 | Level: Intermediate Ian Shields , Senior Programmer, IBM
15 Nov 2005 Welcome to the next step in studying for the Linux® certification exams. This tutorial series serves as a comprehensive study guide so you can take the exams with confidence. And even if you're not preparing for Linux certification at this time, this series helps you build fundamental skills on Linux systems administration. In this tutorial (the third in a series of five tutorials), Ian Shields introduces you to the Linux command line and several GNU and UNIX commands, and in doing so, continues preparing you to take the Linux Professional Institute Junior Level Administration (LPIC-1) Exam 101.
Proceed through the tutorials in sequence, or choose your topic of interest, from the entire set of Linux certification tutorials on developerWorks.
In this tutorial
- Work on the command line
- Process text streams using filters
- Perform basic file management
- Use streams, pipes, and redirects
- Create, monitor, and kill processes
- Modify process execution priorities
- Search text files using regular expressions
- Perform basic file editing operations using vi
Objectives
By the end of this tutorial, you will be comfortable using commands on a Linux system. The tutorial is organized according to the specific objectives of the LPI exam for this topic. If you're studying for certification -- or simply building a solid foundation in Linux systems administration -- you will be ready to proceed to the next tutorial in this series.
Prerequisites
Beyond a basic knowledge of Linux, there are no formal prerequisites for this tutorial.
System requirements
You should have a working Linux system so you can try out the commands and examples that are described in this tutorial.
Duration
More than two hours
Formats html, pdf
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