Course description: UNIX / AIX User Essentials

This course enables you to perform everyday tasks using the AIX operating system.

This course provides lectures and hands on labs in a face-to-face classroom setting. The course is also offered in a live virtual classroom environment (ILO - Instructor Led Online) with hands-on labs UNIX / AIX User Essentials (ILO) (AX720).

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Training Paths that reference this course are:

• AIX Users and System Administration

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IBM Education Advantage Program Eligibility:

• Yes - Education Pack - online account

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This basic course is suitable for anyone who requires basic AIX user skills. This course is also a prerequisite for those who plan to attend the AIX System Administration courses.

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You should be familiar with basic information technology (IT) concepts and the role of an operating system.

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• Log in to an AIX system and set a user password
• Use AIX online documentation
• Manage AIX files and directories
• Describe the purpose of the shell
• Use the vi editor
• Customize the working environment

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• Introduction to AIX
• Using the System
• AIX Documentation
• Files and Directories
• Using Files
• File Permissions
• The vi Editor
• Shell Basics
• Using Shell Variables
• Customizing the User Environment

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