HP-UX Training :Fundamentals of HP-UX Supporting Platforms: HP-UX (PA-RISC, Integrity)

Fundamentals of HP-UX
Supporting Platforms: HP-UX (PA-RISC, Integrity)

HP-UX Training Overview

This course teaches the basic working environment of an HP-UX system. It introduces commonly required operations that can be performed by entering commands interactively in a command terminal, along with features in the Common Desktop (CDE) graphical environment. This course supports the following platforms: HP-UX ( V11i v3)

HP-UX Training Prerequisites

This course is considered to be the basic HP-UX course. Experience with any (other) interactive system is helpful.

HP-UX Training Course duration

This course normally requires three (3) days, approximately 50% lecture and 50% lab time.

HP-UX Training Course Objectives

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

HP-UX Training Course outline

Understanding the User Environment

HP-UX Software Overview
Process Concepts
The Common Desktop Environment

Getting Started with the Command Language

Logging Into an HP-UX System
- - Graphically through the CDE/ssh tunnel
- - Non-graphically thru telnet or ssh
Shell Syntax Rules
Command Line Editing
Obtaining help using man, CDE helpview
Korn Shell history controls
Basic Network Operations

Managing Files

File Specification Syntax
Device Specifications
Directory Specifications
Using the CDE dtfile file manager
Regular Expressions and Special Characters
HP-UX Commands to Manipulate Files
- CDE utilities to manipulate files
File Protection Mechanisms

Creating and Editing Text Files: Part 1

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

Creating and Editing Text Files: Part 2

Advanced Features of the vi Editor
- abbreviations
- mapping keys

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 lp Commands and Options
- Using the CDE print manager
The at Command and Options

Basic Archiving Techniques

The tar Command and Options
Compressing tar archives with gzip