Test 190: AIX Basic Operations V5

Section 1 - Basic AIX Manipulations

1. Save the output from an AIX command in a file
2. Use the contents of a file as input to an AIX command
3. Use a pipeline to pass output from one AIX command to another command
4. Start, stop, and page using AIX command output
5. Use mail to send to local users
6. Use mail to delete or forward mail
7. Set your password

Section 2 - AIX on-line Documentation

1. Start and stop Documentation Library Service and Search Service
2. Use and understand the types of information available in the different sections of the Documentation Library Service (e.g., +Description, Purpose, Syntax, Flags, Related Information)
3. Use and understand Man Pages

Section 3 - AIX File System

1. Distinguish between a regular AIX file and an AIX directory
2. Choose appropriate names for AIX files
3. Identify and manipulate AIX files using path names
4. Find the current directory on the AIX system
5. Use commands to list the files in an AIX directory
6. Navigate within the AIX file system
7. Show current space available in a file system (df command)
8. Show current disk usage (du command)
9. Use links (e.g. symbolic and hard links)

Section 4 - AIX System Screen Editor (vi)

1. Enter and exit vi and save changes
2. Position the cursor in vi
3. Create text in vi
4. Delete text in vi
5. Search for text in vi
6. Change text in vi
7. Copy or move text in vi
8. Set vi options

Section 5 - Setting Up a Login Session

1. Display and change the terminal setup using the TERM variable
2. Control the initial login actions of the Korn shell
3. Set prompt to display current directory
4. Use Shell history (e.g. C shell, Korn shell, etc.)
5. Save a CDE environment

Section 6 - Managing Files

1. Copy, move, remove, and rename AIX files
2. Create, remove, and rename directories
3. Search for patterns in a given file or in the current directory
4. Use the commands to locate files (e.g. where, find)
5. Use the chmod command to restrict read, write, or execute permissions to a user or a group of users

Section 7 - Process Creation and Control

1. Enter more than one AIX command on a single line
2. Run an AIX command in the background
3. Use quotes to take away the meaning of special characters in the command line
4. Create shell scripts
5. Run shell scripts
6. Stop/Show Status of Processes (i.e. ps command)
7. Display and move jobs between foreground and background

Section 8 - Print

1. Submit print jobs to a specific print queue
2. Display information about the current status of a print queue
3. Cancel print jobs in AIX
4. Cancel print jobs in System 5
5. Set up a default printer for the user
6. List status of print job

Section 9 - XWindows

1. Select a window for Input
2. Move, resize, close, minimize, maximize windows
3. Use menus
4. Use the mouse
5. Use drag and drop
6. Use cut and paste
7. Use the DISPLAY variable and the xhost command
8. Select a virtual desktop
9. Change the focal point between windows and a desktop

Section 10 - Advanced User Functions

1. Use File transfer commands
2. Display network status
3. Use telnet or ssh commands