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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

RW
Apr 29, 2020

This is a very friendly step-by-step guide to Unix for beginners, it helps to build a solid foundation, and the exercises are designed to explore more about what has been introduced in the course.

KS
Jan 28, 2018

A wonderful course! Answered so many questions I had and gave me a solid background in Git, Bash, makefiles, and working from the cloud. I will definitely be using these skills in my job search!

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By Justina N

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Apr 13, 2019

Great introduction to the shell world to start swimming on your own!

By Amber K

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Nov 19, 2019

Great certification. Would of liked following along vm experience.

By Ivan S

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May 27, 2019

Excellent material!!!! More practical exercises please will do...

By DEVESH K J

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May 4, 2018

Great Course .This will help you from beginning to advance level.

By Fernando A V A

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Dec 26, 2020

Is a very complete course of Unix enviroment on linux plataform.

By Aditya P

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Jun 21, 2020

Clear and Concise introduction to the beautiful world of Linux.

By Héctor G

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Dec 19, 2018

Very good exercises and very good explanations. Thanks a lot!

By Yagya D S

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Jan 21, 2019

learnt a lot about Unix, GitHub. great and helpful content.

By Daniel G B

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May 5, 2020

Thank's a million, very clear and really makes you better!

By Daniel K

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Mar 9, 2019

Great course!

step by step learning with practical examples

By Claudia K

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Sep 27, 2018

Great course to get familiar with Unix and bash scripting.

By ripe

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Nov 22, 2017

This course explain very well the topic. Thank you again!

By Trenton M

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Sep 28, 2017

Good intro that is detailed enough to be worth your time.

By Bence H

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Aug 14, 2020

Very helpfull, and very good course thank you very much!

By Subham S

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Jun 24, 2020

A good course for beginners to learn about UNIX based OS

By YUE W

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Apr 18, 2020

It is a very helpful course for beginer of Linux system.

By Adjamilton J

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May 2, 2018

Amazing course!!! A great introduction for unix systems.

By PAVULURI M K 1

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Sep 25, 2020

Grading System was awesome! Truly remarkable experience

By Devika P

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Aug 7, 2020

I have learned many new things & understood the course.

By darrell

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Nov 27, 2017

Great course to get the basics of UNIX. I enjoyed it!

By Jaminikanta P

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Jun 5, 2020

Very much helpful in knowing about git and bash shell

By Nicolas M

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Oct 8, 2020

A thorough introduction to command line programming.

By JAYANT J

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May 10, 2020

this was a very good courses i learnt manys this now

By Muhammad B K

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Dec 22, 2019

Great place to start your best experience with linux

By Darius T

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May 30, 2019

Really useful course for learning the basics of Unix

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