Bash Shell Scripting: Crash Course For Beginners

Learn Bash Shell Scripting from total beginner: Start from the Command Line, finish with a real world Shell Script Project

What you'll learn

Learn how to use the command line
Be able to write your own Shell scripts
Automate tasks using Shell scripts
Make decisions by using if-else statements
Make decision based on strings, variables or files
How to use arithmetic expressions
How to loop through files and folders with for and while loops
How to use functions
How to deal with variables scope
Create Shell Scripts that solves a real world problem

Requirements

Have access to use the command line on Linux, Mac or Unix computer
Very Basic knowledge of the command line could be helpful, however not necessary

Description

You can finally understand Shell Scripting.

This course will give you a clear understanding of how to write Shell Scripts.

In this course everything is explained at a slow pace and thoroughly to make sure you can follow everything.

Even if you never used the command line, the first 2 Sections will teach you all the tools necessary to use the command line and start writing your shell scripts, nothing is left out.

Moreover after walking you through all the fundamentals of Shell Scripting, the last 2 Sections are project based, there we will combine everything you have learned in the course to create a script that solve s real world problem.

By the end of the course you'll be writing your own Shell Scripts, in particular you will learn how to:

Use the command line
Automate tasks using Shell Scripts
Create and use variables in your scripts
Make decisions by using if-else statements
Make decision based on strings, variables or files
Use arithmetic expressions
Loop through files and folders with "for" and "while" loops
Use functions
Deal with variables scope
Create Shell Scripts that solves real world problems
and much more…

Who this course is for:

Anyone who would like to learn how to automate tasks with the terminal
Anyone familiar with the Terminal but not with Shell Scripting
Anyone who want to learn the command line and shell scripting in the same course