Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) / CentOS : Basics

Objectives : Master Red Hat Enterprise Server basics.
Who can benefit : Anyone.
Prerequisites : Knowledge of another operating system.
Learning technique : Clear, theoretical course content divided into lessons and extensive LABS available on-line 24/24 7/7.
Duration : 14 hours.
Instructor : Certified LPI.
Student Progression : Student progression is monitored both in terms of effective course duration and in terms of student comprehension using self-assessment tests.
Resources : RHEL 7 Virtual Machine.

• File Hierarchy System
  • Directory Contents
  • Directory Structure
  • File Types
  • The mount command
    • Command Line Switches
  • The /etc/fstab file
    • Understanding the /etc/fstab file
      • Mountpoint Options
  • The umount command
    • Command Line Switches
  • Unix File Systems
    • Superblock
    • Inodes
    • Data Blocks
    • Hard (Physical) Links
    • Soft (Symbolic) Links
  • Commands: mount, umount.

• The VIsual Editor
  • Presentation
  • Creating, Opening and Closing files with VI
    • Commands
    • LAB #1 - Creating a new file with VI
    • LAB #2 - Opening a file in read-only mode using view
    • LAB #3 - Opening a file in read-write mode using VI
  • The set Command
    • Commands
    • LAB #4 - Turning on line numbering using set
  • Moving around within the file
    • Commands
  • Inserting Text
    • Commands
    • LAB #5 - Inserting text
  • Searching for Text
    • Commands
    • LAB #6 - Searching for and replacing text
  • Deleting Text
    • Commands
    • LAB #7 - Deleting lines
  • Copy, Cut and Paste
    • Commands
    • LAB #8 - Copying, Cutting and pasting text
  • Configuring a Personalised Interface
  • Commands: view, vi

• Help and Documentation
  • Help on external commands
  • Help on built-in commands
  • The man command
    • Command Line Switches
  • The apropos command
    • Command Line Switches
  • The makewhatis and whatis Commands under RHEL/CentOS 6
    • Command Line Switches
  • The mandb and whatis commands with RHEL/CentOS 7
    • Command Line Switches
  • The info command
    • Command Line Switches
  • Commands: help, man, info, apropos, makewhatis, mandb, whatis.

• Basic Shell Commands and Text Manipulation Tools
  • Use of Basic Shell Commands
    • The stty Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The date command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The who Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The df Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The free Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The whoami Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The pwd Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The cd Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The ls Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The lsof Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The touch Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The echo Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The cp Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The file Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The cat Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The mv Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The mkdir Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The rmdir Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The rm Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The sort Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The more Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The less Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The find Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The su Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The updatedb and locate Commands
      • Command Line Switches
    • The whereis Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The which Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The uptime Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The w Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The uname Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The du Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The clear Command
    • The exit Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The logout Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The sleep Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The wall Command
    • The seq Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The screen Command
      • Command Line Switches
  • Switches and Arguments
  • Manipulating Text Files
    • Regular Expressions
      • BREs
      • EREs
    • Text-search Utilities
      • The grep Command
        • Command Line Switches
      • The egrep Command
        • Command Line Switches
      • The fgrep Command
      • LAB #1 - Using grep, egrep and fgrep
    • The Stream EDitor SED
      • Command Line Switches
      • LAB #2 - Using sed
    • The Text Processor AWK
      • Presentation
      • Field Separation
      • Conditions
        • A regular expression applied to a record
        • A regular expression applied to a field
        • Comparisons
        • Logical Operators
        • Built-in Variables
      • Awk Scripts
      • The printf function
      • Control Statements
        • if
        • for
        • while
        • do-while
      • Command Line Switches
      • LAB #3 - Using awk
  • Other Useful Commands
    • The expand Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • La Commande unexpand
      • Command Line Switches
    • The cut command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The uniq Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The tr Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The paste Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The split Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The diff Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The cmp Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The patch Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The strings Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The comm Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The head Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • The tail Command
      • Command Line Switches
    • LAB #4 - Use the grep, tr and cut to extract your IP address from the output of ifconfig
  • Commands: stty, date, who, df, free, whoami, pwd, cd, ls, touch, echo, cp, file, cat, mv, mkdir, rmdir, rm, sort, more, find, su, locate, updatedb, whereis, which, uptime, w, uname, du, lsmod, modprobe, rmmod, modinfo, clear, exit, logout, sleep, grep, egrep, fgrep, sed, awk, tr, paste, cut, split, diff, cmp, uniq, patch, strings, comm, od, head, tail, wall, screen.

• Command Line Interface
  • The Shell
  • /bin/bash
    • Internal And External Commands
    • Aliases
    • The Prompt
    • The history Command
    • The TAB key
    • Metacharacters
      • The * Metacharacter
      • The ? Metacharacter
      • The [] Metacharacter
      • The extglob Option
      • ?(expression)
      • *(expression)
      • +(expression)
      • @(expression)
      • !(expression)
    • Protecting Metacharacters
    • Exit Status
    • Redirections
    • Pipes
    • Command Substitution
    • Conditional Command Execution
  • Environment Variables
    • Principal Variables
    • Internationalisation and Localisation
    • Special Variables
    • The env Command
  • Bash Shell Options
    • noclobber
    • noglob
    • nounset
  • Basic Shell Scripting
    • Execution
    • The read command
      • Code de retour
      • The IFS Variable
    • The test Command
      • Testing Files
        • LAB #1
      • Testing Strings
        • LAB #2
      • Testing Numbers
        • LAB #3
      • Expressions
        • LAB #4
      • Testing the User Environment
        • LAB #5
    • The [[ expression ]] Command
      • LAB #6
    • Shell Operators
      • LAB #7
    • The expr Command
      • Maths
      • Comparisons
      • Logic
        • LAB #8
      • The let Command
        • Maths
        • Comparisons
        • Logic
        • Binary
          • LAB #9
      • Control Structures
        • If
        • case
        • Loops
          • for
          • while
            • Example
        • Start-up Scripts
        • LAB #10
          • ~~/.bash_profile
          • ~/.bashrc
  • Commands: type, alias, unalias, chsh, history, wc, tee, set, vi, script, read, test, expr, let, if, case, for, while.