[LUNA] Unix training & book recommendation

[Chris Key]

Basic goals:
Know how to login
Navigate the file system
Where to find logs
How to configure, start and stop services
Use grep, sed, awk to process log or data files, ex. Convert CSV to LDIF, pull only specific items out of logs
Introduced to Perl and shell scripting
Securely transfer files between servers, including automated
Schedule tasks via cron
Set or change IP addressing, troubleshoot network connections

Am I missing anything?  I'm sure I am.

Christopher R Key 
  
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> On Mar 21, 2014, at 20:42, "Michael W. Hall" <hallmw at att.net> wrote:
> 
> What are the objectives of the training?  You want the students to learn
> basic commands for the command line?  
> 
>> On Fri, 2014-03-21 at 20:52 -0400, Christopher R. Key wrote:
>> I'm looking for a recommendation on a goo Unix reference or "learn 
>> Unix" book that I can provide to new hires.
>> 
>> I'm needing to revamp the training we do for our campus new hires, 
>> which includes a course on Unix skills.  Sadly what we've been finding 
>> is college graduates have little to no Unix skills (yes I know, I could 
>> probably recruit at your school but that's not the point).  The 
>> expectation is a one day class, but the learned skills would be used 
>> over the course of the 5 week bootcamp.
>> 
>> Here are some I've had or used in the past.  I'm curious what this 
>> group's thoughts are, especially since most of these are dated (Unix 
>> doesn't change, but given the last IP conversation, apparently it is).
>> 
>> http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596002619.do
>> Learning the Unix Operating System, 5th Edition (O'Reilly 2001)
>> 
>> http://www.amazon.com/Unix-Linux-Visual-QuickStart-Edition/dp/0321636783/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1395247274&sr=8-18&keywords=unix
>> Unix and Linux: Visual QuickStart Guide, 4th Edition (2009)
>> 
>> http://www.amazon.com/UNIX-Impatient-Edition-Paul-Abrahams/dp/0201823764/ref=sr_1_98?ie=UTF8&qid=1395247381&sr=8-98&keywords=unix
>> UNIX for the Impatient, 2nd Edition (1995)
> 
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