June 2016
Beginner to intermediate
9h 48m
English
Closed Captioning available in English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Overview
Duration
More than 9 hours of video instruction
Overview
More than 9 hours of video instruction to help you learn bash from the ground up from fundamental scripting concepts to complex scripting techniques.
Description
Bash Scripting Learning Path teaches you everything you need to know about shell scripting, from novice scripting to advanced script analysis and scripting for performance. This course consists of 16 lessons that take you from learning Bash basics to advanced scripting concepts. Each lesson contains practical examples to show how scripting solutions are being used in the real world. Each lesson concludes with an exercise, so you can test your own skills. A video explanation is also included so you can follow along and check your work. You will end the course by going beyond Bash and starting your first Python project.
The video lessons cover the following topics:
- Bash scripting fundamentals
- Creating your first shell script
- Working with variables and parameters
- Transforming input
- Using essential external tools
- Using conditional statements
- Using advanced scripting options
- Script debugging and analyzing
- Scripting by example
- Advanced Bash Scripting
- Reviewing basics
- Scripting best practices
- Understanding syntax differences
- Using advanced awk, sed, and regular expressions
- Analyzing advanced scripts
- Writing a complex script
- Scripting for performance
- Beyond Bash; scripting in Python
About the Instructor
Sander van Vugt is an independent Linux trainer, author, and consultant living in the Netherlands. Sander has written numerous books about different Linux-related topics and many articles for Linux publications around the world. Sander has been teaching Red Hat, Ubuntu, SUSE, and LPI Linux classes since 1994. As a consultant, he specializes in Linux High Availability solutions and Performance Optimization. More information about Sander is on his website at www.sandervanvugt.com.
Skill Level
Beginning to intermediate
What You Will Learn
- Bash scripting from fundamentals to advanced
- Real-world scripting examples
Who Should Take This Course
The target audience for this course consists of Linux users and professionals who want to automate tasks in Linux using Bash shell scripts. A secondary target audience consists of IT users and professionals who want to get experience with simple programming languages.
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