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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....

Top reviews

GR

Mar 19, 2022

Excellent course. I feel way more confident on scripting now. The clarity of the Ai instructor and the visuals were great. Well put together course. Thank you and Cheers!

SM

May 27, 2023

The course elements were very easy and in more detail. This course taught me so many essential and advanced commands of Linux in a very short time with hands-on practice.

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By Kevin G

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Sep 22, 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.

By Tadd T

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Aug 12, 2023

awesome overall but some the labs were questionable. Sometimes the code hints didn’t work. I had to spend a lot of time on Linux laptop using Man pages to figure things out.

By Rony G

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Sep 1, 2024

The course starts with basics about linux, but than goes to super rapid pace when moving to bash scripting. Overall a very good course for starting with linux

By Berk T

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Jun 20, 2024

Challenging but quite rewarding course. Learned a lot of skills, practices are harder than the final exam :D Please do not skip those practices!

By Syed T A

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Apr 10, 2023

Great introduction to Linux shell scripting. Some instructions in the final project were inconsistent with expected output. But not a big deal.

By Lori R

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Feb 13, 2023

The course was very informative; however, the final project was quite difficult for me to follow/understand what was being asked to do.

By prahal m

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Mar 14, 2023

from basics to advance complete coverage but the pace was very fast and very shallow but explanation was good and informative

By Patricio A Q G

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Sep 28, 2023

Excelente curso, los laboratorios fueron una gran ayuda aprendi mucho y estoy muy agradecido.

By Junaid A

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Jan 23, 2023

overall very good course my suggestion is a lot of many material can be add for this course

By Aminat A

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Apr 10, 2023

The peer grading is terrible. Getting answers marked wrong even though they were correct.

By Ricus E

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Mar 24, 2024

Good course, well laid out and the quizzes / assignments built on top of each other.

By Kaveh S

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Jul 27, 2022

The course is well-structured, but I believe is not sufficient for the DevOps role

By Sean H

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Dec 13, 2022

The robot voice of the lessons makes it boring. The environments are nice to use.

By Анна

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Feb 27, 2023

Some things weren't covered in the theory section but were in the final project.

By Mükremin A

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Nov 15, 2022

conditions, loops and other important topics could also be explained. Thanks.

By LIMBACHIYA H H B

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Nov 9, 2024

This course is very amazing and vey usefull and also skill develpoment

By Sean R

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Apr 17, 2022

Way above my learning curve need way more hands-on expierience.

By Kotte a R

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Jan 6, 2024

it is a good learning experience for me

By Thamilmaran K

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Jun 30, 2023

Basic and useful to know few commands.

By BESUNG B A

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Jun 13, 2023

WE GIVE GOD THE GLORY THANK YOU JESUS

By Sabir A S K

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Apr 5, 2022

Great course for absolute beginner

By Jezora

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May 21, 2024

A little confusing at times.

By Hatim Z

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Jan 30, 2022

Good Course for beginners.

By Venkateswara R G

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Dec 6, 2023

Good learning experince

By ephrem d

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Mar 16, 2023

it was a great course.