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LinuxCBT Scripting Edition is a unique approach to teaching GNU/Linux Scripting skills. Serious Linux IT-professionals are expected to have a command of various scripting environments for administrative purposes. LinuxCBT Scripting Edition consists of the following 7 Modules:

* Bourne Again Shell (BASH)
* Perl
* Python
* PHP
* Regular Expressions (RegEx)
* Awk & Sed field (Column) and streams (Automated Text Editing)
* KornShell

LinuxCBT Scripting Edition, is unparalleled in content, depth and expertise. LinuxCBT Scripting Edition prepares you or your organization for successfully developing and implementing business-critical GNU/Linux-based scripting solutions. Linux automation requires a solid scripting foundation.

Recommended Prerequisites:

* Open mind & determination to master Linux Scripting Solutions - BASH/Perl/Python/PHP
* Access to a GNU/Linux-based PC to perform exercises in LinuxCBT Scripting Edition

Bourne Again Shell (BASH) Scripting - Module I

* Introduction to BASH Command Line Interface (CLI)
o Identify BASH installation & key configuration files on RedHat & Debian GNU/Linux distros
+ .profile/.bash_profile/.bashrc/.bash_history
o Identify & use common built-in BASH commands (pwd,cd,set,unset,export,source,etc.)
o BASH Command-line Expansion
+ Brace Expansion
+ Tilde Expansion
+ Parameter & variable Expansion
+ Command Substitution
o BASH Reserved words
o BASH History identification & configuration
o Aliases (ls,du,df,rm,cp)
o Backticks - command expansion & execution
o BASH Prompt configuration
o Command chaining
o Error level/Return code (Command Exit Status) identification
o Conditional execution of subsequent commands (&&,||)
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* Redirection | Error Handling
o Standard Input
+ Direct input from STDIN (Standard Input)
+ Redirect input from a file
o Standard Output
+ Direct output to STDOUT (Standard Output )
+ Redirect output to a file
+ Append Standard Output to an existing file
o Standard Error
+ Explore STDERR attributes
+ Redirect Standard Error
o Input/Output (I/O) Redirection
+ Pipes
+ Sequential execution via pipes
o Quoting & Escaping
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* BASH Scripting
o Basic Script definition (hello world), permissions modification & execution
o Internal BASH variables
o Global Variable definition
o Function definition
o Local Variable definition - function scope
o BASH Arrays
o Loops
o Menu creation using Select
o Job control - Foreground/Background processing
o Conditionals
o Case - Concise Conditional Branching
o Positional Parameters
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* BASH Script Definition
o Create BASH script to move multiple files to new names defined by positional parameters
o Create script to monitor directory for file changes and report the differences via E-mail to Administrator
o Create script to monitor directory size and report threshold encroachment to Administrator via E-mail
o Define script to parse logs for keywords and notify the Administrator via E-mail
o Create script to monitor network connectivity between hosts and report outages to Admin via E-mail
o Define script to monitor process, restart if fails, and E-mail Administrator at defineable limits
o Create script to backup sub-directories using Tar & Gzip, define threshold, and SSH file to remote host
o Log the output of BASH scripts to a Syslog-like format
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* BASH 3.x Updates
o Explore BASH 3.x on multiple platforms: Linux|Solaris|MacOSX|FreeBSD
o Compare and contrast to BASH 2.x
o Execute BASH 2.x commands|scripts within BASH 3.x on multiple platforms
o Evaluate results
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Practical Extraction & Reporting Language (Perl) - Module II

* Perl Basics
o Discuss Perl's capabilities
o Identify available Perl binaries on the system
o Discuss Perldoc - documentation program
o Discuss Perl interpreter
o Define first Perl program - Hello World
o Explain the application of the SHEBANG header within Perl scripts
o Explain warnings options
o Explain strict options
o Discuss compilation of Perl scripts and compare and contrast with shell scripts
o Comments
o Print function
o Escape sequences including (\t, \n, etc.)
