UNIX Fundamentals: Files and Directories

Overview/Description
UNIX was Developed in 1969 by AT&T at Bell Labs and today is one of the most widely used OSes in the world. Used by individuals, companies, and organizations for a variety of applications, commercial UNIX systems include Oracle Solaris, IBM AIX, and HP-UX. An open-source system with many variants, it has also gained success in personal use markets such as desktop PCs (with UNIX-based operating systems like Linux and Mac OSX), and in smartphones with the Android OS. UNIX has powerful file system features for working with files and directories. This course provides an introduction to the UNIX file system, including file types and their functions, the creation and deletion of UNIX files, wildcards and regular expression characters, searching UNIX files using parameters, and managing UNIX files and directories.

Target Audience
Individuals and companies who want to get a thorough grounding in UNIX principles and operation.

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

UNIX Fundamentals: Files and Directories

recognize the basic characteristics of files and directories

describe UNIX file types

name files and directories in a UNIX file system

navigate the UNIX file system

list files in a UNIX file system

view files in a UNIX file system

create files and directories

delete files

set permissions on files

work with the UNIX file system

create, delete, and set permissions for files

use wildcards to locate files

use regular expressions to locate files

use grep to search for file content

use find to search for files

create and delete directories

copy and move files and directories

archive directories

find files in the Unix file system

create and archive directories