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Learning Bash Scripting

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Course Description

Overview

Explore basic concepts and specifics of shell administration with Bash.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Learning Bash scripting
  • Introducing GitHub Codespaces
  • Using GitHub Codespaces with this course
  • Using Bash in GitHub Codespaces
1. Using Bash
  • What's Bash?
  • Pipes and redirections
  • Bash built-ins and other commands
  • Brackets and braces in Bash
  • Bash expansions and substitutions
  • Brace expansion
  • Parameter expansion
  • Command substitution
  • Arithmetic expansion
2. Programming with Bash
  • Understanding Bash script syntax
  • Choosing a text editor for Bash scripting
  • Displaying text with "echo"
  • Working with variables
  • Working with numbers
  • Comparing values with test
  • Comparing values with extended test
  • Formatting and styling text output
  • Formatting output with printf
  • Working with arrays
  • Challenge: Make a script that generates a system report
  • Solution: Make a script that generates a system report
3. Bash Control Structures
  • Conditional statements with the "if" keyword
  • Working with "while" and "until" loops
  • Introducing "for" loops
  • Selecting behavior using "case"
  • Using functions
  • Reading and writing text files
  • Challenge: Build a script using control structures
  • Solution: Build a script using control structures
4. Interacting with the User
  • Working with arguments
  • Working with options
  • Getting input during execution
  • Ensuring a response
  • Challenge: Make a script that uses input
  • Solution: Make a script that uses input
5. Bash in the Real World
  • Troubleshooting
  • Ensuring script portability
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Scott Simpson

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