o Explain quoting rules and variable interpolation
o Variable definition
o Operators
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* Perl Variables
o Variable scopes (Global/Local)
o Scalars - single values
+ Discuss the properties of scalar variables
+ Evaluate the definition of scalars
+ Variable concatenation
o Arrays - lists & lists of lists
+ Discuss the properties of array variables
+ Evaluate the definition of arrays
+ Multi-dimensional arrays
+ Array slices
+ Array functions
+ Ranges
o Hashes - Key/Value pairs
+ Discuss the properties of hashes
+ Evaluate the definition of hashes
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* Control Structures
o Discuss various types of Subroutines and features
o Define non-returning sub-routines
o Define returning sub-routine
o Conditionals
o If - integer and string comparisons
o Else/elsif testing
o Unless
o For Loops
o Foreach Loops - Array iteration
o While Loops
o Until Loops
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* General Perl Information I
o Block Definition
o Use the X Functions for file system testing
o Positional parameters - ARGV
o Determine number of command line arguments
o Record Separators
o Internal Perl Variables
o Modules
o Explore the module path and applicable variables
o Discuss various ways to install Perl modules
o Install modules
o File I/O
o File Handles
o Open Function
o Discuss rules regarding file handles and use of the open function
o Assign file handles to Perl arrays for iteration
o Process text files using applicable file I/O functions and foreach loops
o Generate data files using file I/O functions
o Die function
o Error handing with Perl's built-in variables
o Count records from input file
o Use the Split function to separate fields based on various delimiters
o Use Join to assemble lists
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* General Perl Information II
o References
o Chomp - strip superfluous characters
o Command substitution
o Use execute function to launch external programs
o Use system function to execute external commands and evaluate return status
o Regular Expressions discussion
o Demonstrate the many rules of Regular Expressions
o Process arrays using push/pop functions
o Generated data files and process them using split and field determination
o Mail integration using Sendmail
o Mail integration using downloaded Perl mail module
o Define and execute Perl one-liners
o Common Gateway Interface (CGI) - Apache 2.x integration
o Process GET & POST variables
o MySQL Database integration
o Identify required modules for MySQL integration
o Define connection object
o Execute SELECT queries
o Execute INSERT queries
o Execute UPDATE queries
o Execute DELETE queries
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* Perl LFTP Integration - Error Handling
o Integrate LFTP client with Perl
o Automate LFTP process with Perl
o Implement error-handling
o Evaluate results
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Python - Object Oriented Linux Scripting Environment - Module III

* Basics
o Discuss Python's capabilities & features
o Identify location of pre-installed Python
o Discuss Python's Interactive interface
o Use the interactive interface to ouput basic expressions
o Hello World
o Identify reserved keywords
o Escape sequences & escape character exploration
o Define Python script using Linux SHEBANG header
o Execute Python scripts using the Python interpreter directly
o Discuss data types including strings, integers, lists, tuples, dictionaries, etc.
