This course is an extensive introduction to the Linux operating system and how to use its many commands and utilities. It also covers the file editor and basic shell programming. This course is the foundation and prerequisite for most other Linux courses. Your course format is 60% lecture and 40% hands-on. The duration of your course is five days.

   UNIX origins and Linux timeline

-GPL

-Linux kernel

-Linux distributions

   Multi-user Concept

-Switching user sessions

-Gathering system information

-Getting Help

   Linux file system features

-Hierarchy

-Disk usage and quotas

-File ownership

   Directory and file manipulation

-File creation and removal

-Physical file structure

-Searching the file system

   Text Processing

-Streaming editor

-Text sorting

-Extracting columns of text

-Merging files

   Shell Basics

-Communication channels

-File redirection and pipes

-Filename matching

-Wildcards

-Environment variables

-Quoting and nesting commands

   Regular Expressions

   Archiving and Compressing

-Using cpio

-The compress utility

-Using gzip and bzip2

   Pico / GNU Nano

-Basic vi

-Advanced vi

-Emacs

-Command Shells

-Changing the Shell

-Configuration files

-Command line history

-Command Completion

   Command Shell

-Identifying the Shell

-Changing the Shell

-Shell Configuration Files

-Shell Script Execution

-Shell Prompts

-Bash: Bourne Again Shell

-Bash Configuration Files

-Bah Command Line History

-Bash Command Editing

-Bash Command Completion

-Bash Shortcuts

-Bash Prompt

   Introduction to Shell Scripting

-Positional parameters

-Input & Output

-Doing math

-Conditional statements and loops

   Process Management and Job Control

-What is a process?

-Process creation and states

-Viewing processes

-Signals

-Job control basics

-Using Screen

   Command the Messaging

-Mesg utility

-Internet relay and instant messenger clients

-Sending mail

-Overview of PINE

   The Secure Shell (SSH)

-Secure shell

-Remote Shells

-Transferring files

   Managing Software

-FTP, ncFTP and other utilities

-Installing software

-Using rpm

-Compiling and installing from source

-Installing RPM packages

   Linux printer subsystems and standard print commands

-Format conversion utilities