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About the Course

Unix forms a foundation that is often very helpful for accomplishing other goals you might have for you and your computer, whether that goal is running a business, writing a book, curing disease, or creating the next great app. The means to these goals are sometimes carried out by writing software. Software can’t be mined out of the ground, nor can software seeds be planted in spring to harvest by autumn. Software isn’t produced in factories on an assembly line. Software is a hand-made, often bespoke good. If a software developer is an artisan, then Unix is their workbench. Unix provides an essential and simple set of tools in a distraction-free environment. Even if you’re not a software developer learning Unix can open you up to new methods of thinking and novel ways to scale your ideas. This course is intended for folks who are new to programming and new to Unix-like operating systems like macOS and Linux distributions like Ubuntu. Most of the technologies discussed in this course will be accessed via a command line interface. Command line interfaces can seem alien at first, so this course attempts to draw parallels between using the command line and actions that you would normally take while using your mouse and keyboard. You’ll also learn how to write little pieces of software in a programming language called Bash, which allows you to connect together the tools we’ll discuss. My hope is that by the end of this course you be able to use different Unix tools as if they’re interconnecting Lego bricks....

Top reviews

LH

Jan 30, 2023

A very good walk-through for newbies. Although there's no video lectures, I could easily follow the instructions and learn the most basic concepts about UNIX and Bash. Thank you JHU team <3.

SV

Jun 13, 2020

The Unix Workbench book has helped me in gaining knowledge on bash(unix shell), shellscripting, git, git hub and cloud computing basics. This course is beautiful.

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Jun 25, 2018

Great course

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Oct 19, 2020

It was Good

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Mar 29, 2020

Nice course

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Nov 27, 2018

Good stuff.

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Oct 28, 2017

interesting

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Apr 15, 2021

excellent!

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Jul 15, 2019

Nice book.

By Jorge N

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Aug 27, 2018

Very good!

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Dec 21, 2024

excellent

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Sep 5, 2020

Completed

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Feb 15, 2018

Excellent

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Jun 18, 2020

excelent

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Oct 20, 2019

Good one

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Sep 3, 2019

Awesome.

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Jun 16, 2018

Not bad.

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Apr 14, 2018

great !!

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Jun 15, 2021

Super!

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Nov 5, 2018

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good

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Nov 20, 2024

GOOD