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User Agents: Chrome | Safari | Firefox | IE9+ | Opera
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Duration: 56 Hours
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Bourne Again Shell (BASH) Scripting II

• INIT & Cron Scripts
  • Identify features & characteristics
  • Parse INIT & Cron scripts
  • Explore variables & function references
  • Evaluate system applicability
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• Command Line Interface (CLI) Arguments
  • Explain features
  • Explore defaults
  • Pass arguments and evaluate interpolation
  • Expose CLI argument counter
  • Ensure appropriate CLI arguments upon invocation
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• Find Failed Logins
  • Auto-generate requisite directory structure
  • Identify relevant logs
  • Default searched user
  • Integrate 'awk' & 'sed' accordingly
  • Correlate search string with defined user
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• Core Dump Removal Simulation
  • Generate core dumps in disparate file system locations
  • Invoke simultaneous logs of activity
  • Qualify references
  • Mail process results
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• Storage Availability Stub
  • Discuss relevance
  • Integrate 'df', 'awk', & 'grep'
  • Parse interesting output
  • Compare derivation with defined thresholds
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• Check Remote Service
  • Explain objective
  • Identify remote service
  • Integrate SSH
  • Trap service status accordingly
  • Loop variable hosts
  • Debug appropriately
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• Backup Snapshots
  • Identify need
  • Integrate storage availability stub
  • Enlist 'tar' & 'bzip2'
  • Flex script to handle differential snapshots
  • Vary snapshot by day
  • Tidy remnants
  • Extend process to encrypt snapshots
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• Error-Handling
  • Restructure process to handle errors
  • Except positive & negative results
  • Define appropriate functions
  • Promulgate function references
  • Test efficacy
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• Free Memory & Swap
  • Define reusable stub
  • Integrate with existing processes
  • Vary thresholds
  • Execute and evalute
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• Logger Stub
  • Reveal usefulness
  • Define and contain parameters in a function
  • Integrate function accordingly
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• Checksum Generator
  • Identify objective
  • Integrate CLI ARGS stub
  • Integrate logger stub
  • Generate desired checksums for variable content
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• Logger Stub
  • Reveal usefulness
  • Define and contain parameters in a function
  • Integrate function accordingly
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• Purge History
  • Justify applicability
  • Explore history environment
  • Ensure history management across shell invocations
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• Monitor Page Loads
  • Explain scenario
  • Integrate 'wget'
  • Define thresholds
  • Code appropriate traps
  • Average page loads over time
  • Evaluate results
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Perl on Windows - Scripting Environment - Module II

• Basics
  • Download & Install ActivePerl
  • Install Bluefish Editor
  • Explore & confirm environment
  • Discuss attributes & features
  • Define & manipulate variables
  • Concatenate values
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• Conditions
  • Discuss applicability
  • Explore CLI Arguments
  • Determine variable availability
  • Use Regular Expression (RegEx) to validate CLI Arguments
  • Perform file tests
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• Loops
  • Discuss features & attributes
  • Use WHILE to iterate accordingly
  • Explore UNTIL in conjunction with file I/O
  • Iterate using FOR
  • Use FOREACH with arrays
  • Cycle through CLI Arguments
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• Array Functions
  • Define applicability
  • Remove trailing | leading items
  • Append | prepend list elements
  • Sort elements
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• Subroutines
  • Define & Invoke
  • Pass values and process
  • Log items received
  • Apply array management
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• File I/O
  • Discuss features & modes
  • Iterate over file handle
  • Generate resultant file with alternate handle
  • Handle line delimiters accordingly
  • Transform data
  • Evaluate results
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• Modules
  • Explain benefits
  • Identify tools & archives
  • Implement compression module
  • Move data with FTP
  • Evaluate results
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• Mass Move | Normalization
  • Discuss system limitations
  • Generate list of relevant items
  • Incorporate RegEx support
  • Transform delimiters wholesale
  • Promulgate transformations
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• Mail Services
  • Discuss rules
  • Construct mailer
  • Generate messages
  • Incorporate into processes
  • Evaluate results
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• Case Normalization
  • Parse files & strings
  • Determine current delimiters
  • Normalize accordingly
  • Retrofit existing process
  • Confirm output
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• Router Interaction
  • Discuss features
  • Install module
  • Connect to Cisco device and ascertain useful data
  • Parse as needed
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• MySQL Connectivity
  • Discuss features
  • Implement routines
  • Interface router data with MySQL
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• Miscellaneous
  • Emulate Linux 'uptime'
  • Generate M3U feed
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Python on Windows

