HP-UX Introduction

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.

The delegate will learn and acquire skills as follows:

• Creating, copying, renaming, moving and deleting files and directories
• Using the shell's redirection and pipe facilities
• Editing text files using the vi editor
• Setting and changing access permissions on files
• Monitoring and controlling their own processes
• Using the basic file and text searching utilities
• Customising their own login 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.

Course Objectives

To provide the skills needed to work productively in the HP-UX environment.

Examinations

This course, together with the HP-UX Shell Programming and HP-UX System Administration courses, covers the main topics required for the HP-UX 11i v3 System Administration (HP0-P20) exam.

Before taking any exam, ensure you have the recommended experience. The HP-UX website lists all exam requirements and these are updated regularly.

Exams are not included as part of the course.

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.

Follow-On Courses

• HP-UX Shell Programming
• Oracle SQL
• TCP/IP Networking

Notes:

• 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.

Course Contents - DAY 1Course 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
• The UNIX kernel
• The UNIX file system
• Getting started navigating the file system
• The file system structure
• Directories and files
• Pathnames
• Navigating the file system
• Exercise: Logging on to the system
• Exercise: Navigating the file system

Session 2: BASIC COMMANDS

• Command line syntax
• Basic file handling commands
• Basic Directory handling commands
• Filename wildcard characters
• Exercise: Manipulating files and directories

Session 3: REDIRECTION AND PIPES

• Input redirection
• Output redirection
• Pipes
• Exercise: Using redirection and pipe facilities

HP-UX Introduction Training CourseCourse Contents - DAY 2Session 4: INTRODUCTION TO THE vi EDITOR

• Overview of the vi editor
• Basic functions
• Switching to input mode
• Other useful commands
• Exercises: Using the vi editor
• Exercise: Using more advanced vi features

Session 5: SEARCHING AND REPLACING TEXT

• Replacing text
• Using the vi editor
• Using sed for search and replace
• Searching for text with grep
• 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 CourseCourse Contents - DAY 3Session 8: FILTERING TEXT

• Overview
• 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
• The df command
• The cut command
• The sort command
• Finding duplicate content
• The finger command
• Exercise: More Basic Commands