o Define standard variable types
o Use the print function to examine ouput of variables and expressions
o Use the type function to resolve data type
o Use the id function to expose the memory location of the stored variable
o Explain and define references and integrate with the id function
o Comments definition
o Perform basic arithmetic to illustrate the PEMDAS order of operations and examine how to alter it
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* General Python Information I
o Explain and illustrate STDIN usage
o Examine the input function
o Examine the raw_input function
o Compare and contrast between input and raw_input functions
o Define small script to make use of input/raw_input and basic math functions
o Python Function concepts, applications and definition
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* String Manipulation
o Define and ascertain the length of strings
o String extraction using list elements and list slicing
o Discuss immutable and mutable data types
o Loop through string slices using for loops
o Compare strings using string operators
o Discuss Python's object-oriented nature of various modules including classes and methods
o Import strings module
o Convert strings to upper and lower case using strings module methods
o Split strings into lists
o Join lists into strings
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* List Manipulation
o Define lists
o Discuss and Define tuples
o Compare and contrast lists and tuples
o Reverse lists
o Append lists
o Extend lists
o Nest lists
o Define multi-dimensional lists
o Stack Lists using Last In First Out (LIFO) using the pop function
o Define First In First Out (FIFO) lists to emulate queueing using the pop function
o Insert values into various positions of the list
o Use ranges to generate integers
o Lists with Integers
o Lists with Strings
o Emulate standard UNIX Syslog logfile format using Lists
o Parse emulated logfile format using the Split function
o Recap list manipulation using integers, strings and various list methods
o Explain and define Dictionaries - key/value pairs similar to Hashes in Perl
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* Control Structures
o IF - Defintion and usage
o Discuss the importance of indentation
o Else/Elif - comparisons against integers and strings
o Comparison negation
o Write script to perform conditional testing
o Import sys module to evaluate positional parameters using ARGV
o Define script which requires minimum number of command-line arguments
o Nest multiple if/elif statements to match logic
o Explain how for loops work in Python
o for loops definition and usage
o Iterate through lists of strings using for loops
o Integrate for loops with string manipulation functions and log file parsing
o Define and use While loops
o Define and examine the consequences of incorrect logic with an infinite while loop
o Integrate while loop with raw_input function to obtain data from the end-user
o Discuss file handle concepts and applications
o Use control structures to generate output for use in File I/O exercises
o Use the open function to read a file into a file handle
o Iterate through the lines within the opened file using readline functions, etc.
o Open file handles for writing
o Open multiple file handles
o Write strings to files using string formatting options and variable substitution
o Parse source file by extracting columns to be stored in destination file
o Regular Expressions
o Discuss Regular Expressions
o Import Regular Expressions module (re) for usage
o Implement Regular Expressions (REs)
o Regular Expressions Matching of strings and variables
o REGEX Repeaters
o Integrate Regular Expressions with text file processing
o Exception Handling
o Try & Except
o Modules
o Identification of default Python modules
o Import modules (sys, os, etc.) for usage
o Use the dir function to ascertain the classes and methods available within modules
o Use the SHUTIL module for advanced, high-level File I/O (Copy, Move, etc.)
o Python - Syslog integration
o Define script using the Syslog module to log to syslog
o Common Gateway Interface
o CGI Discussion and applications
o Implement Python CGI with Apache 2.x
o Evaluate results of CGI integration
o Globbing
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* Dictionaries
o Further exploration of dictionaries
o Parse log files into dictionary data structure
o Organize results
o Analyse data
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* Time
o Review properties of various time functions
o Export time with various functions
o Use time functions to create log entries in process akin to Perl
o Evaluate results
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PHP - Hyper Text Pre-Processor - Dynamic Web Applications & CLI - Module IV

* Installation
o Identify Online PHP resources
o Download PHP
o Identify Apache prerequisite packages and programs - Modular support (mod.so)
o Extract, compile and install PHP with Apache modular support
o Compile and install PHP with Command Line Interface (CLI) support
o Identify key PHP configuration files & directories
o Configure Apache httpd.conf with PHP integration to provide PHP support
o Configure Apache with PHP binary and source support
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* PHP Basics
o Explain PHP-supported long/short/ASP parse-tags & identify configuration changes in php.ini
o Hello World script output using echo to the web browser
o Describe the various comments supported by PHP
o Examine the ouput of PHP-maintained variables using phpinfo()
o Explain supported data types via variables (integers, strings, floating points, here documents, arrays, etc.)
o Test instantiation of supported variables with default types
o Explain Quoting rules and variable interpolation
o Demonstrate escape sequences such as tab, new lines, spaces, etc.
