Unix Weekend Crash Course - Softcover

This text consists of 30 sessions that teach the core concepts of UNIX over a weekend. It focuses on the standard core UNIX OS and teaches the basics needed to perform system administration and programming in the UNIX environment. It focuses on the common aspects among the different flavours (or types) of UNIX, noting the important differences throughout. Topics covered include the many flavors of UNIX; manipulating files; writing shell scripts; batch editing and programming with awk; Perl programming; Apache Web Server; and Internet security. The features of a "Weekend Crash Course" are: each session takes 30 minutes to complete; four time-to-go icons ("30 Min To Go," "20 Min To Go," "10 Min To Go," and "Done!") gauge the reader's progress through any given session; "Quiz Yourself" questions (at the end of each session) and "Part Review" questions allow the reader to review what they have just learnedl; and skill assessment software on the CD-ROM helps readers gauge their skill level before and after reading this book. The CD-ROM contains skills assessment software based on the sessions in the book; UNIX tools; and sample scripts from the book.

Get Up to Speed on UNIX - in a Weekend!

The big day is Monday. The day you get to show off what you know about UNIX. The problem is, you're not really up to speed. Maybe it's been a while since you worked with UNIX. Or maybe you just like a challenge. In any event, we've got a solution for you - UNIX Weekend Crash Course. Open the book Friday evening and on Sunday afternoon, after completing 30 fast, focused sessions, you'll be able to dive right in and get to work on a UNIX system. It's as simple as that.

The Curriculum

Friday

Evening: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours
* The Many Flavors of UNIX
* Logging In and Out
* The File System
* The Running Processes

Saturday Morning: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours
* Introduction to the vi Editor
* Introduction to the emacs Editor
* Fundamentals of the Bourne Shell
* Using the Bourne Shell
* Using Other Shells
* Regular Expressions

Saturday, continued

Afternoon: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours
* Files and the File System
* File System Operations
* The World's Handiest Utilities
* The man Pages
* E-mail
* Writing Shell Scripts

Evening: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours
* Shell Scripts with Conditionals
* Shell Scripts with Loops
* Users and the passwd File
* Batch Editing

Sunday Morning: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours
* Batch Editing with awk
* The Perl Programming Language
* Writing and Compiling a C Program
* More Handy Utilities
* A Few Daemons
* The X Window System

Afternoon: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours
* Archiving and Compressing Files
* Security
* Network Security and the Apache Server
* When UNIX Boots

CD-ROM includes:
* General UNIX utilities and resources, including Bash, Elm, Emacs, Grep, Pine, Apache, MySQL, Perl, Python, and more
* UNIX security utilities, including Snort, Nessus, SAINT, Tripwire, and more
* Code examples from the book
* Assessment test to help gauge your progress