• Basics
  • Discuss features
  • Download & Install
  • Explore environment
  • Derive OS-related values
  • Peruse variables: scalar, sequences, tuples, sets
  • Use interactive | non-interactive modes
  • Transform & slice data accordingly
  • Manage lists with relevant functions
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• Conditions
  • Discuss applications
  • Confirm and validate supplied arguments
  • Integrate Regular Expressions (RegEx)
  • Navigate standard conditional branches
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• Loops
  • Cycle through sequences using FOR
  • Traverse lists
  • Generate sequences with range()
  • Iterate over the contents of textual data
  • Use WHILE similarly
  • Evaluate
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• Error Handling with Exceptions
  • Discuss features and benefits
  • Implement error handling using TRY and EXCEPT
  • Trap various errors based on classes of interest
  • Provision catchall exceptions
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• File I/O
  • Discuss features and modes
  • Open content as string and list
  • Integrate exception handling
  • Strip superfluous delimiters
  • Modify I/O stream to suit objectives
  • Write transformed I/O
  • Ascertain OS statistics as needed
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• Checksum Generation
  • Discuss necessity
  • Identify key hash library and supported checksums
  • Integrate glob() function
  • Auto-generate checksums on specified content
  • Evaluate results
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• Mass Copy & Normalization of Files
  • Define objective
  • Parse delimiters as needed
  • Segregate file elements accordingly
  • Substitute desired delimiters
  • Normalize format
  • Determine delimiters from source files
  • Evaluate output
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• FTP
  • Implement FTP client library with encryption support to remote instance
  • Parse and retrieve latest content as per objective
  • Confirm results
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• Directory Tree Copy
  • Identify limitations
  • Import relevant modules
  • Duplicate desired directory trees
  • Confirm results
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• Process Execution
  • Discuss applicability
  • Implement system calls
  • Parse returned results
  • Evaluate accordingly
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• URL Library
  • Explain features
  • Import relevant modules
  • Implement HTTP client access
  • Submit variables to server-side process
  • Evaluate returned data
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PHP on Windows - Scripting Environment - Module IV

• Basics
  • Download & Install
  • Explore environment
  • Explain supported variables
  • Define variables and evaluate accordingly
  • Implement references
  • Generate arrays from strings
  • Access distinct array elements
  • Join arrays into strings
  • Manipulate arrays with applicable functions
  • Explore useful PHP information
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• Conditions
  • Discuss features
  • Parse CLI parameters as needed
  • Compare strings
  • Confirm file existences
  • Validate the presence of URL variables
  • Discuss SWITCH & CASE
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• Loops
  • Discuss applicability
  • List common types
  • Explore FOR
  • Implement and evaluate FOREACH
  • Look at WHILE where applicable
  • Iterate over lists and file I/O
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• File I/O
  • Enumerate relevant features
  • Obtain statistics from files
  • Generate lists from directory calls
  • Confirm directory status
  • Read files into arrays
  • Transform data and generate modified output
  • Intersperse data where desired
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• Generate Checksums
  • Discuss supported hashes
  • Produce checksums for variable content
  • Compare results with predefined binaries
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• Normalize Files
  • Discuss problem
  • Identify targets
  • Code applicable hooks to parse files
  • Transform file names
  • Produce transformations
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• HTTP Request | Response | cURL
  • Discuss concepts and applications
  • Integrate Client URL library
  • Generate GET & POST requests
  • Parse on the back-end accordingly
  • Dicuss caveats
  • Properly encode URL request string
  • Validate captured variables
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• FTP
  • Discuss applicability
  • Invoke appropriate library
  • Connect to remote FTP services
  • Retrieve variabilized content
  • Evaluate results
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• HTTP Request | Response | cURL
  • Discuss concepts and applications
  • Integrate Client URL library
  • Generate GET & POST requests
  • Parse on the back-end accordingly
  • Dicuss caveats
  • Properly encode URL request string
  • Validate captured variables
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• MySQL Interface
  • Layout data structure for application
  • Retrieve data via FTP for transformation
  • Transform process data for SQL submission
  • Interface to MySQL from PHP
  • Evaluate MySQL back-end
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• PHP with HTML
  • Discuss concepts and applications
  • Integrate PHP with HTML
  • Retrieve data from persistent data store
  • Present data usign PHP & HTML
  • Evaluate results
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• Key Variables
  • Define and use SESSION variables
  • Validata variables with routine functions
  • Explore superglobal variables
  • Discuss relevance and sample scenarios
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Awk & Sed on Windows - Field & Stream Transformation - Module V

