Using AIX

Duration:   4 or 5 days

Participants:   Developers, systems support, and end users.

Objectives:   Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to: -  Develop applications on a computer using the UNIX operating system with the Shell as the interactive command interpreter.

Overview:   This is an in-depth presentation of AIX utilities plus an overview of the shell. You will become familiar with the relationship between AIX utilities and the shell to creatively manage data.

Prerequisites:   A working knowledge of another operating system such as DOS, Windows, or MVS is helpful. This course assumes no prior knowledge of UNIX or AIX.

Format:   Lecture and hands-on workshops.

Topic Outline:   -  Introduction to AIX         Getting started         Logging in         Changing your password         Logging out -  User-to-User Communication         Interactive communication         Non-interactive communication -  Editing: Creating and Changing Text Files         Early line editors         The full screen editor: vi         Text file editing commands -  Useful Utilities         Listing filenames         Spell checking         Calendar reminders         UNIXs powerful calculator -  Directories and Files         File system structure         Standard UNIX directories         File system navigation         Pathnames         Changing directories         File system navigation         Creating and removing directories         Displaying file types and contents         Copying, moving linking and removing files -  Access Permissions         Users and groups         Access permission categories         Changing access permissions         Setting default file and directory permissions         Changing the owner and group of a file -  Using the Shell         Overview of the Shell as the command interpreter         Command execution via the PATH         Filename expansion metacharacters         Input-output redirection metacharacters         Pipes and filters -  Manipulating Text Files         Counting components of a file         Translating characters in a file         Cutting, pasting and joining files         Adding line numbers         Preparing a file for printing         Updating modification time of files         Non-interactive editing with sed         Sorting text files -  Working With Regular Expressions         Using grep         Using awk -  Shell Programming         Shell scripts         Shell commands         Shell variables         Script input         Looping         Decision making -  Working with a Printer         Sending a file to the printer         Checking the print status of a file         Canceling a print job -  Controlling the Execution of UNIX -  Commands         Putting the Shell processes in the background         Determining running Shell processes         Running a command at lower priority         Continuing command execution after logout         Executing command at a later date and time

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