Linux System Customization and Automation


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number



Overview/Description
To discuss common scripting languages and to describe methods for automating Linux system tasks

Target Audience
Students wishing to acquire the intermediate skills required as a Linux system administrator

Prerequisites
A knowledge of basic Linux system administration

Expected Duration (hours)
2.2

Lesson Objectives

Linux System Customization and Automation

  • write a simple search pattern as a regular expression.
  • recognize the features and characteristics of Perl.
  • recognize how to create simple Bourne shell scripts and identify the structure of conditional statements.
  • recognize the function of sed and awk.
  • write regular expressions and create a simple Perl script.
  • recognize how to configure and run the rsync client.
  • recognize how to schedule tasks using crontab and the at command.
  • configure schedules using crontab and the at command.
  • Course Number:
    221197_eng