HP-UX Introduction
Course Code: HI
Duration: 3 days
HP-UX Introduction Course Overview
This Hewlett Packard HP-UX Operating System training course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the HP-UX Operating System. The most commonly used commands and utilities are described in detail as are the command line wildcard and redirection facilities.
The course discusses the mechanisms by which a user acquires a login environment and the main features of the Korn/Posix/Bash Shells are introduced.
Exercises and examples are used throughout the course to give practical hands-on experience with the techniques covered.
Course Objectives
To provide the skills needed to work productively in the HP-UX environment.
Who will the Course Benefit?
Anyone who needs to understand and use the HP-UX Operating System.
There are no formal pre-requisites, although an understanding of and exposure to information technology is advantageous.
Skills Gained
The delegate will learn and acquire skills as follows:
- The history of the UNIX and Linux operating systems
- Navigating and creating files and directories within the UNIX filesystem
- Navigating and searching manual pages
- Structuring commands
- File and directory management commands
- Using commands with logical AND and OR
- Shell redirection and pipe facilities
- Editing text files using the vi / Vim editor
- Customising the vi / Vim environment
- Searching and replacing text and regular expressions (regex)
- Recalling and editing commands with the Bash and Korn Shell
- Setting and changing file and directory permissions
- Creating hard and symbolic links
- Filtering and formatting text
- Monitoring and killing processes and process priorities
- Configuring the Shell environment and variables
- The find and locate commands
- Further basic commands
HP-UX Introduction Training Course
Course Introduction
- Administration and Course Materials
- Course Structure and Agenda
- Delegate and Trainer Introductions
Session 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE HP-UX OPERATING SYSTEM
- A brief history of UNIX / Linux
- The UNIX / Linux kernel
- The UNIX / Linux file system structure
- File and directory management commands
- Absolute vs Relative Pathnames
- Further basic commands
- Exercise: Navigating the file system
Session 2: BASIC COMMANDS
- Command line syntax
- Basic file handling commands
- Basic Directory handling commands
- Filename wildcard characters
- Using commands with logical AND and OR
- Sequential command execution
- Exercise: Manipulating files and directories
Session 3: REDIRECTION AND PIPES
- Input and Output redirection
- Redirecting errors
- Piping commands
- Exercise: Using redirection and pipe facilities
HP-UX Introduction Training Course
Session 4: INTRODUCTION TO THE vi/Vim EDITOR
- Overview of the vi/Vim editor
- The language of vi
- Undoing and Redoing changes
- Input Mode and Last Line Mode
- Further vi functions
- Executing commands within vi / Vim
- Customising the vi / Vim Environment
- Getting Help
- Exercises: Using the vi editor
Session 5: SEARCHING AND REPLACING TEXT
- Searching and replacing text using the vi/Vim editor
- Using regular expressions (regex)
- Using sed for search and replace
- Searching for text with grep, egrep and fgrep
- Exercises: Searching and Replacing Text
Session 6: RECALLING AND EDITING COMMANDS
- Overview
- The bash shell
- The korn shell
- Exercises: Recall and Edit Commands
Session 7: FILE PERMISSIONS AND ACCESS CONTROL
- Users and user groups
- File access permissions
- Changing file attributes
- Switching users and user groups
- Linking files
- Exercise: Setting and access permissions
HP-UX Introduction Training Course
Session 8: FILTERING AND FORMATTING TEXT
- Overview
- The paste command
- The cut command
- An introduction to awk
- The nl command
- Exercises: Filtering Text
Session 9: PROCESSES
- What is a process?
- Monitoring processes
- Killing processes
- Background processes
- Job Control
- Grouping commands
- Exercise: Monitoring and controlling processes
Session 10: THE USER ENVIRONMENT
- Customising the .profile or .bash_profile
- Customising the .kshrc or .bashrc
- Exercise: Setting up an environment
Session 11: MORE BASIC COMMANDS
- The find command
- Using xargs command
- The locate command
- The df command
- The cut command
- The sort command
- Finding duplicate content
- Number sequencing
- Exercise: More Basic Commands
- Course technical content is subject to change without notice.
- Course content is structured as sessions, this does not strictly map to course timings. Concepts, content and practicals often span sessions.
Requirements
There are no formal pre-requisites for this HP-UX Introduction training course, although an understanding of and exposure to information technology and an understanding of operating systems is required.
Further Learning
Course Reviews
I have only been in my current job role for about 8 weeks and I found that the course content/delivery supported my learning. The overview of the course and practical exercises helped me to get a broader understanding of how the UNIX system operates; coupled with the support and patience of the course tutor.
Chris - Database Administrator
Mark is the best lecturer I have ever had in my career. This was really very useful course. Thank you.
Jakub - Transport
This Course was very helpfull and gave me more understanding about Unix with useful example which I can relate to in my role.
Laura - PLM Service Desk Technician - Construction
Course laid out very well and presented brilliantly. Trainer was very good at explaining and certainly took the time to help anyone who needed it. Would highly recommend.
Sean - Analyst Programmer
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