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Module 1: Using Linux Tools

Module Objectives

After successfully completing this module a participant will be able to:

• Understand the design philosophy of *nix {U}
• Use Linux as their day-to-day operating system {Ap}
• Use the text processing tools such as 'grep', 'tr' {Ap}
• Write and execute (bash) shell scripts {Ap}
• Use a text editor comfortably {Ap}

Suggested Reading

"In the beginning..." by Neal Stephenson

"The Unix Programming Environment" by Kerninghan and Pike

Initial Session Plan

Session

Topic

Duration

1

Introduction to the Course

What is Linux ? Foss Philosophy?

Basic File Handling : cp , mv rm

Getting help: apropos, man, info*,Flags

First session buffer

10 mts

10 mts

10 mts

5 mts

Basic text processing: *head, tail*

Shell meta characters

Looking at files: *cat, less*

Permissions and ownership, *chmod, chown*

Installing packages on linux

Linux File Heirarchy

Buffer time

5 mts

5 mts

5 mts

10 mts

5 mts

10 mts

5 mts

3

Redirection and Piping

More text processing:*grep, tr*

Buffer time

5 mts

15 mts

5 mts

4

More tools: *tar, zip, diff*

Environment variables, *set*

Writing simple shell scripts

10 mts

10 mts

15 mts

5

Control structures and operators in bash

Writing shell scripts/functions in scripts

20 mts

20 mts

*total session time = 165 mts*

*buffer time = 15 mts*

Changes Made

Added :

• Linux overview - The Three Metaphors -Files , Process and Users . *
• Process - A very Brief Intro .*

Deleted : * One liners * * Assessment Test *

References :

Introduction? Foss Philosophy? [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Linux_Guide/Introduction http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Linux_Guide/Introduction] No discussions about X

All commands : [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Linux_Guide/Linux_commands http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Linux_Guide/Linux_commands]

grep: [http://www.robelle.com/smugbook/regexpr.html http://www.robelle.com/smugbook/regexpr.html]

Text Processing and shell scripting: [http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/textproc.html#WF http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/textproc.html#WF](Has some good problems for Lab Notebook)

Lab Notebook: *Looking up definitions in Webster's 1913 Dictionary*[http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/textproc.html#WF http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/textproc.html#WF]