o Exercise the echo command
o Define basic associated arrays (i.e. hashes/dictionaries)
o Define nested associative arrays
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* General Information
o Examine key CGI PHP-server variables
+ HTTP_USER_AGENT
+ PHP_SELF
+ REQUEST_METHOD
+ DOCUMENT_ROOT
+ REMOTE_ADDR
+ HTTP_REFERRER
o Explore HTTP GET Request Methods via the URLString and Forms
o Explore HTTP POST Request Methods via the URLString and Forms
o NULL Variables
o Basic Math - PEMDAS
o Integer and String Comparison Operators
o Examine execution operators for executing Linux Shell commands and obtaining the ouput
o Variable assignment via execution operations
o Illustrate the usage of nested arrays
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* Control Structures
o IF - comparisons against integers and strings
o Else/Elseif - comparisons against integers and strings
o Test whether variables are of the same type
o Comparison negation
o C-stlye for loops definition and usage
o Generate HTML option boxes using C-style for loops
o foreach list iterator loop definition and usage
o Generate HTML based on the contents of the list iterated by foreach
o While loops definition and usage
o Examine filesystem listings using execution operators and while loops
o do While definition and usage
o Break
o Continue
o Switch - for concise if/elseif conditional examination
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* General Information II
o Discuss the applications of Server Side Includes (SSI)
o Server Side Includes using require
o Server Side Includes using include
o Explain and examine the differences between require and include
o Demonstrate distributed include applications by including content using HTTP
o Header, leftnav, body, and footer definition and integration with require/include
o HTML Form defintion using include and control structures
o PHP Functions definition and sample usage
o ISSET & UNSET for examining and controlling variables
o Discuss the way PHP handles uploaded files
o Identify key configuration files which affect uploaded files
o HTTP File I/O - uploads & processing via HTML forms
o Define back-end action pages to handle HTTP file uploads
o Examine available file attributes of HTTP-uploaded files
o PHP SMTP E-mail integration discussion
o Define scripts to process forms and generate SMTP-based e-mail
o Examine PHP Mail function options
o Use mutt on the Linux system to examine PHP-generated SMTP-based e-mail
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* PHP - Dynamic Web Programming
o PHP cookie concepts & usage discussion
o Cookie definition and examination on server and client system (Mozilla Firefox)
o Set and unset cookies on client system
o Make decisions based on the existence of cookies on the client system
o Session Variables concepts & usage discussion
o Identify pertinent configuration options for session variables
o Define session variables
o Integrate cookies with session variables
o Download MySQL RDBMS packages for usage with PHP
o Install MySQL RDBMS for usage with PHP
o Download the latest phpMyAdmin for installation
o Install phpMyAdmin with Apache supportfor web-based administration of MySQL RDBMS
o Recompile PHP for MySQL RDBMS support
o Update PHP configuration information to support MySQL
o Define basic database structure for usage
o Structured Query Language (SQL) integration with PHP
o Explain steps for connecting PHP scripts to MySQL
o Define and execute SELECT queries
o Define and execute INSERT queries
o Define and execute UPDATE queries
o Define and execute DELETE queries
o Forms Processing with MySQL integration
o Forms with Cookies
o Forms with Session Variables
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* PHP - Command Line Interface (CLI)
o Discuss concepts and applications
o Identify CLI binary
o Discuss the possible ways of executing PHP scripts from the CLI
o Define and execute PHP one-liners
o Execute scripts using PHP binary as a prefix
o Explore executing PHP via the Interpreter mode
o PHP-Linux SHEBANG definition and usage
o Execute basic commands
o CLI - File I/O usage - Stat files
o Examine file attributes
o Determine access and modification times and make decisions using control structures
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* PHP - Input Validation
o Define form and action script to process form fields
o Submit form-fields for processing
o Examine results
o Define input validation masks with regular expressions
o Evaluate results
o Extend validation masks to command line interface (CLI)
o Supply PHP CLI with input
o Confirm validation masks
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LinuxCBT Scripting Editon - RegEx - Module V

* Introduction - Features
o Discuss course outline
o Explore system configuration
o Identify key systems to be used
o Install the Bluefish graphical editor - Supports POSIX and PERL-compatible RegExes
o List key Regular Expressions applications
o Enumerate and discuss key Regular Expressions features
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* Metacharacters
