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Getting Started with Shell Scripting for Bash and Z Shell

Shell scripts allow you to automate just about any task on a UNIX system. This course will teach you how to start automating your work by writing your first shell scripts.

Beginner
1h 4m
(226)

Created by Reindert-Jan Ekker

Last Updated Sep 10, 2020

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Getting Started with Shell Scripting for Bash and Z Shell

Shell scripts allow you to automate just about any task on a UNIX system. This course will teach you how to start automating your work by writing your first shell scripts.

Beginner
1h 4m
(226)

Created by Reindert-Jan Ekker

Last Updated Sep 10, 2020

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Shell scripts allow you to automate just about any task on a UNIX system. They combine the power of all the UNIX userland utilities with a powerful scripting language. Whether you are a system administrator, a developer, or a power user, shell scripts will make you more productive. In this course, Getting Started with Shell Scripting for Bash and Z Shell, you'll learn how to automate a file processing task by scripting it. First, you'll gain an understanding of how to create and run your first shell scripts. Then, you'll learn how to store data in shell variables. Finally, we'll add code to check the results of operations and react on that. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of shell scripting needed to start automating any task you might want to run.

Getting Started with Shell Scripting for Bash and Z Shell
Beginner
1h 4m
(226)
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Reindert-Jan Ekker
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After years of working in software development, Reindert-Jan Ekker switched to teaching programmers in 2010 and never looked back. He authors Pluralsight courses and teaches classes about Python, data science, devops (among others). Even though he squeezes some development jobs in here and there, teaching is his real passion and he is looking forward to share this passion with you.

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