Text Editing and Printing in UNIX

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

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Overview/Description
To describe how to use the vi text editor and how to print documents

Target Audience
End users and IT professionals working in a UNIX environment for the first time

Prerequisites
Basic keyboard and mouse skills; some experience of working in a command-line environment such as MSDOS an advantage

Expected Duration (hours)
2.7

Lesson Objectives

Text Editing and Printing in UNIX

explain the importance of text in a UNIX environment, and describe the range of UNIX tools available for manipulating text.

perform core editing tasks using vi.

search and replace text strings using vi.

use vi to perform common editing tasks.

provide an overview of printing systems commonly found on UNIX systems.

print a file from a UNIX system.

query a print queue and cancel print jobs.

cancel and then resubmit a print job.

Course Number:
80535_eng