Overview This course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the AIX Operating System. The most commonly used commands are described in detail, as are the command line wildcard and redirection facilities. The mechanisms by which a user acquires a login environment are discussed and the main features of both the Bourne and Korn Shells are introduced.
It is designed to give delegates practical experience in developing and writing shell scripts. Most of the built-in Bourne and Korn shell commands are introduced together with the main program control structures.
Pre-Requisites
This course has the following prerequisites:
- An understanding of IT is required.
Next Course Dates
Dates available on request. Please contact us
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Programmers, administrators and support personnel who need to understand the AIX Operating system, existing shell scripts, automate procedures and write their own utilities.
- 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
- Customising their own login environment
- Writing simple scripts to enhance basic command output
- Using the various shell quoting mechanisms appropriately
- Manipulating shell variables and user-defined variables in scripts
- Implementing conditional execution facilities
- Using the shell’s built-in loop constructs where appropriate
- Writing scripts to trap user interrupts
- Developing menu-driven shell scripts
Introduction to the Unix Operating System
The AIX File System
Basic Commands
Redirection and Pipes
The vi Editor
File Access Control
Processes
More Basic Commands
The User Environment
AIX Command Review
Getting Started
Using Quotes
Using Variables
Handling Run Time Input
Condition Testing
Loop Constructs
Multi-Branch Decisions
Interrupt Handling
Additional Features and Facilities
There are no exms relating to this course
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