Unix Shell Scripting Training in Bangalore

Unix Shell Scripting Course Content

Our Unix Shell Scripting Course content is structured to cover all the modules within Unix Shell Scripting. From basic to advance, we give Unix Shell Scripting training in Bangalore in a manner that is easy to understand.

Below is the detailed course content for Unix Shell Scripting Training

Introduction to Unix

• The Unix kernel and its function
• UNIX file system, /root / and its descendents, Parent child relationships. File system view
• Types of files, directories, devices, Pathnames(absolute and relative).
• Navigating the file system, list cd, cd~,tree etc

Understanding the command line

• Command line syntax
• Command types- simple, compound, internal, external
• Command execution process internals
• File and directory handling commands
• Is the shell a program or a command interpreter?
• Bash,ksh,csh,sh,tcsh overview

The shell

• Which shell? :- sh,ksh,csh,bash,tcsh etc
• Shell wildcard characters, quoting and fencing
• Input and output Redirection, Pipes, supported commands
• Interactive, non-interactive, login, non-login shells

The vi Editor

• Basic functions and overview
• Switching between three modes
• Detailed approach to familiarize with vi/vim, (ask for a demo)
• Search and replace text, read and write from different files, select and copy regions, create multiple clipboards, create keymaps , etc
• customize the editor environment and make it permanent.

Access Control through file attributes

• Root user, Users and groups
• File and directory access control
• Changing file/directory attributes
• Changing users and groups
• Special permissions, sticky bit etc

The Processes and job control

• Process and program and files
• Listing and monitoring processes
• Process control, send to background,bring to foreground, pause execution
• Job Control, Changing process priority level, cron,at and batch for scheduled execution, sleep and wait

The Environment

• What is environment,set,env,setenv,etc.
• Difference between different shell environments
• Difference between local and global profiles
• Understanding and customizing shell startup scripts,
• ie- .profile, .bash_profile, .bashrc , .bash_logout and their eqivalents

Basic useful utilities

• Who,date,calculator,calendar etc
• Zip,unzip,backup,convert,
• Mailing and printing
• Changing time stamps of files, hard and soft links.
• locating files with locate and find.

General and advanced filters

• Word count, translating streams, paginating, pagers etc
• Octal display, cutting fields and characters, paste etc.
• Searching patterns using grep.
• Sorting files with multiple keys,
• Working with list of files using xargs, exec and ok.
• Advanced stream editors sed and awk with programming constructs.

Basic scripts

• Introduction to shell scripts, what, why, where, how
• Shell features, which one to choose
• Variables ,Read and echo, shell variables, Special characters and comment.
• Running a Script on the Command-line,different ways to run a script.
• Running a Script from within vi, PATH and bin, Script Interpreters
• Exercise and project

Decision Making and flow control

• Displaying and using variables, command substitution, The Trouble with Quotes, line Control
• Printing and formatting the output
• Conditional command execution, Positional parameters
• Creating positional parameters
• Conditional substitution, True and False
• if , else & elif Statements, case statements
• Exercise and project

Looping and breaking

• The while and until loop
• The ‘for’ loop
• Breaking out of a loop and continuing
• Associative arrays,
• Exercise and project

Functions

• Program Structure
• Defining and Calling a Function
• Function Parameters
• Function Return Values
• Exercise and project

Command-line Parameters

• Command line parameter details
• Command-line Control
• Set and shift, evaluating twice
• Usage messages

Advanced Scripting

• Debugging
• Default Values for Variables, arithmetic evaluation using expr and let
• Temporary Files
• Preventing Abnormal Termination, signals and immortal scripts
• File redirection revisited, merging streams, creating file handles.
• Exercise and project.

Networking and Database in Scripts

• Creating Database in Scripts, connecting to database
• Sending commands to Server with Scripts, Formatting the received Output
• Networking Tools, ping telnet, ftp, scp etc
• Resolving IP Address,
• Project and further readings

Creating Utilities and essential system administration

• Sending Mails from scripts
• Performing Backups
• Managing User Accounts
• Scheduling CRON jobs and sharing practical experience
• Startup and shutdown
• Managing disk space
• Run levels

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