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Level 5 Linux

This document outlines learning objectives for a lesson on Linux administration, focusing on text processing, software management, networking, and scripting. It includes practical commands for using grep, sed, awk, and other tools, as well as instructions for creating and managing scripts and cron jobs. The capstone project involves creating a Bash script that automates various administrative tasks.

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Level 5 Linux

This document outlines learning objectives for a lesson on Linux administration, focusing on text processing, software management, networking, and scripting. It includes practical commands for using grep, sed, awk, and other tools, as well as instructions for creating and managing scripts and cron jobs. The capstone project involves creating a Bash script that automates various administrative tasks.

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson students should be able to:

Search and manipulate text


Process data using grep, sed and awk
Manage software packages
Use networking tools
Connect to remote systems
Write simple shell scripts
Automate tasks with cron

1. Advanced grep
Search text:

grep "error" [Link]

Case-insensitive:

grep -i error [Link]

Show line numbers:

grep -n error [Link]

Recursive search:

grep -r TODO .

Count matches:
grep -c error [Link]

2. sed – Stream Editor


Replace text:

sed 's/old/new/' [Link]

Replace all matches:

sed 's/old/new/g' [Link]

Edit file directly:

sed -i 's/localhost/[Link]/g' [Link]

Delete line 5:

sed '5d' [Link]

3. awk – Text Processing


Print first column:

awk '{print $1}' [Link]

Print first and third columns:

awk '{print $1,$3}' [Link]


CSV processing:

awk -F',' '{print $2}' [Link]

Sum values:

awk '{sum += $3} END {print sum}'

4. sort, uniq, cut and tr


Sort text:

sort [Link]

Count duplicates:

sort [Link] | uniq -c

Extract first CSV field:

cut -d',' -f1 [Link]

Convert text to uppercase:

echo "hello" | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z'

5. Package Management
Update package list:
sudo apt update

Upgrade packages:

sudo apt upgrade

Install software:

sudo apt install nginx

Remove software:

sudo apt remove nginx

Search packages:

apt search docker

6. Networking Basics
Check IP addresses:

ip addr

Check routes:

ip route

Ping a host:

ping [Link]
View listening ports:

ss -tulpn

DNS lookup:

nslookup [Link]

7. SSH
Connect to a remote server:

ssh user@server-ip

Copy file to remote server:

scp [Link] user@server:/home/user/

Generate SSH key:

ssh-keygen

View public key:

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

8. Bash Scripting
Create script:
nano [Link]

Contents:

#!/bin/bash

echo "Hello Linux"

Make executable:

chmod +x [Link]

Run:

./[Link]

9. Variables and User Input


#!/bin/bash

echo "Enter your name:"


read NAME

echo "Hello $NAME"

10. Cron Jobs


Edit cron table:

crontab -e

Run every day at 6 AM:


0 6 * * * /home/student/[Link]

View scheduled jobs:

crontab -l

Capstone Project – Linux


Administration Toolkit
Create a Bash script that:

1. Creates project folders.


2. Backs up important files.
3. Reports disk usage.
4. Searches logs for errors.
5. Saves results to a report file.
6. Runs automatically using cron.

Summary
You can now:

Process text efficiently


Search logs and files
Install software
Use networking tools
Connect to remote systems
Write shell scripts
Automate tasks with cron
Perform basic Linux administration

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