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Learn Bash Shell Scripting from Scratch: Automate Tasks, Manage Systems, and Build Powerful Linux Tools
Unlock the full power of Linux and master the art of Bash Scripting with this complete, hands-on Bash Programming course!
Whether you’re an absolute beginner or an experienced sysadmin and DevOps professional, you’ll rapidly progress from the basics to advanced Bash Shell scripting techniques, gaining practical skills directly applicable to real-world tasks.
What You’ll Master:
- Bash Shell Scripting Fundamentals: Write your first scripts confidently, understand essential syntax, Bash aliases, and effective use of the PATH.
- Variables and User Input: Master variable expansion, quoting, environmental variables, positional and special parameters, and create interactive scripts.
- Powerful Shell Expansions: Boost productivity using brace, tilde, parameter, arithmetic, command, and process substitutions.
- In-Depth Shell Operation: Dive deeply into how Bash processes commands, covering tokenization, expansions, quote removal, and advanced redirection techniques.
- Control Program Flow: Implement sophisticated logic with if, elif, else, case, and interactive menus using select. Create robust conditional scripts.
- Automate Tasks with Loops: Harness for and while loops to automate repetitive tasks, work with arrays, and perform complex data processing.
- Reusable Bash Functions: Develop clean, modular scripts with reusable functions, argument handling, and proper variable scoping.
Real-World Projects for Sysadmin & DevOps:
Solidify your Bash skills with practical, hands-on projects, including:
- Protecting your systems from hackers
- Automating network connection tests
- Building interactive system administration menus
- Blocking malicious IP addresses automatically
- Creating and managing user accounts efficiently
Course Highlights:
- Comprehensive and Structured Curriculum: Beginner-friendly, progressively advancing to expert levels.
- Practical, Hands-On Challenges: Learn by doing, with quizzes, projects, and challenges designed for real-world proficiency.
- Step-by-Step, Clear Instruction: Complex Bash topics explained clearly, ensuring easy understanding and rapid mastery.
- Strong Focus on Automation: Streamline your workflow, enhance productivity, and automate Linux administration tasks effectively.
Who Should Enroll:
- Anyone looking to master Bash Programming for personal or career advancement.
- Linux System Administrators seeking reliable scripting tools for efficient system management.
- DevOps Engineers aiming to strengthen scripting capabilities within Linux environments.
- Cybersecurity enthusiasts interested in leveraging Bash for enhanced system security and automation.
By the end of this course, you’ll confidently write robust, secure, and efficient Bash scripts that automate tasks, streamline system administration, and significantly enhance your command-line skills.
Table of Contents
Getting Started
1 Course Goals
2 Course Resources
Intro to Bash Shell Scripting
3 Bash Aliases
4 Shells and Scripts
5 Creating Your First Script and Changing the PATH
6 The Bash Shebang
7 Comments in Bash
8 Running Scripts
9 Challenges – Intro to Bash
Bash Variables
10 Variables in Bash
11 Variable Expansion and Quoting
12 Environment and Shell Local Variables
13 Getting User Input
14 Positional Parameters
15 Project How to protect from Hackers
16 Special Parameters
17 $@ vs. $
18 Challenges – Bash Variables
Bash Shell Expansions
19 Intro to Bash Expansions
20 Brace Expansion String Lists
21 Brace Expansion Sequence Lists
22 Project Brace Expansion
23 Tilde, Parameter and Variable Expansions
24 Command Substitution
25 Arithmetic Expansion
26 Process Substitution
27 Word Splitting
28 Filename Expansion (Globbing)
29 Challenges – Bash Shell Expansions
Bash Shell Operation In Depth
30 Intro to Shell Operation
31 Tokenization
32 Command Identification
33 Shell Expansions
34 Quote Removal
35 Redirections Stdin and Stdout Redirections
36 Stderr Redirection
37 Full Recap Hands-on Example
Program Flow in Bash
38 If, Elif and Else Statements
39 Arithmetic Comparisons
40 Multiple Condition Tests and Nested ifthen Statements
41 String Comparisons – Part 1
42 String Comparisons – Part 2
43 Project Testing Network Connections
44 The Case Statement
45 Menus in Bash. The Select Statement
46 Project System Administration Script using Menus
47 List of Commands
48 Running a DoS Attack Without root Access (ulimit)
49 Challenges – Program Flow Control
Loops in Bash
50 For Loops – Part 1
51 For Loops – Part 2
52 Project Dropping a List of IP addresses Using a For Loop
53 While Loops Part 1
54 While Loops Part 2
55 Project Dropping a List of IP addresses Using While and Process Substitution
56 Loops with Break
57 Loops with Continue
58 Intro to Bash Arrays
59 Arrays In Depth
60 Using the Readarray Command
61 Iterating Over Arrays
62 Project Account Creation
63 Challenges – Loops in Bash
Functions in Bash
64 Intro to Bash Functions
65 Function’s Arguments
66 Variable Scopes in Functions
67 Challenges – Functions in Bash
Appendix – Linux Installation Guide
68 Installing Ubuntu in a VM
69 Things to Do After Installing Ubuntu
70 Running a Linux Server in the Cloud
71 Securing SSH with Key Authentication
72 Linux OVA Downloads & DigitalOcean Referral Link
BONUS SECTION
73 BONUS THANK YOU GIFT!
74 Congratulations
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