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• GL120: Course Overview

  This 5 day course is a challenging course that focuses on the fundamental tools and concepts of Linux and Unix.

  Students gain proficiency using the command line. Beginners develop a solid foundation in Unix, while advanced users discover patterns and fill in gaps in their knowledge. Like all Guru Labs courses, the course material is designed to provide extensive hands-on experience.

  Topics include: basic file manipulation; basic and advanced filesystem features; I/O redirection and pipes; text manipulation and regular expressions; managing jobs and processes; vi, the standard Unix editor; automating tasks with shell scripts; managing software; secure remote administration; and more.

• GL120: Course Modules

  Module 1: What is Linux?

  Module 2: Login and exploration

  Module 3: The Linux filesystem

  Module 4: Manipulating files

  Module 5: Shell basics

  Module 6: Archiving and compression

  Module 7: Text processing

  Module 8: Regular expressions

  Module 9: Text editing

  Module 10: Messaging

  Module 11: Command shells

  Module 12: Introduction to shell scripting

  Module 13: Process management and job control

  Module 14: At and cron

  Module 15: Managing software

  Module 16: The secure shell (ssh)

  Module 17: Mounting filesystems & managing removable media

  Module 18: Printing

  Module 19: The x window system

  Module 20: Emacs

• GL120: Prerequisites

  Students should be comfortable with computers. No familiarity with Linux or other Unix operating systems is required.