John Hopkins University - Linux Tools for Developers 

Introduction to Linux Tools for Developers (Course 3)

Module 1 Overview

Command Line Tools for Manipulating Text Files

Using cat (Demo)

Working with Large Files

Introduction to sed and awk

Using sed (Demo)

File Manipulation Utilities

Introduction to paste, join, and split

Script Basics

Functions

Preparing Your Computer

Tools Used to List, Create, Delate and Rename Files and Directories

Finding Files: find and locate

grep Command

sed Command

Using find (Lab)

Using grep (Lab)

cat

Using cat Interactively

echo

head

tail

Viewing Compressed Files

sed Command Syntax and Basic Operations

awk Command Syntax and Basic Operations

sort

uniq

Using paste

Using join

Using split

Regular Expressions and Search Patterns

grep

strings

tr

tee

wc

cut

Using sed (Lab)

Parsing Files with awk (and sort and uniq) (Lab)

Using grep (Lab)

Using tee (Lab)

Using wc (Lab)

Script Basics (Cont.)

Conditionals

Loops

Functions (Cont.)

Creating Simple Bash Shell Scripts (Lab)

A Simple Backup Utility (Lab)

Essential Command Line Tools

File and Text Manipulation Utilities

Bash Scripting

Files and Filesystems

Module 2 Overview

Types of Files (Cont.)

Permissions and Access Rights

Using umask (Demo)

Filesystems and the VFS

Using Available Filesystems (Demo)

RAID and LVM

Using LVM (Demo)

Types of Files

Changing Permissions and Ownership

Using umask (Lab)

Using chmod (Lab)

Using setuid (Lab)

Mounting Filesystems

Loopback Filesystems (Lab)

Files and Filesystems

Linux Filesystems

Linux Developer Methods

Module 3 Overview

gcc and Other Compilers

Debugging with gdb

Write Once, Use Anywhere?

Integrated Development Environments: Eclipse and NetBeans

Package Management

Building a Binary RPM Package (Demo)

Major gcc Options

Static Libraries

Shared Libraries

Linking to Libraries

Shared Libraries (Lab)

Installing Java on Linux

Handling Multiple JREs and JDKs: The Alternatives System

Environment Variables and Class Paths

RPM Creation

The RPM spec File

Details on RPM spec Sections

RPM Dependencies

Debian Package Creation Workflow

Building RPMs (Lab)

Building a Debian Package from Source (Lab)

Open Source Software Development, Linux and Git Specialization Digital Badge

Compiling, Linking and Libraries

Java Installation and Environment

Building RPM and Debian Packages