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Explore our UNIX Shell Course Syllabus, which provides a comprehensive introduction to the UNIX command-line interface and shell scripting. Learn essential UNIX commands, file system navigation, and shell scripting basics. The course covers topics like file manipulation, text processing, and shell customization too. The syllabus is expertly curated by our industry experts, who created this syllabus while bearing in mind some of the latest trends in the IT industry. So, enroll in our UNIX Shell Training to learn the best, from the best.

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Unix Shell Course Syllabus
  • What is shell scripting?
  • Importance of shell scripting
  • Different types of shells
  • Creating shell script
  • Making shell scripting executable
  • Shell input & output
  • echo, print, read
Backslash character constants Variables
  • What is variable
  • System defined variables
  • Environment files
  • User defined variables
  • Constant variables
  • Local & global variables
  • Special variables
Operators
  • Arithmetic variables
  • Relational numeric operators
  • Logical operators
  • Assignment operators
Conditional statements
  • if, if….else
  • if, elif
  • case
Looping
  • while, until, for
  • break, continue
Command line arguments
  • Usage of COA
  • What is $0, S#, $*, $@, $? , $$
Job scheduling
  • cron
  • at
  • batch
Unix-Shell Scripting
  • History of UNIX
  • Features of UNIX
  • Flavors of UNIX
  • Comparison of UNIX with Windows
  • Architecture of UNIX
  • UNIX File System
Different types of Files
  • Regular Files
  • Directory Files
  • Device Files
Basic Commands
  • pwd, logname, who, finger
  • Exit, date, cal
Creating Users & Groups
  • groupadd, groupdel
  • useradd, userdel
System startup & Shutdown
  • Init, halt, shutdown
  • Different Run levels
  • Different date formats
Working with files
  • cat, touch, rm
  • cp, mv
Working with Directories
  • mkdir, cd, rmdir, rm –r
Standard Input & Output
  • Redirecting output
  • Redirecting Input
Comparing Files
  • cmp, diff, comm
Searching files
  • find, locate, which
Zip files
  • gzip, gunzip
Displaying files
  • ls, ls options
Viewing long files
  • pg, more, head, tail
File Permissions
  • chmod, chown, chgrp, umask
Meta/Wild Card-characters
  • Class, Anchors
  • Repetition, Alteration
  • Group, Dot
Regular Expressions & Patterns
  • What is pattern
  • Usage of regular expression
  • Different types of pattern
  • Character pattern
  • Word pattern
  • Line pattern
Tools for Filters
  • grep, grep with options
  • Flat files
  • What are delimiters and its types?
  • Reading and Writing to files
Tools for column data
  • cut, paste
Tools for sorting
  • Sort by lines, Sort by fields
  • Sort with options, uniq
Changing information in files
  • tr, sed
Piping
  • usage of piping
  • piping with filters
  • tee command
Communication Tools
  • write, wall
  • mail, mail with options
Networking protocols
  • telnet, ftp
Disk status
  • du, df with options
Job control
  • Foreground jobs, background jobs
  • Killing jobs, nohup
Process status
  • ps , ps with options
Editor Vi
  • 3 modes
  • Command mode
  • Insert mode
  • Ex command mode

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