Overview

This course is meant for system administrators who have expertise in the basic concepts of UNIX OE (Operating Environment) like Solaris Operating System (OS) or Linux OS. The training makes students proficient in reading, writing, and debugging UNIX shell scripts. Candidates understand the basic scripts used for automating frequently used commands. The course also covers lessons on topics like user interaction, functions, menus, conditional logic, loops and traps. The training skills professionals in reading and understanding several boot scripts. Students additionally become proficient in writing their own scripts for automating regular activities. In addition, the training offers exposure in Korn and Bourne shell scripting languages.

Skills Covered

  • Automate routine operations using loops
  • Describe the fundamentals of UNIX shells, shell scripts, and scripting
  • Set shell environment variables
  • Search information using regular expressions
  • Edit input streams using the sed editor
  • Create scripts using the nawk programming language
  • Include decision-making points within scripts using conditionals
  • Perform multiple operations using interactive scripts
  • Specify script options using the getopts statement
  • Create advanced scripts using variables, parameters, and argument lists
  • Automate tasks using functions
  • Debug shell scripts using the trap command
  • Develop some useful scripts for system administration-related tasks

Who Should Attend

  • Database Administrators
  • System Administrator
  • System Integrator
  • Web Administrator

Course Curriculum

Prerequisites

  • Use basic UNIX commands, such as rm, cp, man, more, mkdir, ps, and chmod
  • Create and edit text files in vi or a text editor
    • Regular Track: Any candidate with basic UNIX and scripting.
    • Fast Track: Candidate with intermediate knowledge of UNIX and scripting.
    • Super Fast Track: Candidate with strong knowledge of UNIX and scripting.

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