Creating Shell Scripts in Enterprise Linux

By Andrew Mallett
Being able to create shell scripts is pure gold for Linux administrators. This course teaches you to automate the boring and laborious work so you can concentrate on what is important.
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(37)
Level
Beginner
Updated
Aug 1, 2019
Duration
2h 10m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 1m
Automating the Boring Stuff
Why Scripting Is Important 5m Looping from the Command Line 4m Summary and What's Next 2m
Writing Your First Script
Identifying Shell Scripts 7m Executing Scripts and Inside of Chmod 5m Customizing VIM 6m Summary and What's Next 3m
Collecting User Input and Code Logic
Script Variables 6m Implementing Variables within Scripts 5m Using Default Values with Input Parameters 4m Prompting for User Input 4m Understanding Logic in Scripts 2m Implementing Script Logic 8m Summary and What's Next 2m
Using Functions and Loops in Scripts
Understanding Functions in BASH 4m Streamline Scripts Using Functions 5m Using Function Parameters to Customize Functions 4m Understanding Return Values 4m Checking for Existing Users 7m Implementing Loops for Reliability 8m Summary and What's Next 2m
Building Menus in BASH
How Menus Are Made 4m Making a Simple Menu 7m Building a Creating User Function 7m Deleting Users with Functions 7m Execute Menus from Login Scripts 6m Summary 1m
Description
Course info
Rating
(37)
Level
Beginner
Updated
Aug 1, 2019
Duration
2h 10m
Description

Sometimes the repetitive work of a Linux system administrator can take over your life. In this course, Creating Shell Scripts in Enterprise Linux, you will gain foundational knowledge of shell scripting in Linux to help you and your operators. First, you will learn to write effective scripts and use shortcuts in vim. Next, you will discover the power of conditional statements in BASH that bring logic into your scripts, testing user input. Finally, you will explore how to build menus for operators and restrict them to only those tasks assigned in the menu. When you’re finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of Linux Shell Scripting to create scripts to deploy on your systems.

About the author
Andrew Mallett
About the author

Andrew is a committed evangelist of the Linux Operating System and the concept of community and freedom that it provides. He has worked as a technical trainer since 1995 and has taught throughout the world, including Australia, the US, Germany and Eastern Europe. Andrew started teaching Linux in 2004 when Novell acquired SUSE and has been a long time supporter of Novell and provides SYSOP support the the Certifed Novell Instructor community on Linux. Andrew founded theurbanpenguin and has been submitting video training material to his YouTube channel since 2009 and currently has over 8,500 subscribers and 1.6 Million views. Andrew has had two publications with Packt: Citrix Access Gateway VPX Essentials (2012) and Citrix XenApp (2013).

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Section Introduction Transcripts
Section Introduction Transcripts

Course Overview
Hi everyone. My name is Andrew Mallett, and welcome. Welcome to my course, Creating Shell Scripts in Enterprise Linux. I'm a Linux trainer and consultant working at The Urban Penguin within the UK, my own company. In this course, I've designed to get you automating the boring stuff in Linux by using scripts. As you work your way into this course, you will learn different elements of shell scripting and seeing how they can be used in a very practical way. Some of the major topics that we cover include using abbreviations within VIM, using prompts within a script when parameters haven't been supplied, checking into data using loops, and building menus for operators. By the end of this course, you will have more than enough knowledge to start building your own project scripts giving you much more time to attend to the important stuff. Before beginning this course, you should be familiar with Linux Server management and be able to install Linux systems. You're going to need a system to be able to work with. I hope you'll join me on this journey and you too will start enjoying automating the boring stuff.

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