Automation has always been on the rise ever since computing came into existence, with automation - laborious and tedious tasks can be achieved with flawless efficiency. The same automation is today a norm of the IT industry wherein the professionals are required to complete various tasks using batch jobs and scripts.
This course is a hands-on shell scripting workshop that will enrich you with the knowledge needed to develop shell scripts to automate your day to day activities with ease. The course starts with single line commands and gradually progresses towards the advanced features of shell programming. You will learn the most predominantly used techniques to do effective shell programming that are usually not covered in other similar programmes.
Topics Covered
1) Introduction
2) Login and logout
3) Commands-1
4) vi editor commands
5) Files, Directories and Links
6) Privileges and Ownership commands
7) User Variables, Environmental variables and profile
8) Input and Output
9) Writing a shell script-1
10) Arithmetic Operations
11) Special shell variables
12) Conditional statements
13) Logical and Arithmetic operators
14) Files to know
15) File attributes
16) Writing a shell script-2
17) Piping
18) Commands-2
19) Debugging
20) Escaping special characters
21) Functions and Commenting
22) Commands-3
23) Writing a shell script-3
24) Background / Foreground
25) df –hk / bdf
26) Remote Copy
27) Man pages
28) Commands-4
29) Writing a shell script-4
30) Command-5
31) Writing a shell script-5
32) Commands-6
33) Connecting to an Oracle database
Who should attend
Application Developers/Programmers System Administrators Database Administrators Technical Consultants
Pre-requisites
Basic knowledge of Unix operating system and commands. Also, access to a Unix environment
What you need to bring
Passion and desire to grow and diversify your skills
Key Takeaways
You will become an efficient shell script programmer that can automate a lot of complex manually run processes
The trainer has over 6 years of experience in the IT industry mainly dealing with databases and has over 4 years of experience in shell scripting in which he has automated a variety of manually run tasks using K-shell scripting. The trainer will transfer a lot of tips and tricks pertaining to shell programming as faced in real live production assignments. The trainer has expertise in working with Solaris, HP-UX and RHEL systems. Below are some of the key skills of the trainer.
Oracle Database Administration
Building databases using shell automation
Backing up and restoring databases using scripts
L1 Unix administration activities on Solaris and HP-UX
Working with flat files
Following the process of SOX compliance in computing
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