HP-UX Shell Programming Course Overview This Hewlett Packard HP-UX Posix Shell Programming training course is designed to give delegates practical experience in developing and writing HP-UX shell scripts. Most of the built-in shell commands are introduced together with the main program control structures. This course is not suitable for C shell programmers. Exercises and examples are used throughout the course to give practical hands-on experience with the techniques covered.
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
Course Objectives To provide the skills needed to develop and customise shell programs.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Who will the Course Benefit? Programmers,administrators and support personnel who need to understand existing shell scripts,automate procedures and write their own utilities. The course assumes knowledge of the HP-UX Operating System to the level covered in the HP-UX Introduction course. Some programming experience may also prove advantageous.
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
Requirements The HP-UX Shell Programming course assumes knowledge of the HP-UX Operating System to the level covered in the HP-UX Introduction course. Some programming experience may also prove advantageous.
COURSE CONTENT:
HP-UX Shell Programming Training Course Course Contents – DAY 1 Course Introduction • Administration and course materials • Course structure and agenda • Delegate and trainer introductions Session 1: HP-UX COMMAND REVIEW • Basic Unix commands • General commands • File and directory handling commands • Filename generation and regular expression characters • I/O Redirection features • Other commands Session 2: GETTING STARTED • What is a shell script? • Development guidelines • Creating and editing shell scripts • Naming and storing shell scripts • Executing shell scripts • Exercise: Write a simple shell script Session 3: USING VARIABLES • Environment variables • Local variables • Assigning values to variables • Assessing variable values • Using quotes • Delimiting variable names • Echo control sequences • Exercise: Add variables to a script Session 4: INTEGER ARITHMETIC • Using the expr command • Using the (( )) notation • Exercise: Add integer arithmetic to a shell script Session 5: HANDLING RUN TIME DATA • The read command • Command line arguments • Exercise: Writing a generic shell script • Exercise: Writing an interactive shell script Session 6: CONDITIONAL EXECUTION • The if statement • The test command • Exercise: Adding validation to previous scripts Session 7: ADDITIONAL KORN,BASH & POSIX SYNTAX • Other test notations • Default and substitute variables • Exit status codes • Exercise HP-UX Shell Programming Training Course Course Contents – DAY 2 Session 8: LOOP CONSTRUCTS • The while loop • The until loop • The for loop • The while true and until false loops • Loop control commands • Exercise: Enhancing the previously written scripts • Exercise: Writing a script to copy files using a 'for' loop • Exercise: Writing a script to generate numbers with the 'while' loop Session 9: MULTI-BRANCH DECISIONS • The case statement • Menu driven applications • Exercise: Developing and writing a menu system Session 10: FUNCTIONS • What is a function? • Syntax • Examples • Exercise: Add a function to a script Session 11: INTERRUPT HANDLING • Interrupt signals • Trapping interrupts • Exercise: Adding traps to the menu script Session 12: ADDITIONAL FEATURES AND FACILITIES • The exec commands • The includes notation • More about loops • Arrays • Here Documents • Exercise: Create a here script
FOLLOW ON COURSES:
Further Learning HP-UX System Administration Oracle SQL HP-UX Advanced Shell Programming Tools