If you are a Linux fan, but not satisfied with the kind of content that various crash courses or tutorial caters. Then this e-book can help optimize your Linux knowledge regardless of your experience. It will teach you everything about Linux operating systems in simple and easy to grasp manner. After reading this material, you’ll be able to understand Linux better. Apart from explaining basic concepts and theories, this book will give you practical tips and actual command lines both for basic and advanced purposes. That means you can be a proficient Linux user just by reading this book.
Linux is high in its security measures. Hacking or penetrating Linux site is impossible if you master Linux basics. Therefore each chapter in this e- book is selected carefully. You won’t have to waste your time reading irrelevant topics. Even beginners will find easy to learn. It addresses Kali Linux and Linux Mint as well. This small e-book is like a Linux Bible. It guides you how to navigate effortlessly through your Linux Operating System and access the Linux administration. Apart from this, you will explore some kernel testing process too in this e-book.
You will learn core topics on Linux like
What is Linux?
What is Linux Kernel?
How to use Linux commands?
Redirection in Linux
Pipes , Grep & Sort Command
Regular Expressions
File Permissions and so on.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
What is an Operating System?
What is Linux? Who created Linux?
The benefits of using Linux
Chapter 2: Linux Vs Windows
Types of Files
Users in Linux
File Name Convention
The HOME Directory
Chapter 3: Terminal V/s File Manager
Launching the CLI on Ubuntu
Present working Directory
Changing Directories
Relative and Absolute Paths
Chapter 4: Must Know Linux Commands
Creating & Viewing Files
Directory Manipulations
Removing Directories
Pasting commands into the terminal
Chapter 5: File Permissions
Ownership in Linux files
Permissions
Changing file/directory permissions with 'chmod' command
Chapter 6: Redirection in Linux
File Descriptors
Error Redirection
Why Error Redirection?
Chapter 7: Pipes , Grep & Sort Command
The 'grep' command
The 'sort' command
What is a filter ?
Chapter 8: Regular Expressions
What are Regular Expressions?
Basic Regular expressions
Interval Regular expressions
Extended regular expressions
Chapter 9: The VI Editor
What is the vi editor?
Starting the vi editor
vi Editing commands
Saving and Closing the file