Course Content

Introduction

• What is an operating system?
• The history of the Unix system
• The structure of the Unix system
• Unix as an operating system

Entering and leaving the Unix Operating System

• Logging in
• Logging out
• Case sensitivity
• Installing and changing passwords
• Various Unix scenarios

Some Basic Commands

• How to shell process a command process
• Using some simple commands
• Advanced definitions
• Interrupting program execution
• Suspending program display
• How to send electronic mail

Files and Directories

• The structure of Unix files
• Creating ordinary files

Learning and Manipulating the Structure of the Directory File Hierarchy

• The standard Unix directory file and file hierarchy
• Absolute and relative pathnames

The Structure of Special Files

• More on special files
• The structure of the /DEV directory
• Other relevant device names

Commands For File Manipulation

• How to manipulate ordinary files
• Manipulating directory files
• Tools that you can use to manipulate both ordinary and directory files
• Wildcard characters

File Access and Changing Permissions

• File access permissions
• Changing permissions with CHMOD
• Setting system-wide permissions with UNMASK
• Substitute user login with SU
• The ID command

Basic Shell

• More on the Shell
• The Shell and its environment
• The login cycle - The Shell "startup" files
• How to set serial options with STTY
• Changing your personal environment
• Running background processes
• Filters

The Unix File System

• Structuring your Unix system
• More about file systems
• Monitoring system usage

Process and the Process Table

• How the Unix system handles processes
• How the process table works
• A look at the process table
• Removing processes from the process table
• Other commands

Backup Commands

• The TAR command
• The DO command
• The CPIO command

Resource and Memory Management

• Command
• How Unix handles the Buffer Cache
• How Unix handles the Page Cache
• How to monitor your System's Resources

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