o Enumerate important metacharacters
o Provide examples of asterisk '*' usage
o Apply simple character classes to searches
o Perform searches in the Bluefish editor using literals and metacharacters
o Explain and apply anchors: '^', '$'
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* Character Classes
o Discuss features and applications
o Perform searches in the Bluefish editor using character classes
o Search for case-insensitive characters
o Negate character class values using the circumflex character: '^'
o Specify ranges and inclusions
o Search for string boundaries
o Alternate between POSIX and Perl-compatible Regular Expressions in Bluefish Editor
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* RegExes with GREP & EGREP
o Discuss features and applications
o Perform simple GREP searches
o Use EGREP to find strings based on RegExes
o Parse installed applications using EGREP
o Extract 'su' attempts from the system log file: /var/log/messages
o Parse log file entries based on specific dates
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* Parenthetical Expressions
o Discuss features and applications
o Compare and contrast with character classes
o Search for strings using the Bluefish Editor
o Combine anchors with parenthesis and evaluate results
o Search for multiple groups of strings using alternation
o Use parenthetical expressions with EGREP
o Nest expressions using parenthesis
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* Quantifiers
o Discuss features and benefits
o Define RegEx tokens
o Enumerate and discuss RegEx quantifiers
o Test '?' using the Bluefish Editor and EGREP
o Test '*' using the Bluefish Editor and EGREP
o Test '+' using the Bluefish Editor and EGREP
o Test '*' using the Bluefish Editor and EGREP
o Test '{ }' - arbitrary quantifiers with the Bluefish Editor and EGREP
o Combine anchors, parenthesis and various quantifiers
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* Shortcut Sequences - POSIX & Perl
o Discuss features and benefits
o Enumerate and discuss key shortcut sequences
o Test shortcut sequences using the Bluefish Editor
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* Awk - Field Parser
o Discuss features and applications
o Use awk to extract fields from the process listing
o Apply RegEx literal strings to awk search and evaluate results
o Apply RegEx character classes to awk search and evaluate results
o Apply RegEx parenthetical expressions to awk search and evaluate results
o Apply RegEx quantifiers to awk search and evaluate results
o Incorporate conditional RegEx matching with awk search and evaluate results
o Extract fields, based on RegExes, from system log file: /var/log/messages
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* SED - Stream Editor
o Discuss features and applications
o Perform text transformation of text file using string literals
o Perform text transformation of text file using string literals and character classes
o Perform text transformation of text file using string literals and anchors
o Perform text transformation of text file using string literals and character classes
o Evaluate results
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* GNU Utilities (GREP|Awk|SED) for Windows
o Discuss features and benefits
o Identify and connect to Windows Server target system
o Download and install GNU utilities for Windows: GREP, Awk, SED
o Perform EGREP searches and evaluate results
o Perform gawk searches and evaluate results
o Perform SED substitutions and evaluate results
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* Perl Regular Expressions
o Discuss features and applications
o Write simple Perl script to compare command line argument to RegEx and evaluate results
o Alter Perl script to read text file and perform RegEx comparisons and evaluate results
o Incorporate character classes, parenthetical expressions, case-insensitivity and quantifiers
o Evaluate results
o Substitute matched text using Perl RegExes
o Substitute matched text using Perl RegExes from the command line
o Update system log using text substitution from the command line
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* PHP Regular Expressions
o Discuss features and applications
o Perform POSIX and Perl-compatible RegExes from the command line
o Substitute text using RegExes
o Evaluate results
o Design HTML form to collect fields via the browser
o Design back-end, action script to process the POST fields using RegExes
o Halt processing if POST fields do NOT meed criteria based on RegExes
o Evaluate results
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* Apache Regular Expressions
o Discuss features and benefits
o Identify key configuration files
o Explore key RegEx-supporting Apache directives
o Match a range of directories using RegExes with <DirectoryMatch> directive
o Restrict access to files using RegExes with <FilesMatch> directive
o Match URL directory values using RegExes with <AliasMatch> directive
o Redirect users to alternate content using RegExes with <RedirectMatch> directive
