This Solaris Operating System training course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the SOLARIS Operating System.
Course overview:
The most commonly used commands and utilities 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 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 content:
Solaris 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 SOLARIS 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 Solaris 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 Solaris 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 objectives:
Course Objectives This Solaris Introduction course provides the skills needed to work productively in the SOLARIS environment.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Who will the Course Benefit? Anyone who needs to understand and use the SOLARIS Operating System.
Prerequisites:
Requirements There are no formal pre-requisites for the Solaris Introduction course,although an understanding of and exposure to information technology and an understanding of operating systems is required.