0S 101 - Introduction to Linux

Description

Linux 101 is a comprehensive introduction to the Linux operating system, covering fundamental command-line operations, system navigation, file management, scripting, networking, and containerization. Designed for beginners, this course provides hands-on experience with essential Linux tools and concepts, laying a strong foundation for system administration, DevOps, and software development.

Prerequisite

Duration

COMP 1018 weeks

Curriculum

Week 1

Day 1

  • Learning The Shell
  • What Is The Shell?
  • Terminal Emulators
  • Your First Keystrokes
  • Command History
  • Cursor Movement
  • A Few Words About Mice And Focus
  • Try Some Simple Commands
  • Ending A Terminal Session
  • The Console Behind The Curtain
  • Summing Up
  • Further Reading

Day 2

  • Navigation
  • Understanding The File System Tree
  • The Current Working Directory
  • Listing The Contents Of A Directory
  • Changing The Current Working Directory
  • Absolute Pathnames
  • Relative Pathnames
  • Some Helpful Shortcuts
  • Important Facts About Filenames

Day 3

  • Exploring The System
  • More Fun With ls
  • Options And Arguments
  • A Longer Look At Long Format
  • Determining A File's Type With file
  • Viewing File Contents With less
  • What Is 'Text'?
  • Less Is More
  • A Guided Tour
  • Symbolic Links
  • Hard Links
  • Summing Up
  • Further Reading

Day 4

  • Manipulating Files And Directories
  • Wildcards
  • Character Ranges
  • Wildcards Work In The GUI Too
  • mkdir – Create Directories
  • cp – Copy Files And Directories
  • Useful Options And Examples
  • mv – Move And Rename Files
  • rm – Remove Files And Directories
  • Be Careful With rm!
  • ln – Create Links
  • Hard Links
  • Symbolic Links
  • Let's Build A Playground.
  • Creating Directories
  • Copying Files
  • Moving And Renaming Files
  • Creating Hard Links
  • Creating Symbolic Links
  • Removing Files And Directories
  • Creating Symlinks With The GUI

Day 5

  • Working With Commands
  • What Exactly Are Commands?
  • Identifying Commands
  • type – Display A Command's Type
  • which – Display An Executable's Location
  • Getting A Command's Documentation
  • help – Get Help For Shell Builtins
  • --help – Display Usage Information
  • man – Display A Program's Manual Page
  • apropos – Display Appropriate Commands
  • whatis – Display A Very Brief Description Of A Command
  • The Most Brutal Man Page Of Them All
  • info – Display A Program's Info Entry
  • README And Other Program Documentation Files
  • Creating Your Own Commands With alias