Introduction to Linux for End Users

30 Ratings

Course Number: LNX-100
Duration: 5 days (32.5 hours)
Format: Live, hands-on

Linux End User Training Overview

Accelebrate's Introduction to Linux for End Users course teaches attendees the fundamental tools and concepts of Linux.

NOTE: This class can be taught using the Linux distribution of your choice.

Location and Pricing

Accelebrate offers instructor-led enterprise training for groups of 3 or more online or at your site. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private corporate training on-site or online, please contact us.

In addition, some courses are available as live, instructor-led training from one of our partners.

Objectives

  • Understand basic file manipulation
  • Learn basic and advanced file system features
  • Use I/O redirection and pipes
  • Work with text manipulation and regular expressions
  • Manage jobs and processes
  • Use vi, the standard Unix editor
  • Automate tasks with shell scripts
  • Manage Linux software
  • Secure remote administration

Prerequisites

No prior Linux familiarity is presumed.

Outline

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Introduction
What is Linux?
  • Unix Origins and Design Principles
  • Unix Timeline
  • FSF and GNU
  • GPL - General Public License
  • The Linux Kernel and Versioning
  • Components of a Distribution
  • Slackware
  • SUSE Linux Products
  • Debian
  • Ubuntu
  • Red Hat Linux Products and CentOS
  • Oracle Linux
  • Mandriva
Login and Exploration
  • Logging In
  • Running Programs
  • Interacting with Command Line
  • The X Window System
  • Starting X
  • Gathering Login Session Info
  • Gathering System Info
  • got root?
  • Switching User Contexts
  • sudo
  • Help from Commands and Documentation
  • Getting Help with man & info
The Linux FileSystem
  • File System Support
  • Unix/Linux File System Features
  • File System Hierarchy Standard
  • Navigating the File System
  • Displaying Directory Contents
  • File System Structures
  • Determining Disk Usage With df and du
  • Determining Disk Usage With baobab
  • Disk Usage with Quotas
  • File Ownership
  • Default Group Ownership
  • File and Directory Permissions
  • File Creation Permissions with umask
  • Changing File Permissions
  • SUID and SGID on files
  • SGID and Sticky Bit on Directories
  • User Private Group Scheme
Manipulating Files
  • Directory Manipulation
  • File Manipulation
  • Deleting and Creating Files
  • Physical UNIX File Structure
  • File System Links
  • File Extensions and Content
  • Displaying Files
  • Previewing Files
  • Displaying Binary Files
  • Searching the File System
  • Alternate Search Method
  • Producing File StatisticsSection
Shell Basics
  • Role of Command Shell
  • Communication Channels
  • File Redirection
  • Piping Commands Together
  • Filename Matching
  • File Globbing and Wildcard Patterns
  • Brace Expansion
  • Shell and Environment Variables
  • Key Environment Variables
  • General Quoting Rules
  • Nesting Commands
  • Multiple and Multi-line Commands
Archiving and Compression
  • Archives with tar
  • Archives with cpio
  • The gzip Compression Utility
  • The bzip2 Compression Utility
  • The XZ Compression Utility
  • The PKZIP Archiving/Compression format
Text Processing
  • Searching Inside Files
  • The Streaming Editor
  • Text Processing with awk
  • Replacing Text Characters
  • Text Sorting
  • Duplicate Removal Utility
  • Extracting Columns of Text
  • Combining Files and Merging Text
  • Comparing File Changes
Regular Expressions
  • Regular Expression Overview
  • Regular Expressions
  • RE Character Classes
  • RE Quantifiers
  • RE Parenthesis
Text Editing
  • Text Editing
  • Pico/GNU Nano
  • Pico/Nano Interface
  • Pico/Nano Shortcuts
  • vi and Vim
  • Learning vi
  • Basic vi
  • Intermediate vi
Command Shells
  • Shells
  • Identifying the Shell
  • Changing the Shell
  • Bourne sh: Configuration Files
  • Script Execution
  • Bourne sh: Prompts
  • bash: Bourne-Again Shell
  • bash: Configuration Files
  • bash: Command Line History
  • bash: Command Editing
  • bash: Command Completion
  • bash: "shortcuts"
  • bash: prompt
  • Setting Resource Limits via ulimit
Introduction to Shell Scripting
  • Shell Script Strengths and
  • Weaknesses
  • Example Shell Script
  • Positional Parameters
  • Input & Output
  • Doing Math
  • Comparisons with test
  • Exit Status
  • Conditional Statements
  • Flow Control: case
  • The for Loop
  • The while and until Loops
Process Management and Job Control
  • What is a Process?
  • Process Lifecycle
  • Process States
  • Viewing Processes
  • Signals
  • Tools to Send Signals
  • Job Control Overview
  • Job Control Commands
  • Persistent Shell Sessions with Screen
  • Using screen
  • Advanced Screen
Process Administration
  • Automating Tasks
  • at/batch
  • cron
  • The crontab Command
  • Crontab Format
  • /etc/cron.*/Directories
  • Anacron
  • Managing Processes
  • Tuning Process Scheduling
Managing Software
  • Downloading with FTP
  • FTP
  • lftp
  • Command Line Internet - Non-interactive
  • Command Line Internet - Interactive
  • Managing Software Dependencies
  • Using the YUM command
  • YUM package groups
  • Configuring YUM
  • Popular YUM Repositories
  • Using the Zypper command
  • Zypper Services and Catalogs
  • The dselect & Apt Frontends to dpkg
  • Aptitude
  • Configuring Apt
Messaging
  • System Messaging Commands
  • Controlling System Messaging
  • Internet Relay Chat
  • Instant Messenger Clients
  • Electronic Mail
  • Sending Email with sendmail
  • Sending and Receiving Email with mailx
  • Sending and Receiving Email with mutt
  • Sending Email with Pine
  • Evolution
Printing
  • Linux Printer Sub-systems
  • Legacy Print Systems
  • Common UNIX Printing System
  • Defining a Printer
  • Standard Print Commands
  • Format Conversion Utilities
  • Ghostscript
  • enscript and mpage
The Secure Shell (SSH)
  • Secure Shell
  • ssh and sshd Configuration
  • Accessing Remote Shells
  • Transferring Files
  • Alternative sftp Clients
  • SSH Key Management
  • ssh-agent
Mounting FileSystems & Managing Removable Media
  • File Systems Concept Review
  • Mounting File Systems
  • NFS
  • SMB
  • File System Table (/etc/fstab)
  • AutoFS
  • Removable Media
Conclusion

Training Materials

All Linux training students receive comprehensive courseware.

Software Requirements

Attendees will not need to install any software on their computers for this class. The class will be conducted in a remote environment that Accelebrate will provide; students will only need a local computer with a web browser and a stable Internet connection. Any recent version of Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome will work well.



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