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Every UNIX Unix/Linux System Administrator must be capable of creatingAdministrators use scripts to automate repetitive tasks, debuggingschedule tasks for execution at preset times, automate software installation/removal processes, and running scriptsbuild tools. This course is an intensive look at Linux, from the command level, looks shell programming and at scripting in the Bourne Again SHell (BASH), RPM spec files, and introductory Python. Students will learn how to write, debug, run, and modify BASH scripts, spec files, and python scripts.

* Create and use BASH scripts * Create and use Makefiles * Create RPM Specfiles * Build RPM packages * Use Mock to test verify RPM build dependencies * Create and use simple Python scripts * Use basic regular expressions * Use common Linux commands

* Open Source and Linux history and overview- 5% * Bash scripting basics and Linux commands - 20% * Makefiles - 10% * Building packages (SPEC files, rpmbuild, Mock, repositories) - 4035% * Python scripting basics - 20% * Using Python libraries - 10%

'''Learning Python''' - 3rd Edition by Mark Lutz; ISBN 0-596-51398-4 published by O'Reilly

''Learning the BASH Shell '' by Bill Rosenblatt and Cameron Newham Published by O'Reilly and Associates - 2nd Edition - 1998 ISBN 1-565-923-472

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