Prepare for LPIC-1 exam 1 - topic 103: GNU and UNIX commands

This learning path is part of the Learn Linux 101: A roadmap for LPIC-1 certification series.

Overview

The eight tutorials in this learning path introduces interacting with shells and commands using the command line. It provides an introduction to filters, which you can use to build complex pipelines to manipulate text using the filters. You will learn how to display text, sort it, count words and lines, and translate characters, among other tasks. You will also learn how to use the basic Linux commands to manage files and directories.

You’ll gain an understanding of the basic Linux techniques for redirecting standard I/O streams and connect them to efficiently process textual data. You will also learn the basic Linux techniques for process management that includes creating, monitoring, and killing processes.

And finally, you will learn about process priorities, and how to set and change process priorities. You will be able to identify the techniques to search text files using regular expressions and perform basic file editing using the vi editor on any Linux system.

Skill level

Beginner

Estimated time to complete

Approximately 3 hours.

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this learning path, you will be able to:

• Work on the command line
• Process text streams using filters
• Perform basic file and directory management
• Use streams, pipes, and redirects
• Create, monitor, and kill processes
• Modify process execution priorities
• Search text files using regular expressions
• Perform basic file editing