Linux Shell Scripting - Basics

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This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. This Linux Shell Scripting course provides you with the essential skills to automate tasks, process data, and manage your system using bash scripting in the Linux operating system. Whether you're an aspiring system administrator or a developer, this course will teach you how to create, debug, and optimize bash scripts. You'll begin by learning basic script-building principles, including script file formats, variables, and performing simple arithmetic. As the course progresses, you will explore more complex concepts such as conditional statements, loops, and user input handling. Additionally, the course will guide you through using advanced techniques like script control, data presentation, and job scheduling, essential for efficient system automation. The course progresses step-by-step, starting with foundational scripting skills and gradually building up to more advanced topics. You'll master scripting logic with conditional statements and loops, and learn how to interact with users through input and output handling. As you reach the later modules, the course emphasizes real-world applications, showing you how to work with scripts in background processes and automate tasks using cron jobs. With hands-on examples and real-world challenges, you’ll gain confidence in writing practical, efficient bash scripts. This course is designed for learners who wish to enhance their scripting skills and automate tasks in the Linux environment. It's ideal for both beginners and intermediate users who have a basic understanding of the Linux operating system. No prior scripting knowledge is required, but familiarity with the Linux command line will be helpful. By the end of the course, you will be able to create and execute bash scripts, handle user input and output, utilize loops and conditional statements for decision-making, automate tasks, manage system processes, and troubleshoot and optimize your scripts for efficiency.

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