Linux Shell Commands

TRAINING COURSE

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Details

In order to become more productive in a command-line environment used by many popular systems, like GIT, Docker, and PostgreSQL a basic grasp of the frequently used shell commands is necessary.

You will learn to:

  • Edit files efficiently in a terminal
  • copy, move, rename, remove and create various files
  • filter and manipulate files
  • Use pipes and redirects in command lines.

Delivery Methods

Delivery Method Duration
Classroom
Instructor-led classroom-based training. Classes are scheduled at various conference centres in the Sandton area or your premises. Stationary and printed manuals or online resources are included. Refreshments, including 2 tea breaks and a cooked meal for lunch are provided. Training is between 9 am to 4 pm.
Classroom
2 Days Get a Quote
Live Virtual Training
This course is delivered live via Microsoft Teams. You will be able to see and hear the instructor, view their whiteboard, and ask questions or communicate in the chat. Attend from the comfort of your own home or private office.
Live Virtual Training
2 Days Get a Quote

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Save up to 10% by booking and paying 10 business days before the course.

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Audience

Delegates that intend to use command-line tools such as those available for GIT, Docker, and PostgreSQL.

Pre-Requisites

Computer Literacy, basic operating system concepts and a reasonable typing speed.

Course Outline / Curriculum

  • The shell
    • Command Prompt
    • Command Structure
    • Command Types
    • Shell Variables
    • Command History and Shortcuts
    • Help and man Pages
    • Viewing a file
  • File and Directory management
    • cp
    • mv
    • rm
    • mkdir
    • rmdir
    • find
    • locate
    • Finding files with whereis
    • Finding programs with which
  • Links
    • Hard links
    • Symbolic links
  • Using the Nano editor
    • Launching Nano
    • The Nano interface
    • Reading a file into Nano
    • Saving a file and exiting Nano
    • Cutting, Copying, Pasting and Selecting in Nano
    • Jumping to a specific line and column in Nano
    • Searching and Replacing
  • Using the Vi editor
    • Vi modes
    • Command mode
    • ex mode
    • Cut and paste
  • Filters
    • Redirection and command pipelines
    • Basic Filters
      • Regular Expressions
      • grep
      • cut
      • head
      • tail
      • cat
    • Sorting
      • tac – the opposite of cat
      • sort
      • uniq – discard duplicate lines
    • Scheduling Jobs
      • at
      • cron
    • tar
    • Process Management
      • ps
      • top
      • kill
      • killall
      • nohup
      • Starting processes in the background
      • Stopping a foreground process
      • jobs
      • bg
      • fg

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