Course : Unix/Linux Essentials, Hands-on

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. BUX
Price : 1610 CHF E.T.

Unix/Linux Essentials, Hands-on



Required course

This training is clearly lab-oriented. It presents a chosen selection of essential Unix knowledge that will enable you to use a Unix system on its everyday tasks.


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IN-HOUSE
CUSTOM

Practical course in person or remote class
Available in English on request

Ref. BUX
  2d - 14h00
1610 CHF E.T.




This training is clearly lab-oriented. It presents a chosen selection of essential Unix knowledge that will enable you to use a Unix system on its everyday tasks.



Prerequisites
The students should have a general knowledge of computers and systems.

Practical details
Hands-on work
Students will be using networked workstations under Unix (AIX, Solaris, HP/UX and Linux) to perform the various labs.

Course schedule

1
Hands-on the system

  • Different Unix versions (AIX, HP_UX, Solaris...).
  • Login and logout.
  • Structure of a Unix command.
  • Using and customizing the desktop.
  • Unix directories and file systems.
  • Users and groups, file permissions.
  • Essential commands to manage files and directories.
  • How to use the on-line documentation.

2
Managing files, using text editors

  • Essential commands to manage files.
  • Physical and symbolic links.
  • Additional commands to manage files and directories.
  • Displaying disk usage.
  • The vi editor.

3
Understanding and using shell

  • Filtering.
  • Redirecting.
  • Executing programs.
  • Environment and processes.
  • Expanding commands.
  • Writing shell-scripts.
  • User environment ". profile".
  • Additional commands.

4
Using and building tools, communicating

  • Using regular expressions.
  • Example : grep and the regular expressions.
  • Essential tools.
  • Using pipes.
  • Using pipes to build higher level tools.
  • Additional tools.
  • Mail.

5
Describing multitasking

  • Background execution.
  • Tools to manage background and foreground processes.
  • Sending signals and killing processes.
  • Answering signals.

6
Reading and modifying a shell script

  • Shell variables.
  • Language instructions (if, for, while, ...).
  • The test command.
  • Simple shell script examples.
  • Modifying a shell script.
  • Interactive instructions in shell.

7
Using Unix on a network

  • Remote connection (telnet, rlogin).
  • Transfering files (ftp, rcp).
  • Remote program execution (rsh).
  • Remote program execution in a secure environment (ssh).
  • Understanding security issues.
  • Describing network terms (TCP/IP, NFS, NIS, DNS...).


Customer reviews
4,6 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
FRANTZ H.
18/12/25
5 / 5

Very interesting training and a very informative trainer.
FRANÇOIS R.
18/12/25
4 / 5

Beyond what I needed, it went a bit fast and beyond what I would need to use. Nevertheless, the course was very lively and the instructor succeeded in making the content fun.
SANDRINE F.
18/12/25
5 / 5

Very good trainer, dynamic and responsive



Dates and locations

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From 18 to 19 June 2026
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From 17 to 18 September 2026
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From 17 to 18 September 2026
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From 22 to 23 October 2026
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From 9 to 10 November 2026 *
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From 7 to 8 December 2026
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REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 16 Apr., 21 May, 18 June, 18 June, 17 Sep., 17 Sep., 22 Oct., 9 Nov., 7 Dec., 7 Dec.