AIX Training : Fundamentals of IBM AIX: Getting Started

This course teaches the basic working environment of an IBM AIX system. It introduces commonly required operations that can be performed by entering commands interactively in a command window, along with functions available in the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). This course is taught for all supported IBM AIX hardware platforms.

AIX Training Prerequisites

This course is considered to be the basic Unix / IBM AIX course. Experience with any (other) interactive system is helpful

AIX Training Course duration

This course normally requires four (4) days, approximately 50% lecture and 50% lab time.

AIX Training Course Objectives

Each participant will be able to use Korn Shell techniques and commands to maintain collections of files; create files using interactive editor utilities; create and execute basic command scripts, communicate with other users, and tailor the interactive environment to meet their needs. Environment control using the CDE graphical utilities will also be shown.

AIX Training Course outline

Understanding the User Environment

    Unix / IBM AIX Software Overview
    Process Concepts
    The Common Desktop Environment GUI
    Korn shell command line environment features

Getting Started with the Command Language

    Logging Into a UNIX System
        - Graphically through the CDE
        - Non-graphically thru telnet or emulation
    Shell Syntax Rules
    Command Line Editing
    Obtaining help using man and CDE helpview
    Using the write and talk Utilities
    Basic Network Operations

Managing Files

    File Specification Syntax
    Device Specifications
    Directory Specifications
    Using the CDE dtfile manager
    Regular Expressions and Special Characters
    Unix / AIX Commands to Manipulate Files
        CDE utilities to manipulate files
    File Protection Mechanisms
    Special File Attributes (suid, sgid, sticky)

Creating and Editing Text Files: Part 1

    Using GUI-based editors (dtpad)
    vi Editor
    ex Editor (commands within vi)

Creating and Editing Text Files: Part 2

    Advanced Features of the vi Editor
        abbreviations
        mapping keys
    Alternatives to vi (vim, nedit)

Improving the User Interface

    Saving History Commands
    Creating Command Aliases
    Redirection of Input and Output
    Using Hard and Symbolic Links
    Process Control Commands

Shell Script Procedures

    Rules for Creating Procedures
    The .profile Procedures
    The .kshrc Procedure

Print and Batch Mechanisms

    The lpr and lp Commands and options
        Using the CDE print manager
    The at Command and Qualifiers
    The cron Command and options

User Archives

    The tar command and options
        Compressing archives with compress / gzip
    Uncompressing with uncompress / gunzip

Writing Korn Shell Scripts

    Reasons for writing shell scripts
    Layout of a Korn Shell script
    Developing a template for Korn Shell scripts
    Methods of executing a shell script
    Korn Shell environment variables
    User-defined variables
    Substitution of variables
    Command substitution in variables
    Tracing / Debugging Korn shell scripts
    Decision statements
    Looping statement constructs
    typesetting variables for output
    typesetting integer / floating point variables

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