UNIX Crash-Course for Mainframers
 

This 2 day course:

gives those familiar with  IBM mainframes a fast-paced but thorough introduction to the world of UNIX.

The course will prepare the student to perform end-user tasks and some system administration tasks on a UNIX platform.

Duration: 2 days

Delivery: Class lecture

Audience: 

Mainframe personnel – Operators, System Programmers, DBAs, Application programmers, etc.

Prerequisites:

Ability to perform end-user tasks on MVS

Outline:

1. Unix History and Structure

Evolution
The kernel
The shell
X  Windows

2. Getting Connected

Logging in
Logging out
whoami
Changing your password
Exploring your Environment
Hands-on lab

3. UNIX Conventions

Types of shells
Customizing your shell
Commands overview
Command options
Pipes
man command
Hands-on lab

4. File Systems

Filenames
Paths
Directories
Directory tree
Links
Home directories
mount

5. Manipulating files

stdin
stdout
stderr
redirection
ls
* and ?
rm
pipes
umask
file permissions
mkdir
touch
Hands-on lab

6. Processes

Foreground
Background
fork
Process id
ps
kill
nice
Multi-command lines
Scheduling jobs
at
cron
Hands-on lab

7. The vi editor

Creating text
Modifying text
Advanced vi techniques
Hands-on lab

8. Cracking the shell

Shell scripts
Variables
Quoting
Metacharacters
Hands-on lab

9. Useful Commands

head
tail
split
cut
past
find
tr
dd
tar
Hands-on lab

10. Networking Tools

telnet
ftp
whois
finger
Hands-on lab