Unix Tools

Unix Tools

This is an introduction to several UNIX tools and techniques: common commands, shells and shell programming, regular expressions, sed, awk, cron, make and a skimming of Perl. Comparisons to Windows will be used to illustrate similarities and differences and to illuminate the UNIX system. This is a lecture course, supported by live demonstrations. The course includes weekly homework assignments, a midterm and final exams. All exams are take-home.

The course is intended for those who want to use UNIX for technical and scientific endeavors.

The following topics are covered in this course:
Background/history/culture of UNIX
Basics about UNIX operations
Commonly-used commands
Regular expressions and special characters
Shells and shell programming
sed
awk
Miscellany as time allows: cron, at, make, various daemons, introduction to Perl

This course provides a solid introduction to many of the day-to-day tools available in the Unix environment. Commands to search for patterns in files, manipulate the contents of files and compare file contents are introduced. Students also write shell scripts and programs utilizing awk and sed programming languages. Numerous exercises and hands-on labs are assigned throughout the course to supplement and reinforce the course lecture.
Designed For
This course is designed for Unix programmers, end-users, administrators, operators, managers and support personnel who will benefit from this hands-on lab experience.
Course Outline
The Bourne and Korn Shells
Unix System Utilities
Files and Commands
Locating Patterns in Files
File Reorganization
File Comparison
Altering Files
The awk Programming Language
Miscellaneous Tools
By the end of the course, you will be able to...
Write moderate shell scripts
Locate files with certain attributes within a file system
Search for patterns using regular expressions in files
Reorganize file contents, for example sorting file contents
Compare and identify differences among files
Edit files using Stream Editor sed
Write program in the awk programming language
Package and consolidate files together
Prerequisites
Student should have a fundamental understanding of the Unix operating system and its environment before taking this course.
UNIX Basics for Users
Benefits
Students learn how to write shell scripts as well as awk and sed programming languages. Commands to search for files or to search for patterns in a file are discussed and exercised. Unix tools to manipulate file contents such as cut, paste, join and sort are introduced. Students learn commands to compare files, perform arithmetic operations and implement time management.

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