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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers learning unix Post 302206206 by joeyg on Tuesday 17th of June 2008 08:27:14 AM
Old 06-17-2008
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Donnie -

As someone who has hired computer people for many years, there are a few basic thoughts that go into the process:
(a) Hire someone who meets perfectly the current need. Sometimes difficult to find, and offers little growth potential for the hire. But, provides immediate impact to the company.
(b) Hire someone slightly junior to the role; or without all of the required skillsets. That way, he/she will grow into the job; from company's perspective, investment in the person and will have employee on-board for at least a couple of years.
(c) Hire someone based on 'potential'. This is by far the most difficult. The hiring manager sees something unique in the talent of the individual, and is willing to take a chance on hiring him/her based on the thought that the person can be a star. This does not happen too often for many obvious reasons.

All of that said, most hires fall into the second category. Therefore, to land a job as junior admin, you must either (a) have lots of the other skills the employer is looking for, like telephone support or experience with specific software or experience with other systems in-use; or (b) demonstrated understanding of the unix environment gained through personal work, like having your own linux pc at home or supporting local company that uses unix/linux.

Sys Admin roles can differ from company to company. Some may have a great deal more programming, while others may require more administration (user setup, printers, backup, software, etc..).

Stay active with this board and other resources to develop your skills.
 

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term::ansi::ctrl::unix(n)					 Terminal control					 term::ansi::ctrl::unix(n)

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NAME
term::ansi::ctrl::unix - Control operations and queries SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.4 package require term::ansi::ctrl::unix ?0.1? ::term::ansi::ctrl::unix::import ?ns? ?arg...? ::term::ansi::ctrl::unix::raw ::term::ansi::ctrl::unix::raw ::term::ansi::ctrl::unix::columns ::term::ansi::ctrl::unix::rows _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
WARNING: This package is unix-specific and depends on the availability of two unix system commands for terminal control, i.e. stty and tput, both of which have to be found in the $PATH. If any of these two commands is missing the loading of the package will fail. The package provides commands to switch the standard input of the current process between raw and cooked input modes, and to query the size of terminals, i.e. the available number of columns and lines. API
INTROSPECTION ::term::ansi::ctrl::unix::import ?ns? ?arg...? This command imports some or all attribute commands into the namespace ns. This is by default the namespace ctrl. Note that this is relative namespace name, placing the imported command into a child of the current namespace. By default all commands are imported, this can howver be restricted by listing the names of the wanted commands after the namespace argument. OPERATIONS ::term::ansi::ctrl::unix::raw This command switches the standard input of the current process to raw input mode. This means that from then on all characters typed by the user are immediately reported to the application instead of waiting in the OS buffer until the Enter/Return key is received. ::term::ansi::ctrl::unix::raw This command switches the standard input of the current process to cooked input mode. This means that from then on all characters typed by the user are kept in OS buffers for editing until the Enter/Return key is received. ::term::ansi::ctrl::unix::columns This command queries the terminal connected to the standard input for the number of columns available for display. ::term::ansi::ctrl::unix::rows This command queries the terminal connected to the standard input for the number of rows (aka lines) available for display. BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category term of the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883]. Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation. KEYWORDS
ansi, columns, control, cooked, input mode, lines, raw, rows, terminal COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2006 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net> term 0.1 term::ansi::ctrl::unix(n)
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