| UNIX Editing, Printing and Text Formatting
This course presents the basics of editing, printing and formatting
UNIX text files focusing on the VI editor and nroff programs. The
course introduces you to the VI editor's features, navigation,
editing, and commands techniques. It also introduces the following
tasks: opening and navigating through a file, moving the cursor,
and deleting, adding and moving text. The course shows you how
to work on multiple files and recover from a system crash. It describes
how to use previously specified patterns to improve editing efficiency.
You will learn how to display files and printing options on the
screen. The course introduces predefined and user-defined macros
and explains how to create and apply a macro to a file. It also
discusses the writing, storing and issuing of user-defined nroff
commands.
Editing, Printing and Text Formatting training covers such topics
as:
Using the VI Editor
Exiting and Calling the VI Editor
Global Editing Commands
Displaying and Printing
Introduction to nroff
Introduction to Macros
Writing and Revising nroff Instructions
This course is designed for IT Professionals who want to learn
more about UNIX.
Everything UNIX
Description
This course presents the basics of editing, printing and formatting
UNIX text files. The course
concentrates on the VI editor and nroff programs. The course covers
the features and capabilities
of the VI editor, its navigation, editing commands techniques,
as well as the screen related editor
options. It also introduces the following tasks; opening a file,
navigating through a file, moving the
cursor, deleting text, adding text and moving text. The course
shows the student how to launch
and quit the VI editor and explains how to work on multiple files
and recover from a system crash.
It introduces the student to command affect the entire file and
describes how to use previously
specified patterns for improving editing efficiency. The student
will learn how to display file on the
screen and printing options as well as other editing and printing
programs. The course introduces
the functions of predefined and user-defined macros and how to
create a macro and apply it to a
file. It also discusses the writing, storing and issuing of user-defined
nroff commands. This course is
not written to a version.
Audience
The course is designed to teach specific editing, printing and
text formatting in UNIX.
Prerequisites
Introduction to UNIX
Course Duration
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5 hours
Topics Include
Using the VI Editor
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Introduction to the VI Editor
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Basic Editing Commands
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Local Text Revisions
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More Editing Commands
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Setting Up Editor Options
Exiting and Calling the VI Editor
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Exiting the VI Editor
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Editing Multiple Files
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Recovering From a Crash
Everything Courseware
UNIX Editing, Printing and Text Formatting
Global Editing Commands
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Searching for Patterns
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Searching and Deleting
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Searching and Substituting
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Using Specified Patterns
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Confirming Global Changes
Displaying and Printing
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Displaying a File
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Using the cat Program
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Using the pg Program
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Using the pr Program
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Printing on Paper
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Other Programs
Introduction to nroff
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How nroff Works
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Syntax for nroff
Introduction to Macros
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Collection of Requests
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Paired Macros
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Tasks of mm Macros
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Using the mm Package
Writing and Revising nroff Instructions
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Writing Macros
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Stored nroff Instructions
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Accessing Stored Instructions
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