Overview of Linux Shells

Description

The Linux shells provide the user a direct way to access files and processes on their computer. Each shell offers a slightly different set of tools and scripting capabilities. This course will introduce the new Linux user to the various shells, a comparison of the features of the shells and an introduction to the scripting language available for each. Students will need access to a computer running Linux.

Objectives

• Students will review the basics of working with the shells.
• Students will use regular expressions and the grep command to perform searches.
• Students will use the sed editor and awk report generator.
• Students will explore the Bourne shell commands and scripting.
• Students will explore the C and TC shell commands and scripting.
• Students will explore the Korn shell commands and scripting.
• Students will explore the Bash shell commands and scripting.
• Students will explore options for debugging their shell scripts.
• Students will explore using shell scripts to administer their systems.
• Students will create a final project using what they have learned in the course.

Book

Lesson 1: Getting Started

Read Chapters 1 and 2

Lesson 2: Regular Expressions and grep

Read Chapters 3 and 4.

Lesson 3: Using sed and awk

Read Chapters 5 and 6.

Lesson 4: Interactive Bourne Shell

Read Chapter 7 and 8.

Lesson 5: Interactive C and TC Shells

Read Chapters 9 and 10

Lesson 6: The Interactive Korn Shell

Read Chapters 11 and 12

Lesson 7: The Interactive Bash Shell

Read Chapters 13 and 14

Lesson 8: Debugging Shell Scripts

Read Chapter 15

Lesson 9: System Administration

Read Chapter 16

Lesson 10: Putting it All Together

Review Chapters 1 - 16

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