Shell scripts in Linux
Shell scripts in Linux are an easy-to-use time-saving solution for automating a repetitive or complex set of tasks in a System Administrators’ daily life. It can help save time and increase productivity. So it’s a must-have skill for anyone working on computers.
Shell scripts can be used to automate repetitive tasks such as performing daily backups of your system or installing and patching packages on multiple servers, or monitoring the system periodically such as checking the memory, CPU, and disk usage and raising alarms if required, or perform regular audits on a system such as to identify logged in users monitor activities performed by users or to identify processes consuming most resources or search through multiple log files and identify the root cause of problems, etc.
This course is a beginner-level course and is for those who want to improve their shell scripting or programming. System Administrators, Developers, or IT engineers who do not have any prior programming experience can go through this course to gain basic knowledge of shell scripting. As part of this course, we will explain the necessary programming concepts required for shell scripting. And we learn in a fun way using examples. As well as our hands-on labs that will make sure you gain enough understanding right after you learn each concept. We will test your scripts to make sure you have written them correctly. This course is divided into different sections where we discuss what shell scripts are and how to get started with your first shell script. We discuss how to make your scripts executable. We discuss various concepts related to scripting such as variables, control logic such as conditional statements, loops such as for loops and while loops, arithmetic operations, etc. And throughout the course, we will also discuss best practices while scripting such as what to do and what not to do and how to develop a reusable script. We will also see some tips and tricks such as some IDEs and utilities that can help you improve your scripting skills.
What are the prerequisites to attend this course?
- Linux command line basics
- No programming knowledge required
- Practice hands-on Labs!