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Elementary Use of the Unix Teaching Service

Lecturer: Mr R.J. Stibbs

No. of lectures and practicals: 3 + 8

Aims

The aims of the course are to introduce the participants, who are not expected to have any previous knowledge of Unix, to the PWF Linux system and to give them enough basic knowledge to equip them to understand further courses and, if needed, to use the PWF Linux system for exercises and dissertation work.

Lectures

The three 2-hour sessions cover various aspects of Unix and Unix utilities. Considerable use is made of live demonstrations.

Objectives

At the end of the course students should