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* Date | Time Extractions | Regular Expressions | Logs
o Identify log entries to filter
o Filter date | time ranges using regular expressions
o Substitute extracted columns with replacement data
o Evaluate results
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* HTML Updates
o Select HTML | PHP files to update
o Identify key strings
o Replace key strings with substitutes
o Perform widespread changes across HTML | PHP documents
o Evaluate results
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LinuxCBT Scripting Edition - Awk & Sed - Module VI

* Introduction - Features
o Discuss course outline
o Explore system configuration
o Identify key systems to be used
o Install the Bluefish graphical editor - Supports POSIX and PERL-compatible RegExes
o Discuss features common and distinct to: Awk and Sed
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* Regular Expressions Review
o Enumerate important metacharacters
o Provide examples of quatinfier usage
o Apply simple character classes to searches
o Perform searches in the Bluefish editor using literals and metacharacters
o Explain and apply anchors: '^', '$'
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* Intro to Sed - Stream Editor
o Discuss features and applications
o Explain general usage syntax
o Print specific lines from input
o Delete specific lines from input
o Match streams using RegExes
o Search for ranges of text using line numbers and text ranges
o Save transformed output
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* Sed - Search & Replace
o Discuss features and applications
o Discuss Left-hand and Righ-hand side (LHS | RHS) sections in search & replace actions
o Acquire input from: STDIN, PIPES and Files and transform according to criteria
o Backup and overwrite source files using Sed one-liners
o Perform substitutions based on matched addresses
o Reuse matched strings in replacement output
o Perform text substitutions across multiple files
o Perform multiple replacements in one command
o Apply substitutions globally across all matches
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* Sed - Scripts
o Discuss features and applications
o Explain general usage syntax
o Create script to remove blank lines from input stream
o Create script to make general substitutions
o Perform case-insensitive replacements via Sed script
o Insert strings into desried location in the input stream via Sed script
o Strip trailing numeric values from input stream via Sed script
o Apply changes to multiple files
o Save scripts for reuse
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* Intro to Awk - Field Processor & Reporter
o Discuss features and benefits
o Explain general usage syntax
o Print full lines from input
o Print desired fields from input
o Match patterns using RegExes
o Control the input field | column delimiters
o Save output
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* Awk - Scripts
o Discuss features and benefits
o Explain structure of Awk scripts
o Implement BEGIN and END blocks
o Parse system files using Awk script
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* Awk - Variables
o Discuss features and applications
o Enumerate and discuss key Awk system variables
o Increment counters based on matched patterns using Awk
o Explain variable concatenation
o Explore arrays (lists of values)
o Create arrays using the split function
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* Awk - Operators
o Discuss features and applications
o Explore Boolean and Relational operators
o Discuss looping strategies
o Evaluate conditional testing using system variables
o Evaluate results
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* Awk - Process Records
o Discuss features and benefits
o Define and evaluate multiple input field separators with files with mixed delimiters
o Normalize output by controlling the Output Field Separator (OFS)
o Extract records from system file and evaluated
o Account for number of processed and matched records in END block
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* Awk - Print Formatting
o Discuss features and applications
o Compare and contrast 'print' and 'printf' output formatting
o Discuss 'printf' supported data types
o Evaluate 'printf' application in reporting
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* Awk & Sed - Various Examples
o Discuss features and applications
o Parse and cleanup HTML and PHP files with Sed & Awk
o Replace values in system file with Awk
o Evaluate results
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* Awk & Sed - Win32
o Discuss features and benefits
o Download and install Awk & Sed for Win32
o Transfer Linux files to Windows
o Test various parsing and substitution on Linux files
o Evaluate results
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* Sed - File Name Transformations - Batch
o Enumerate poorly-named files for transformation
o Identify key replacement strings for regular expressions match
o Define and apply regular expressions for transformations
o Transform prefixes and suffixes
