Red Hat Certified System Administrator: Scripting and Scheduling

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Prerequisites
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Overview/Description
Scripting and scheduling are fundamental to advanced administration of a Linux system. In this course you'll learn about the building blocks of scripts, how to write and use scripts, and how to schedule jobs, including how to schedule your own scripts. This course is one of a series in the Skillsoft learning path that covers the objectives for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHCSA exam (EX200).

Target Audience
Established IT professionals who wish to acquire job skills and to be trained specifically to pass the Red Hat RHCSA EX200 certification exam

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

Red Hat Certified System Administrator: Scripting and Scheduling

start the course

identify and understand the basic syntax of a regular expression

use grep to find patterns in a file based on simple patterns or regular expressions

use advanced grep features like recursively finding matching files and ignoring case sensitivity

use grep with I/O redirection and pipes to create lists

use grep to locate content within a text file

get and set discretionary and mandatory Access Control Lists

add, edit, and view quotas

create a directory that can be shared by multiple users in a common group

use read to get input from the user in a BASH script

use the if statement and the basic looping construct for

use the while and until looping constructs

use bash test operators to check for conditions

describe the order of expansion when used a script

set an exit status and use it from the Shell

describe the different job schedulers and how they differ

describe the configuration of a crontab file and the different sections for a cron job

create a cron job

edit and pause cron jobs as well as set jobs for users and root

identify the at parameters and commands used for managing jobs

schedule a job using at

alter, delete, and view at jobs

describe a systemD timer unit and the options

schedule a systemD timer task

convert a cron job to a systemD timer task

create a script that will use grep to find files with certain contain and schedule this job to run each day at 2:05 am

Course Number:
lu_rhel_a04_it_enus

Expertise Level
Intermediate