AIX Basics — A 3-Day Course
Synopsis
This course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the AIX Operating System. The most commonly used commands and utilities are described in detail as are the command line wildcard and redirection facilities. The mechanisms by which a user acquires a login environment are discussed and the main features of the Korn/Posix/Bash Shells are introduced.
The delegates will practise: -
- Creating, copying, renaming, moving and deleting files and directories
- Using the shell's redirection and pipe facilities
- Editing text files using the vi editor
- Setting and changing access permissions on files
- Monitoring and controlling their own processes
- Using the basic file and text searching utilities
- Customising their own login environment
Course Objectives
To provide the skills needed to work productively in the AIX environment.
Suitable for
- Anyone who needs to understand and use the AIX Operating System.
Prerequisites
- Experience of IT and an understanding of operating systems is required.
Publicly scheduled dates, locations, and prices
London — £995 (+VAT)
- 15–17 Mar 2010
- 12–14 Apr 2010
- 10–12 May 2010
- 7–9 Jun 2010
- 28–30 Jun 2010
- 26–28 Jul 2010
- 16–18 Aug 2010
- 13–15 Sep 2010
- 4–6 Oct 2010
- 25–27 Oct 2010
- 15–17 Nov 2010
- 6–8 Dec 2010
Bristol — £995 (+VAT)
- 10–12 May 2010
- 12–14 Jul 2010
- 27–29 Sep 2010
- 1–3 Nov 2010
Birmingham — £995 (+VAT)
- 8–10 Mar 2010
- 10–12 May 2010
- 5–7 Jul 2010
- 13–15 Sep 2010
- 8–10 Nov 2010
Manchester — £995 (+VAT)
- 12–14 Apr 2010
- 28–30 Jun 2010
- 23–25 Aug 2010
- 25–27 Oct 2010
Leeds — £995 (+VAT)
- 22–24 Mar 2010
- 7–9 Jun 2010
- 16–18 Aug 2010
- 18–20 Oct 2010
- 6–8 Dec 2010
Edinburgh — £995 (+VAT)
- 26–28 Apr 2010
- 28–30 Jun 2010
- 20–22 Sep 2010
- 15–17 Nov 2010
Course Contents:
Introduction to the AIX Operating System
- A brief history of UNIX
- The UNIX kernel
- The UNIX file system
- Getting started navigating the file system
- The file system structure
- Directories and files
- Pathnames
- Navigating the file system
- Exercise: Logging on to the system
- Exercise: Navigating the file system
Basic Commands
- Command line syntax
- Basic file handling commands
- Basic Directory handling commands
- Filename wildcard characters
- Exercise: Manipulating files and directories
Redirection and Pipes
- Input redirection
- Output redirection
- Pipes
- Exercise: Using redirection and pipe facilities
Introduction to the vi Editor
- Overview of the vi editor
- Basic functions
- Switching to input mode
- Other useful commands
- Exercise: Using the vi editor
- Exercise: Using more advanced vi features
Searching and Replacing Text
- Replacing text
- Using the vi editor
- Using sed for search and replace
- Searching for text with grep
- Linking files
- Exercises: Searching and Replacing Text
Recalling and Editing Commands
- Overview
- The bash shell
- The korn shell
- Exercises: Recall and Edit Commands
File Permissions and Access Control
- Users and user groups
- File access permissions
- Changing file attributes
- Switching users and user groups
- Linking files
- Exercise: Setting and access permissions
Processes
- What is a process?
- Monitoring processes
- Killing processes
- Background processes
- Job Control
- Grouping commands
- Exercise: Monitoring and controlling processes
More Basic Commands
- The wc (word count) command
- The find command
- The cut command
- The sort command
- The finger command
- Exercise: Using file handling commands
The User Environment
- Customising the .profile or .bash_profile
- Customising the .kshrc or .bashrc
- Exercise: Setting up an environment
