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Introduction to Linux: Bash Scripting

Learn about Bash scripting, a powerful way to combine Bash commands, and write Bash scripts to navigate through your operating system.

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    Intermediate

  • Time to complete

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    3 hours

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    1

  • Prerequisites

    1 course
     
    We suggest you complete the following courses before you get started with Introduction to Linux: Bash Scripting:
    • Introduction to Linux: Installation

About this course

Continue your Linux learning journey with Introduction to Linux: Bash Scripting. Dive into the Linux shell, aka Bash and learn how to use text commands to navigate through a file system and view and change files. Use Bash commands and write Bash scripts that allow you to automate tasks and power up what you can do in Linux.

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