Master Bash Scripting and learn how to automate boring Linux tasks.
What you will learn
Automate boring Linux tasks with Bash Scripts
Looping in Bash
Decision Making in Bash
Working with Bash Variables, Arguments, and Loops
Creating Bash Functions
Using Arithmetic Operations in Bash Scripts
Manipulating Strings with Bash
Using Arrays in Bash
Description
This course also include my 3 bestseller books (in eBook version):
- Learn Bash Quickly
- Learn Linux Quickly
- Learn Ansible Quickly (RHCE)
Master Bash Scripting and learn how to automate boring administrative Linux tasks.
Key Features
- Create and run efficient Bash scripts
- Implement Bash functions
- Automate complex and repetitive tasks
Course Description
Learn Bash Quickly is a fully practical hands-on course for learning bash scripting. It will get you up and running with bash scripting in no time.
First, you will break the ice with Bash scripting by creating and running a very simple “Hello World” program. Then, you will dive into the world of Bash variables, arguments, string, and arrays. Also, you will learn how to use conditional statements in your bash script. Moreover, you will explore various Bash looping constructs and get to realize how powerful they are. In addition, you will get to write Bash functions, so your code looks clean and unrepetitive. Finally, you will see how you can use bash to automate some of the tedious tasks on Linux.
By the end of this course, you will have all the skills necessarily to develop state of the art bash scripts that can automate any repetitive task you may encounter while working on Linux systems.
What you will learn
- Understand how to work with Bash variables, arguments, string, and arrays.
- Make your Bash scripts smarter with conditional statements.
- Analyse various Bash looping constructs.
- Design and create recursive Bash functions.
- Automate boring administrative tasks.
Who This Course Is For
If you are tired of spending countless hours doing the same tedious task on Linux over and over again then this course is for you! Learn Bash Quickly will teach you all the skills you need to automate borings tasks in Linux. You will be much more efficient working on Linux after taking this course, more importantly, you will get more sleep, I promise you!
Learn Bash Quickly does assume prior Linux knowledge and that you have experience working on the Linux command line.
Table of Contents
- Hello World
- Bash Variables
- Bash Script Arguments
- Bash Arrays
- Basic Arithmetic Operations
- Bash Strings
- Decision Making in Bash
- Bash Loops
- Bash Functions
- Automation with Bash
- Solutions to Bash Exercises
English
Language
Content
Course Introduction & Creating a Linux VM
Course Slides
Course Prerequisites
Our Course Plan
Creating a Linux VM
Create a Linux VM on Azure 
Creating a Linux VM on VirtualBox
Creating a Linux VM on VMware Workstation Player
Hello Bash
Create and Run Your First Shell Script
Convert Your Shell Script into a Bash Script (shebang)
Editing Your PATH Variable
Adding Comments
Bash Challenge #1: Print number of CPU cores
Bash Variables
Using Variables in Bash Scripts
Variables & Data Types
Constant Variables
Command Substitutions
A Smarter “Hello, Friend!” Script
Bash Challenge #2: Print Calendar of a given year
Bash Script Arguments
Passing one Argument to a Bash Script
Passing Multiple Arguments to a Bash Script
Getting Creative With Arguments
Special Bash Variables
Bash Challenge #3: Convert Case
Bash Arrays
Creating Your First Array
Accessing Array Elements
Adding Array Elements
Deleting Array Elements
Creating Hybrid Arrays
Bash Challenge #4: Sort an Array
Basic Arithmetic Operations
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication and Division
Powers and Remainders
Celsius to Fahrenheit Calculator
Bash Challenge #5: Calculate net salary
String Operations in Bash
Getting String Length
Concatenating Strings
Finding Substrings
Extracting Substrings
Replacing Substrings
Deleting Substrings
Converting Upper and Lowercase Letters
Bash Challenge #6: Remove Asterisks from String
Decision Making in Bash
Using if Statement
Using if-else Statement
Using elif Statement (else-if)
Using Nested if Statements
Using case Statement
Bash Test Conditions
Bash Challenge #7: Leap Year
Bash Loops
For Loops in Bash #1 C-Style
For Loops in Bash #2 List/Range
While Loops in Bash
Until Loops in Bash
Traversing Array Elements
Using break & continue in Loops
Beware of Infinite Loops
Bash Challenge #8: Ping a bunch of servers
Bash Functions
Creating Bash Functions
Returning Function Values
Passing Arguments To Bash Functions
Local and Global Variables
Recursive Functions
Bash Challenge #9: Calculate the GCD
Automating Boring Tasks with Bash
Creating our Automation Playground
Automating User Management
Automating Backups
Monitoring Disk Space
Bash Challenge #10: Automatic Downtime Monitor
More Bash Lectures!
Debugging your Bash Scripts
Running a Bash Script from Another One!
Course Outro
What’s next?
Solutions to Bash Challenges
Bash Challenge #1 Solution
Bash Challenge #2 Solution
Bash Challenge #3 Solution
Bash Challenge #4 Solution
Bash Challenge #5 Solution
Bash Challenge #6 Solution
Bash Challenge #7 Solution
Bash Challenge #8 Solution
Bash Challenge #9 Solution
Bash Challenge #10 Solution
Bonus Material
Learn Linux Quickly Ebook
Learn Bash Quickly Ebook
Learn Ansible Quickly (RHCE) Ebook
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