A Complete Course on Linux Bash Shell Scripting with Real-Life Examples

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Learn the basics and advanced skills to automate your daily tasks with the help of shell scripting and programming

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Benefit from the real-time scripts section
Learn with the help of a comprehensive course focused on real-life examples
Automate your daily boring and tedious tasks with shell scripting and programming

In Detail

This course is designed for you if you have experience in Linux and …

A Complete Course on Linux Bash Shell Scripting with Real-Life Examples

Video description

Learn the basics and advanced skills to automate your daily tasks with the help of shell scripting and programming

About This Video

Benefit from the real-time scripts section
Learn with the help of a comprehensive course focused on real-life examples
Automate your daily boring and tedious tasks with shell scripting and programming

In Detail

This course is designed for you if you have experience in Linux and want to develop or enhance your Linux shell scripting skills. Most of the scripts practiced in this training are based on real-life examples. While the hobbyists will find it fun to work through the examples, these are essential skills for aspiring Linux system admins and for experienced Linux engineers; these are skills to be consolidated.

The course starts with introducing you to basic Linux shell scripting. You will then move on to the lab setup required for this course. After that, you will be looking at the basics of shell scripting and scripting standards. Following this, you will look at some basic and real-life scripts. Finally, you will see some additional resources to expedite your understanding.

By the end of this course, you will learn the necessary skills required to automate your repetitive and tedious tasks with the help of shell scripting and programming.

Who this book is for

This course is for anyone who has a good understanding of Linux or Unix and wants to learn shell scripting, improve their Linux skills, and level up their career in the field of Linux. You’ll also find this course useful if you’re an administrator looking to automate your tedious everyday tasks.

You are expected to have some familiarity with the Linux command line and a desire to learn shell scripting. A knowledge of Linux file editing skills would be good but not mandatory.

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Chapter 1 : Introduction and Course Overview

Introduction

Course Syllabus Overview

Chapter 2 : Set Up the Lab

Welcome to Lab Setup

What is Virtual Box?

Installing Oracle Virtual Box

Creating First Virtual Machine

Linux Installation

Chapter 3 : Shell Scripting Basics

Welcome to Shell Scripting Basics

What is Kernel?

What is a Shell?

What is Shell Scripting

Types of Shells

Starting a Shell

How to Run a Shell Script

Chapter 4 : Scripting Standards

Welcome to Scripting Standards

Scripts Naming Convention

Script File Permissions

Shell Script Format

Sequence of Script Execution

Chapter 5 : Basic Shell Scripting

Welcome to Basic Shell Scripting

Create Your First Script - Hello World

Run Basic Tasks - Script

Run Basic Administration Tasks

Defining Variables

Input/Output Script

Conditions/If Else Statements Scripts

Case Statements Script

For-Loop Script

do-while Scripts

Exit Status

Chapter 6 : Real Life Scripting

Welcome to Real Life Scripting

Accessing Data from a File

Check Remote Servers’ Connectivity

Script Scheduling and Notification

Script to Delete Old Files

Backup Filesystem

For-Loops Scripts for Filesystem - 1

For-Loops Scripts for Filesystem - 2

Copy Files to Remote Hosts

User Directory Assignment

List of Users Logged In by Date

Script for Central Logging (rsyslog)

Script for User Account Management

Disable Inactive Users

Check Process Status and Killing it

Disk Space Status

Status on Total Number of Files

Create System Inventory

Scripts with Pre-Defined Information

Getting Online Help

Congratulations

Chapter 7 : Additional Resources

Welcome to Additional Resources

Troubleshoot Putty Connectivity Issues

Important Things to Remember in Linux

Linux File Types

Wild Cards

Soft Links and Hard Links

File Ownership Commands

Tab Completion and Up Arrow Keys

Combing and Splitting Files

Linux File Editor (vi)

“sed” Command

System Utility Commands

System Logs Monitor

Terminal Commands

Aliases

Network Interface Card Port Bonding

File Transfer Commands

What is RAID

Facts About IT

Difference Between CentOS/RedHat 5, 6, and 7

Securing Linux Machine (OS Hardening)

SELinux

NFS Install and Configuration

Linux System Performance Issues

What is Virtualization?

Introduction to VMware

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