripts

Matching patterns with extended regular expressions
Modifying awk's default behaviour with special patterns and built-in variables

Extending awk capabilities

Using awk's control constructs for testing and looping
Storing data in arrays
Formatting output using printf
Searching files with multi-line records

Get This Course 27 950 kr

4-day instructor-led training course
Learning Tree end-of-course exam included
After-course instructor coaching benefit
After-course computing sandbox included

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Linux and UNIX Tools Training FAQs

This course uses a Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution. However, the concepts covered apply to all Linux distributions.

Yes, the concepts covered in this course apply to all Linux distributions.

Yes! We know your busy work schedule may prevent you from getting to one of our classrooms, so we offer convenient online training to meet your needs wherever you want, including online training.