Objectives : Master the basics of bash/ksh scripting under Linux.
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 : 21 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 or Debian 8 or Ubuntu 16.04 or SLES 12 Virtual Appliance.

• Text Manipulation Tools
  • 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.

• Scripting Workshop
  • LAB #1 - Automating User Management
    • The create_user function
    • The modif_user function
    • The show_user function
    • The create_list_user function
    • The create_groupfunction
    • The modif_groupfunction
    • The delete_groupfunction
    • The show_group function
    • Creating a menu
  • LAB #2 - Automating Backups,
    • The archive_rep function
    • The restore_rep function
    • The show_archive function
    • The compress_archive function
    • The decompress_archive function
    • Managing errors