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HP-UX Introduction

  • Course Code HI
  • Duration 3 days

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£1,365.00

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Course Delivery

This course is available in the following formats:

  • Company Event

    Event at company

  • Public Classroom

    Traditional Classroom Learning

  • Virtual Learning

    Learning that is virtual

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Course Overview

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HP-UX Introduction Course Overview

This Hewlett Packard HP-UX Operating System training course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the HP-UX 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 Korn/Posix/Bash Shells are introduced.

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

Course Schedule

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    • Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
    • Date: 08-10 April, 2024
    • Location: Virtual

    £1,365.00

    • Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
    • Date: 13-15 May, 2024
    • Location: Virtual

    £1,365.00

    • Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
    • Date: 10-12 June, 2024
    • Location: Virtual

    £1,365.00

    • Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
    • Date: 08-10 July, 2024
    • Location: Virtual

    £1,365.00

    • Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
    • Date: 05-07 August, 2024
    • Location: Virtual

    £1,365.00

    • Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
    • Date: 02-04 September, 2024
    • Location: Virtual

    £1,365.00

Target Audience

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Who will the Course Benefit?

Anyone who needs to understand and use the HP-UX Operating System.

There are no formal pre-requisites,although an understanding of and exposure to information technology is advantageous.

Course Objectives

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Course Objectives

To provide the skills needed to work productively in the HP-UX environment.

Course Content

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HP-UX Introduction Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 1

Course Introduction

  • Administration and Course Materials
  • Course Structure and Agenda
  • Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE HP-UX OPERATING SYSTEM

  • A brief history of UNIX / Linux
  • The UNIX / Linux kernel
  • The UNIX / Linux file system structure
  • File and directory management commands
  • Absolute vs Relative Pathnames
  • Further basic commands
  • Exercise: Navigating the file system

Session 2: BASIC COMMANDS

  • Command line syntax
  • Basic file handling commands
  • Basic Directory handling commands
  • Filename wildcard characters
  • Using commands with logical AND and OR
  • Sequential command execution
  • Exercise: Manipulating files and directories

Session 3: REDIRECTION AND PIPES

  • Input and Output redirection
  • Redirecting errors
  • Piping commands
  • Exercise: Using redirection and pipe facilities

HP-UX Introduction Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 2

Session 4: INTRODUCTION TO THE vi/Vim EDITOR

  • Overview of the vi/Vim editor
  • The language of vi
  • Undoing and Redoing changes
  • Input Mode and Last Line Mode
  • Further vi functions
  • Executing commands within vi / Vim
  • Customising the vi / Vim Environment
  • Getting Help
  • Exercises: Using the vi editor

Session 5: SEARCHING AND REPLACING TEXT

  • Searching and replacing text using the vi/Vim editor
  • Using regular expressions (regex)
  • Using sed for search and replace
  • Searching for text with grep,egrep and fgrep
  • Exercises: Searching and Replacing Text

Session 6: RECALLING AND EDITING COMMANDS

  • Overview
  • The bash shell
  • The korn shell
  • Exercises: Recall and Edit Commands

Session 7: FILE PERMISSIONS AND ACCESS CONTROL

  • Users and user groups
  • File access permissions
  • Changing file attributes
  • Switching users and user groups
  • Linking files
  • Exercise: Setting and access permissions

HP-UX Introduction Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 3

Session 8: FILTERING AND FORMATTING TEXT

  • Overview
  • The paste command
  • The cut command
  • An introduction to awk
  • The nl command
  • Exercises: Filtering Text

Session 9: PROCESSES

  • What is a process?
  • Monitoring processes
  • Killing processes
  • Background processes
  • Job Control
  • Grouping commands
  • Exercise: Monitoring and controlling processes

Session 10: THE USER ENVIRONMENT

  • Customising the .profile or .bash_profile
  • Customising the .kshrc or .bashrc
  • Exercise: Setting up an environment

Session 11: MORE BASIC COMMANDS

  • The find command
  • Using xargs command
  • The locate command
  • The df command
  • The cut command
  • The sort command
  • Finding duplicate content
  • Number sequencing
  • Exercise: More Basic Commands

Course Prerequisites

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Requirements

There are no formal pre-requisites for this HP-UX Introduction training course,although an understanding of and exposure to information technology and an understanding of operating systems is required.

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