o Evaluate results
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* Awk - E-Mail Address Parsing
o Generate sample data set
o Define regular expressions patterns for transformation
o Transform sample data
o Evaluate results
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LinuxCBT feat. KornSHell Edition - Module VII

* Introduction - Features
o Discuss KornShell history
o Explore system configuration
o Identify key systems to be used
o Discuss key features
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* Shell Basics
o Create KornShell users on various systems
o Identify key KornShell binaries and configuration files
o Explore key KornShell variables
o Discuss shell redirection and piping
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* Command Chaining | Substitution
o Discuss features and applications
o Explain general usage of 'test' command
o Evaluate sequential execution of processes
o Invoke commands contingently using logical AND and OR
o Implement command substitution
o Evaluate defined variables using command substitution
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* Variables
o Discuss features and applications
o Discuss and reference positional parameters
o Explore standard command exit status variable
o Learn how to define variables
o Define persistent variables
o Unset variables and evaluate
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* The Prompt - $PS{1..4}
o Discuss various prompt shell variables
o Setup vi-style command history access
o Customize primary prompt with useful KornShell variables
o Define a persistent prompt
o Evaluate results
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* Functions
o Discuss features and benefits
o Explore POSIX and KornShell functions
o Define useful functions in a script
o Reference functions from a script
o Discuss how positional parameters are supported with funcitons
o Evaluate results
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* Loops
o Discuss features and benefits
o Identify the supported iteration mechanisms
o Implement for | while | until loops
o Create finite and infinite loops
o Evaluate results
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* Conditions
o Discuss features and applications
o Explore comparison testing
o Perform numeric comparisons
o Perform string comparisons
o Branch out using if | elif | else
o Evaluate results
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* Error Handling
o Discuss features and applications
o Create script which requires a positional parameter
o Error handle as necessary
o Confirm the existence of the file referenced by the positional parameter
o Compartmentalize error handling into a function
o Evaluate results
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* Backup Script
o Discuss features and benefits
o Write a script to backup various files and directories
o Ensure that script is executed with appropriate number of positional parameters
o Auto-create backup file name using a unique date identifier
o Tar and compress (using gzip) backup items
o Incorporate error handling
o Evaluate results
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* Arrays
o Discuss features and applications
o Explain supported arrays
o Define indexed array with various items
o Reference individual and total array elements
o Evaluate results
o Build indexed array using command substitution
o Loop through array elements
o Define associative array with various items
o Expose total array elements
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* Regular Expressions
o Discuss features and applications
o Highlight key metacharacters
o Use character-classes
o Implement RegExes with shell commands: ls|grep|awk|sed
o Evaluate results
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* Kornshell on Solaris
o Compare & contrast Linux and Solaris Korn implementation
o Create Kornshell user on Solaris
o Identify key files
o Explore Solaris Kornshell as the user
o Customize Solaris Kornshell environment
o Run scripts created on Linux
o Evaluate results
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* Case
o Discuss features and benefits
o Explain usage
o Create cases based on simple RegExes
o Write script to identify file types using case
o Explore case usage in system scripts
o Evaluate results
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* Job Control
o Discuss features and benefits
o Background and foreground jobs
o Interact with running jobs
o Isolate jobs from TTY
o Evaluate results
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* Typeset
o Discuss features and benefits
o Define variables of disparate types
o Justfiy variables
o Transform positional parameters and variables
o Enumerate system variables
o Scope variables in and out of functions
o Evaluate results
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* Input Validation
o Discuss features and benefits
o Ensure the requisite number of positional parameters
o Confirm input prior to execution
o Evaluate results
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