Overview

Indicative content includes:

• Overview of the OS
• Command line interface
• Utilities and tools
• Directory and file structures
• Process control
• Shell scripting
• Redirections
• Pipes (inter-process communication)

Learning Outcomes

• Construct appropriate shell scripts to automate or complete system tasks.

• Identify key elements of the UNIX operating system, including the shell, kernel and system utilities.

• Use Regular Expressions to simplify processing of textual data.

• Utilise system tools with redirection and pipes to achieve a goal.