UNIX TUTORIAL

Phase I Learn the Basics

1. Introduction to Unix
2. Before You Start
a. Course Outline
3. Background
a. What Is UNIX?
b. What Is An Operating System?
4. Getting Started
a. Terminal
b. Logging On To a Unix
c. A Typical Log In Session
d. Logging Out
e. Password
5. UNIX Commands
a. Command Structure
b. Getting Help On UNIX Commands
c. Recalling Previous Commands
d. Command Line Editing
6. The UNIX Filing System
a. System Overview
b. Sub-Directories
c. Home Directory
d. File and Sub-Directory Names
e. Creating And Deleting A Sub-Directory

f.

Deleting A Sub-Directory

g. Pathnames
h. Current and Changing the Working Directory
i.

Returning To the Home Directory

j.

Other Directory Shortcuts

k. File Store Quotas

l.

Temporary Storage

7. UNIX File Management

a. File Types
b. Creating Files
c. Listing Filenames
d. Long Listing Of Files
e. Hidden Files
f.

Displaying Files

g. Formatted Displaying of Files

h. Printing Files
i.

Deleting Files and Sub-Directories

j.

Renaming Files

k. Copying Files
l.

Sharing Files

m. Classifying Files
n. Finding Files
8. Miscellaneous Commands
a. Who's Who?
b. What Year Is It?
c. Word Counting

d. Sorting and many more..

9. Piping Commands
a. Introduction to Piping Commands
10.Redirection of Commands
11.Tee-Pieces
12.The End
Phase II Learn to Drive
Part 1- Introduction
1. Shell Programming!
2. Starting Off With a Sha-Bang
Part 2- Basics
3. Special Characters
4. Introduction to Variables and Parameters
5. Quoting
6. Exit and Exit Status
7. Tests
8. Operations and Related Topics
Part 3- Beyond the Basics
9. Another Look at Variables
10. Manipulating Variables
11. Loops and Branches
12. Command Substitution
13. Arithmetic Expansion
14. Recess Time
Part 4- Commands
15. Internal Commands and Builtins
16. External Filters, Programs and Commands
Part 5- Advanced Topics
18. Regular Expressions
19. Here Documents
20. I/O Redirection
21. Subshells
22. Restricted Shells
23. Process Substitution
24. Functions
25. Aliases
26. List Constructs
27. Arrays
28. Sed and Awk Micro-Primer
1. Sed
2. Awk