V1.1 AIX 5L Basics (Course Code AU13) Student Notebook ERC 6.0 IBM Learning Services Worldwide Certified Material Student Notebook Trademarks The reader should recognize that the following terms, which appear in the content of this training document, are official trademarks of IBM or other companies: IBM® is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. The following are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, or other countries, or both: AIX™ AIXwindows™ Common User Access™ Linux® is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States and other countries. eXceed™ is a trademark of Hummingbird Communications Limited. Windows™, Windows NT™ and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries and or both. UNIX® is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. June 2001 Edition The information contained in this document has not been submitted to any formal IBM test and is distributed on an “as is” basis without any warranty either express or implied. The use of this information or the implementation of any of these techniques is a customer responsibility and depends on the customer’s ability to evaluate and integrate them into the customer’s operational environment. While each item may have been reviewed by IBM for accuracy in a specific situation, there is no guarantee that the same or similar results will result elsewhere. Customers attempting to adapt these techniques to their own environments do so at their own risk. The original repository material for this course has been certified as being Year 2000 compliant. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1995, 2001. All rights reserved. This document may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written permission of IBM. Note to U.S. Government Users — Documentation related to restricted rights — Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. V1.0 Student Notebook Contents Trademarks . xiii Course Description . xv Agenda . xvii Unit 1. Introduction to AIX . .1-1 Objectives . 1-2 AIX Operating System . 1-3 Working on an AIX System . 1-4 Working on an AIX System (Cont) . 1-5 Activity: Fill in the Blanks . 1-6 The Shell: User Interface to AIX . 1-7 Useful AIX Utilities . 1-8 AIX Graphical User Interfaces . 1-9 Unit 1: Checkpoint . 1-10 Summary . 1-11 Unit 2. Using the System . .2-1 Objectives . 2-2 Logging In and Out . 2-3 Passwords . 2-4 Command Format . 2-5 Command Format Examples . 2-6 date and cal Commands . 2-7 The clear, echo, and banner Commands . 2-8 Activity: Questions and Answers . 2-9 The who and finger Commands . 2-10 Sending Mail . 2-11 Receiving Mail . 2-12 write and wall . 2-13 talk With Another User . 2-15 mesg . 2-16 Keyboard Tips . 2-17 Next Step ... 2-18 Unit 2: Checkpoint . 2-19 Summary . 2-20 Unit 3. AIX Documentation . 3-1 Objectives . 3-2 man Command . 3-3 man Example . 3-4 man -k: Working with a keyword . 3-5 AIX V5.1 Documentation . 3-6 © Copyright IBM Corp. 1995, 2001 Contents iii Course materials may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written permission of IBM. Student Notebook AIX V5.1 Documentation Library . .3-7 Navigating the Document Tree . .3-8 Search AIX Version 5.1 Documentation . .3-9 Search Results . .3-11 Next Step ... .3-12 Unit 3: Checkpoint . .3-13 Summary . .3-14 Unit 4. Files and Directories . 4-1 Objectives . .4-2 A File . .4-3 File Types . .4-4 Directory Contents . .4-5 Hierarchical Structure . .4-6 Pathnames . .4-8 Where Am I...? . .4-9 Listing Directories . .4-10 Long Listing of Files . .4-11 Change Current Directory . .4-13 Creating Directories . .4-14 Activity: Q + A . .4-15 Removing Directories . .4-16 Working with Multiple Directories . .4-17 Displaying Directory Information . .4-18 AIX Filenames . ..