Unix Shell Scripting Course Syllabus

Introduction To the Unix 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

Basic Commands

• Command Line Syntax
• Basic File Handling Commands
• Directory Handling Commands
• Filename Wildcard Characters

Redirection And Pipes

• Input Redirection
• Output Redirection
• Pipes

Introduction To The Vi Editor

• Overview Of The Vi Editor
• Basic FunctionsBasic Functions
• Switching To Input Mode
• Other Useful Commands

Searching And Replacing Text

• Replacing Text
• Using The Vi Editor
• Using Sed For Search And Replace
• Searching For Text With Grep
• Linking Files

Recalling And Editing Commands

• Overview
• The Bash Shell
• The Korn Shell