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Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA-EX200): Creating Shell Scripts

Repeating tasks on Linux? This course will teach you how to create and run shell scripts on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to automate administration and improve efficiency.

Intermediate
1h 55m

Created by Andrew Mallett

Last Updated Jun 09, 2026

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Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA-EX200): Creating Shell Scripts

Repeating tasks on Linux? This course will teach you how to create and run shell scripts on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to automate administration and improve efficiency.

Intermediate
1h 55m

Created by Andrew Mallett

Last Updated Jun 09, 2026

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Many IT professionals rely on manual commands for repetitive tasks, which can be time-consuming and error-prone. In this course, Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA-EX200): Creating Shell Scripts, you’ll gain the ability to automate common administration tasks using shell scripting on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. First, you’ll explore how to create and run basic shell scripts. Next, you’ll discover how to use variables, conditionals, and loops to control script behavior. Finally, you’ll learn how to build practical scripts to automate real-world tasks. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of shell scripting needed to improve efficiency and prepare for the Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) exam.

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA-EX200): Creating Shell Scripts
Intermediate
1h 55m
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Andrew Mallett - Pluralsight course - Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA-EX200): Creating Shell Scripts
Andrew Mallett
93 courses 4.6 author rating 4193 ratings

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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