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Bash Arrays & Data Manipulation
In this lab, you'll practice managing data with Bash arrays, and processing files with awk and sed. When you're finished, you'll have scripts to automate inventory, configuration, and text data manipulation.

Lab Info
Table of Contents
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Challenge
Managing Inventory with Indexed Arrays
To start, you'll use indexed arrays to build and manage a simple inventory list.
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Using Associative Arrays for User Configuration
You will use Bash associative arrays to map usernames to roles and automate user configuration management with local data.
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Processing Log Files with awk and sed
To finish things, you'll process sample log files using awk and sed to extract useful information and automate text replacements.
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Final Objective
This is your last chance to experiment in the environment.
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