UNIX Essentials Featuring the Solaris 9 Operating System (SA-119)

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Supports Sun Certification

Who Can Benefit

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Prerequisites

• Use basic computer hardware (monitor, keyboard, mouse)
• Input commands and control characters from a keyboard

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Skills Gained

• Use components of the desktop system
• Use command-line features and help resources
• Manage and view files and directories and change the directory contents
• Create and modify files and use basic file permissions
• Control the user work environment
• Use commands within the Korn shell
• Perform basic process and job control
• Archive files and create archives
• Compress, view, and uncompress files
• Perform remote file transfers

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Related Courses

After:

• Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating System (SA-239)
• Shell Programming for System Programmers (SL-120CU)

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Course Content

Module 1 - Using the Desktop in the Solaris 9 OE

• Describe the four main hardware components of a computer
• Describe the three main components of the SunOS operating system
• Log in to the system
• Use the desktop environment

Module 2 - Using Command-Line Features and Online Help Resources

• Construct and execute commands from the command line
• Use online documentation

Module 3 - Viewing Directories and Files

• Work with directories
• Work with files
• Print files

Module 4 - Changing the Solaris OE Directory Contents

• Copy files and directories
• Move and rename files and directories
• Create files and directories
• Remove files and directories
• Use symbolic links

Module 5 - Searching Files and Directories

• Search for content in files
• Search for files and directories

Module 6 - Using the vi Editor

• View file and directory permissions
• Determine file or directory access
• Change the permissions
• Use the default permissions

Module 7 - Using Basic File Permissions

• View file and directory permissions
• Determine file or directory access
• Change the permissions
• Use the default permissions

Module 8 - Using Commands Within the Korn Shell

• Use the shell metacharacters
• Describe the Korn shell variables
• Display the command history
• Describe user initialization files

Module 9 - Performing Basic Process and Job Control

• Describe a process
• View a process
• Search for a specific process
• Send a signal to a process
• Manage a job in the Korn shell

Module 10 - Performing Remote Connections and File Transfers

• Establish a remote login session on another system
• Copy files or directories to and from another system
• Transfer files between systems

Module 11 - Creating Archives

• Archive files
• Compress and archive files

Module 12 - Compressing, Viewing, and Uncompressing Files

• Compress files using the compress command
• View compressed files using the zcat command
• Uncompress files using the uncompress command
• Compress a file with the gzip command
• View files using the gzcat command
• Compress and archive multiple files with the zip command

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