Linux Tools for Developers

Linux Tools for Developers

This course is part of Open Source Software Development, Linux and Git Specialization

Instructor: Jerry Cooperstein

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There are 3 modules in this course

Course 3 is a continuation of the previous course, and will focus on teaching you how to work with tools you need to do your everyday work. The course begins by introducing you to numerous essential command line tools that are used daily. Then, it focuses on bash scripting - you will learn how to construct scripts and how to do very complicated tasks in an automated way. The course looks at files and filesystems and focuses on compiling programs in Linux, using gcc and other compilers, and using libraries of different types. It also takes a look at how Java works in Linux, and explains why there is no reason to worry about having easy-to-use Java programs in Linux. Course 3 ends by covering building packages out of software in Linux.

What's included

11 videos39 readings3 assignments

11 videosTotal 22 minutes

Introduction to Linux Tools for Developers (Course 3)1 minutePreview module
Module 1 Overview2 minutes
Command Line Tools for Manipulating Text Files1 minute
Using cat (Demo)1 minute
Working with Large Files1 minute
Introduction to sed and awk2 minutes
Using sed (Demo)2 minutes
File Manipulation Utilities1 minute
Introduction to paste, join, and split2 minutes
Script Basics1 minute
Functions1 minute

39 readingsTotal 417 minutes

Preparing Your Computer10 minutes
Tools Used to List, Create, Delete and Rename Files and Directories5 minutes
Finding Files: find and locate7 minutes
grep Command5 minutes
sed Command5 minutes
Using find (Lab)20 minutes
Using grep (Lab)20 minutes
Get help and meet other learners. Join your Community!5 minutes
cat5 minutes
Using cat Interactively5 minutes
echo3 minutes
head5 minutes
tail5 minutes
Viewing Compressed Files5 minutes
sed Command Syntax and Basic Operations10 minutes
awk Command Syntax and Basic Operations5 minutes
sort5 minutes
uniq5 minutes
Using paste5 minutes
Using join2 minutes
Using split3 minutes
Regular Expressions and Search Patterns10 minutes
grep3 minutes
strings3 minutes
tr10 minutes
tee5 minutes
wc3 minutes
cut3 minutes
Using sed (Lab)20 minutes
Parsing Files with awk (and sort and uniq) (Lab)20 minutes
Using grep (Lab)30 minutes
Using tee (Lab)10 minutes
Using wc (Lab)10 minutes
Script Basics (Cont.)5 minutes
Conditionals15 minutes
Loops10 minutes
Functions (Cont.)10 minutes
Creating Simple Bash Shell Scripts (Lab)20 minutes
A Simple Backup Utility (Lab)90 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 30 minutes

Essential Command Line Tools10 minutes
File and Text Manipulation Utilities10 minutes
Bash Scripting10 minutes

What's included

8 videos7 readings2 assignments

8 videosTotal 25 minutes

Module 2 Overview1 minutePreview module
Types of Files (Cont.)2 minutes
Permissions and Access Rights1 minute
Using umask (Demo)2 minutes
Filesystems and the VFS5 minutes
Using Available Filesystems (Demo)2 minutes
RAID and LVM4 minutes
Using LVM (Demo)4 minutes

7 readingsTotal 124 minutes

Types of Files7 minutes
Changing Permissions and Ownership7 minutes
Using umask (Lab)20 minutes
Using chmod (Lab)20 minutes
Using setuid (Lab)30 minutes
Mounting Filesystems10 minutes
Loopback Filesystems (Lab)30 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 20 minutes

Files and Filesystems10 minutes
Linux Filesystems10 minutes

What's included

5 videos13 readings2 assignments

5 videosTotal 18 minutes

Module 3 Overview1 minutePreview module
gcc and Other Compilers3 minutes
Debugging with gdb2 minutes
Package Management6 minutes
Building a Binary RPM Package (Demo)4 minutes

13 readingsTotal 241 minutes

Major gcc Options10 minutes
Static Libraries7 minutes
Shared Libraries10 minutes
Linking to Libraries20 minutes
Shared Libraries (Lab)15 minutes
RPM Creation10 minutes
The RPM spec File7 minutes
Details on RPM spec Sections15 minutes
RPM Dependencies10 minutes
Debian Package Creation Workflow7 minutes
Building RPMs (Lab)60 minutes
Building a Debian Package from Source (Lab)60 minutes
Open Source Software Development, Linux and Git Specialization Digital Badge10 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 20 minutes

Compiling, Linking and Libraries10 minutes
Building RPM and Debian Packages10 minutes

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Jerry Cooperstein

The Linux Foundation

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Reviewed on Jun 28, 2020

I learned so many things. Thanks to Instructor and Linux foundation for an awesome course.

Reviewed on Aug 3, 2021

could have explained more in week 2 and could have given a more info on make file

Reviewed on Jun 2, 2020

This course is well developed and covered with each and every topic in detail . I learned lot of new things from this and will surely look forward to apply this knowledge practically.

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