Course contents for Linux and Shell Scripting

Course Objectives:

• To get familiarized with working on Linux and get good understanding of day to day usage of Linux Commands
• In-depth knowledge of most used Linux features
• Automate routine tasks using shell scripts

Duration:

The total duration for this course with the contents listed below is approximately 30 hours with 6 hours per week.

Pre-Requisites:

Knowledge of working with any flavor of Linux is a Plus

Course Contents:

1. Overview of Linux Architecture
   1. Kernel, root file system, users and permissions
   2. Process and memory management
2. Working with Files and Directories
   1. Commonly used files and directories
3. Basic utilities
   1. Find, pipe, filter, top etc.
   2. Executing processes in foreground, background.
4. View and manage logs
   1. System logs
   2. Application logs
   3. Debugging logs
5. System monitoring tools
   1. Process monitoring
   2. Memory usage
   3. Cron job
6. Package installation
   1. Installing packages with yum, apt, rpm
   2. Resolving dependencies in package installation
7. Managing services
   1. Init/default services
   2. Custom services
8. Sample useful shortcuts
9. Introduction to Scripting
10. Setup Environment
11. Syntax and creating scripts
12. Using â??viâ?? editor and short cuts
13. Variables, arrays and Functions
14. Manipulating data
15. Wildcards, Escape chars
16. File input/output
17. Loops â?? if, while, case
18. Functions
19. sed, cut, awk and other commands
20. Connecting to remote systems
21. Executing commands on the remote server
22. Sample Project