This introductory module covers a variety of techniques and background information helpful in basic System Administration, both at the command-line and when writing shell programs.

Remember to go through the material from the Review during the first few weeks of class.

Contents

1. Information kept about data
2. Compression basics
3. Comparing files
4. Binary files
   
5. Networking information
6. System Information and Settings
   

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