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About the Course

This course provides a practical understanding of common Linux / UNIX shell commands. In this beginner friendly course, you will learn about the Linux basics, Shell commands, and Bash shell scripting. You will begin this course with an introduction to Linux and explore the Linux architecture. You will interact with the Linux Terminal, execute commands, navigate directories, edit files, as well as install and update software. Next, you’ll become familiar with commonly used Linux commands. You will work with general purpose commands like id, date, uname, ps, top, echo, man; directory management commands such as pwd, cd, mkdir, rmdir, find, df; file management commands like cat, wget, more, head, tail, cp, mv, touch, tar, zip, unzip; access control command chmod; text processing commands - wc, grep, tr; as well as networking commands - hostname, ping, ifconfig and curl. You will then move on to learning the basics of shell scripting to automate a variety of tasks. You’ll create simple to more advanced shell scripts that involve Metacharacters, Quoting, Variables, Command substitution, I/O Redirection, Pipes & Filters, and Command line arguments. You will also schedule cron jobs using crontab. The course includes both video-based lectures as well as hands-on labs to practice and apply what you learn. You will have no-charge access to a virtual Linux server that you can access through your web browser, so you don't need to download and install anything to complete the labs. You’ll end this course with a final project as well as a final exam. In the final project you will demonstrate your knowledge of course concepts by performing your own Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) process and create a scheduled backup script. This course is ideal for data engineers, data scientists, software developers, and cloud practitioners who want to get familiar with frequently used commands on Linux, MacOS and other Unix-like operating systems as well as get started with creating shell scripts....

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Sep 21, 2023

Some areas of the course were at a good pace, and then nearing the command section I felt there was lacking in some of the explanation of commands and it felt quickly skimmed over.

Mar 11, 2024

One of the best course on Shell scripting along with Lab facility. Forward looking to advance Shell Scripting course also to practice more such Lab environment

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By MAHAMMADMAJID M K

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Dec 29, 2025

great course

By Anthony T

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Aug 27, 2025

Great course

By Zeyad F

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Sep 13, 2024

Very useful.

By Sabeur M

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Jan 22, 2024

Great course

By Samuel A

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Jul 9, 2023

great job 💯

By Brijesh V

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May 16, 2023

Good content

By Taib U

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May 7, 2023

very helpful

By Winfred J M R

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Mar 8, 2023

very helpful

By Mohib A

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Mar 2, 2023

great course

By Thabang M

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Aug 17, 2022

great course

By Yunong X

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Jul 16, 2022

Great course

By Jaures K

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Jul 11, 2022

Hervorragend

By Chandra V R A

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Jul 25, 2025

good course

By Buriev M

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Mar 13, 2025

good course

By GAURISH J

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Oct 12, 2024

Really Good

By Giorgi K

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Aug 28, 2024

i love it !

By adeleye i s

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Aug 13, 2024

I like this

By CHRISTIAN E P G

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Feb 16, 2026

Muy bueno

By vidya p g V

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Dec 11, 2025

Excellent

By Khushi C

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Nov 16, 2025

Thank you

By Sixto G

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May 26, 2025

Good labs

By Ousmane Y D

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Mar 4, 2025

Excellent

By Behro'zbek D

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Nov 28, 2024

Well done

By MANSURI M Z

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Nov 13, 2024

excellent

By THAKRAR B M

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Nov 1, 2024

vary good