Introduction to AIX

    

Summary:
At the completion of this course, the student will be able to use commands to manipulate files (including using the editor), navigate through the file system, manage processes and customize environments.

Duration:
5 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience:
This course is designed for system and application end-users who have little or no experience with the AIX operating system. This course is also designed for application support personnel, such as database administrators and 4GL programmers, who need a functional familiarity with basic system tools and commands.

Topics:

• AIX concepts and basics
• AIX files (manipulating and printing files, directories)
• Shell basics (history, alias, environment variables)
• Using the Korn/Bourne/C shell *
• AIX processes (ps, nice, and kill commands, process scheduling)
• The vi/emacs/ed editer *
• AIX data tools (grep, sort, sed, find, others)
• AIX productivity tools (mail, news, calendar, at, cron, write)
• Operating system fundamentals **
• Using graphical user interfaces **
• Introduction to Korn/Bourne/C shell programming *, **
• Using TCP/IP **
• Introduction to selected user applications *, **

Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites for this course.

Last Update: February 10, 2012