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Course Syllabus
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* Introduction |
- Versions, features and concepts |
* Getting Started |
- Logging in and out |
* Workstations |
- Linux Desktops, Gnome and KDE |
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- Running applications |
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- The terminal window, shells, command line format |
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- Help Screens and Manual pages |
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- The X-Window system |
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- Remote display of windows |
* Files |
- Filenames and Pathnames, wildcards, the file system tree |
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- Links to files |
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- Directories; Manipulating, listing |
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- Access permissions ( chmod ) |
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- File manipulation ( cp, mv, rm etc.) |
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- X-Window File Managers |
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- Viewing files ( more, cat, etc.) |
* Editors |
- Simple use of vi |
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- Window based editors |
* Linux Utilities |
- The find command |
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- Mail programs |
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- Pattern extractors (grep, cut, diff) |
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- Using ssh and scp to remotely log on |
* I/O Redirection |
- Principles, importance |
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- Pipes & Filters |
* Processes |
- Concepts |
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- Creating background processes, Job Control |
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- Process Status ( ps, top ) |
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- Killing Processes, Signals |
* Users & Super Users |
- Overview, Responsibilities |
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- The Super User Account |
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- The password and group files |
- Creating Users | |
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- The passwd command |
* Startup and Shutdown |
- Overview |
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- Startup and shutdown procedures |
* Printers |
- Overview |
- Installing a printer | |
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- Monitoring Print Queues |
* Disks and File Systems |
- Mounting file systems |
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- Checking with df and mount |
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- Backing up with tar, cpio |
* Basic Shell Usage |
- Shell flavours |
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- Variables, local and Environment |
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- Startup files |