• Sed - Basics
  • Download & Install
  • Explore environment
  • Update accordingly to provide access
  • Discuss key features
  • Peruse usage options
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• Sed - Search & Replace
  • Discuss features
  • Regular Expressions review
  • Access ranges of data
  • Remove content from data feeds
  • Discuss applicable options
  • Transform various data
  • Incorporate back-references into data-selection
  • Confront common escape sequences
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• Sed - File Names & Paths
  • Prepare sample data
  • Develop RegExes to parse accordingly
  • Debug as necessary
  • Parse Windows and Unix | Linux paths
  • Parse HTML content
  • Evaluate results
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• Sed - Scripts & Tasks
  • Explain typical usage
  • Write scripts for various tasks
  • Remove HTML tags
  • Explore common tasks
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• Awk - Basics
  • Discuss common features
  • Explore addresses and patterns
  • Compare and contrast with Sed
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• Awk - Transform Delimiters
  • Identify typical tasks
  • Prepare data-set
  • Parse and transform delimiters as necessary
  • Evaluate results
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• Awk - Scripts & Tasks
  • Explain script structure
  • Exploit structural options
  • Note escaping concerns
  • Reference built-ins as needed
  • Produce reports on processed data
  • Explore record separators
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• Awk - Log Parsing - Miscellaneous
  • Stage typical scenario
  • Parse IIS web logs to suit criteria
  • Process system logs
  • Explore miscellaneous commands
  • Evaluate results
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PowerShell - Windows Scripting Environment - Module VI

• Features & Basics
  • Discuss requirements & key features
  • Explore environment
  • Perform basic functions
  • Compare & contrast with Linux | Unix $SHELLs
  • Prepare for usage
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• Common Command-Lets
  • Discuss applicability
  • Identify cmdlets in the environment
  • Use various cmdlets for common tasks
  • Evaluate results
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• Pipes & File IO
  • Highlight importance of pipes
  • Expose object data via pipes
  • Interact with files using IO mechanisms
  • Parse data accordingly
  • Evaluate results
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• Profile Management & Aliases
  • Identify various profile configurations
  • Define profile-specific values
  • Apply to user & system scopes
  • Identify predefined aliases & discuss
  • Create aliases for common reference
  • Evaluate resutls
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• Conditions & Loops
  • Peruse conditional syntax
  • Generate conditions for common scenarios
  • Branch code accordingly
  • Explore supported looping mechanisms
  • Write loops to process data
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• Regular Expressions (RegExes)
  • Discuss applicability
  • Enumerate useful metacharacters
  • Perform matches as needed
  • Filter data and evaluate
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• Service | Process Management
  • Discuss capabilities
  • Identify key cmdlets and execute
  • Parse services | processes for state information
  • Interrogate services | processes on-demand
  • Compare with GUI environment
  • Highlight benefits
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• Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE)
  • Discuss features & beneftis
  • Explore GUI interface
  • Execute commands on-demand
  • Author simple scripts
  • Evaluate results
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• PowerShell Scripts
  • Check services via script
  • Confirm CLI positional parameters
  • Mass Copy | Move files based on criteria
  • Normalize files with desired delimiters
  • Evaluate results
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Ruby on Windows | Linux Scripting Environment - Module VII

• Features & Basics
  • Discuss key features
  • Install on Windows
  • Explore interactive | non-interactive environments
  • Draw parallels to Python & Perl
  • Define and manipulate common string-type VARs
  • Evaluate results
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• Arrays | Hashes
  • Discuss applicability
  • Define sample arrays & hashes
  • Manipulate using applicable methods
  • Evaluate results
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• Simple Class Definition
  • Discuss Ruby OO-environment
  • Define simple class with references to predefined methods
  • Instantiate and call accordingly
  • Update as needed with enhanced functionality
  • Evaluate results
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• Iteration | Conditions
  • Explain the Ruby iteration model
  • Generate enumerable types and iterate
  • Discuss traditional iteration support
  • Trap and manipulate enumerable entities
  • Explore various conditional forms
  • Branch code with appropriate conditional test
  • Evaluate resutls
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• Regular Expressions (RegExes)
  • Discuss applicability
  • Enumerate useful metacharacters
  • Perform matches as needed
  • Filter data and evaluate
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• File IO Introdution
  • Discuss capabilities
  • Identify key classes & methods
  • Construct references to file IO classes & methods
  • Process data accordingly
  • Prepare to write scripts with File IO classes
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• Ruby Scripts
  • Discuss features & beneftis
  • Mass Copy | Move script for general purposes
  • Normalize files based on criteria
  • Compare and contrast with other languages
  • Evaluate results
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• Logger Class
  • Discuss relevance & applicability
  • Construct skeleton class with desired functionality
  • Extend capabilities of class as needed
  • Commit class to library
  • Require class in front-end scripts
  • Explore both Windows | Linux operability
  • Evaluate results
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• Exception Handling | Parameter Validation
  • Explain exception handling model
  • Compare and contrast with traditional erro-handling scheme
  • Trap important code within exception blocks
  • Handle errors accordingly
  • Validate input parameters
  • Evaluate results
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