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Linux Basics: The Command Line Interface
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 5 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Situate on a timeline the key dates of Unix and Linux creation
- Use basic commands to control the Linux Operating System
- Navigate and manipulate the Linux Filesystem using the command line interface
- Manage the memory and processes running on Linux
- Compile and execute a C program on Linux
Prerequisite
Recommended:
OR equivalent skills.
Instructors
Petra Bonfert-Taylor
Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
Dartmouth College
Rémi Sharrock
Associate Professor, Telecom ParisTech
IMT
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