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Bash for Programmers

Gain insights into the power of the command line. Learn about Linux BASH through theoretical and practical exercises, mastering essential concepts and commands for efficient programming.

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Ever wondered why command line is still in use even when there are hundreds of human-friendly GUI’s and tools available? Everyone in the programmer's world would agree on one thing: Command Line is far more powerful than any GUI. It provides a richer experience in terms of speed and expressiveness. For beginners, it might be hard to appreciate its beauty and a little challenging to shift from an interactive interface to a blank box with just a “$” sign showing that keeps prompting the user to enter complex commands if you want to get something done. This is why we felt the need to build a course which could help the user overcome his/her fear of using the terminal (we have all been there). The objective of this course is to help you get a strong grip over Linux, mainly focusing on BASH. You will be covering both, the theoretical and practical sides. First, you will learn a bunch of concepts necessary to understand things and then study some nifty commands to get useful things done out of them.

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49 Lessons8 Quizzes

Introduction to Bash

10 Lessons

Get familiar with the basics of Bash, shell scripting, and common commands in Linux CLI.

What is Shell?

Introduction to Linux

Getting Meta Information in Bash

What is Bash?

Introduction to Command Line

Commands & Arguments (Optional)

Getting Info about Commands

Finding System Date and Time

Other Commonly Used Bash Commands

Quick Quiz!

Navigation Commands

8 Lessons

Unpack the core of effective file system navigation with Bash commands and path management.

Pathnames in Bash

Symbolic Links & Hard Links

Check the Current Directory in Bash

Navigate between Directories

Display Files in a Directory

Create a Directory in Bash

Remove a Directory in Bash

Quick Quiz!

File Manipulation Commands

7 Lessons

Examine essential file manipulation commands in Bash, covering creation, deletion, viewing, moving, copying, and zipping.

Create a File in Bash

Remove a File in Bash

Open/Display Content of a File

Move Files in a Directory

Copying Files in Bash

Zipping a File in Bash

Quick Quiz!

Permission Commands

3 Lessons

Break down complex ideas on file and directory permissions and the chmod command.

What are Permissions?

Set/Remove Permissions in Bash

Quick Quiz!

Filtering & Searching Commands

7 Lessons

Dig into advanced Bash commands for locating, sorting, filtering, and searching text efficiently.

Searching in Bash

Sorting File Contents in Order

Viewing Beginning and Ending Contents of Files

Filtering Repeated Lines Out

Regular Expressions (Regex)

GREP vs. EGREP vs. FGREP

Quick Quiz!

System & Process Commands

5 Lessons

Follow the process of managing processes, jobs, root access, and terminating processes in Bash.

Processes

Jobs: How Do They Differ from Processes

Getting Root Privileges

Killing a Process

Quick Quiz!

Variables and Environment

7 Lessons

Practice using Bash for managing variables, software packages, and Git efficiently.

Variables and their Types

Variable Assignment & Expansion

Terminal is fun (Really)

Caution: Cool Stuff Ahead!

The Real Power of Bash

How to Use Git with Bash

Quick Quiz!

An Overview of Commands

2 Lessons

Learn how to use essential Bash commands and assess your knowledge with a final quiz.

Misc. Commands' Cheatsheet

Final Quiz

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

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