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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

Apr 8, 2024

Very helpful for the practical, common commands introduced in this course. The real-world weather project is quite challenging for new learners like me, but I did learn a lot!

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!

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By Dotun O

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May 21, 2023

Great course. I never knew how powerful unix-like systems could be. Love it

By Jose M L C

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Oct 11, 2022

Excellent course, and challenging final project to applied topics learned!

By Ridwan M

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Jun 16, 2024

Took me all the way from the basics to an advance level. Great build up.

By Reba A

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Jul 24, 2022

A very good course for anyone looking to learn the basic Linux commands

By Polavarapu B

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Sep 20, 2023

A good course for beginners who want to learn Linux & Shell Scripting

By Nikesh B

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Aug 15, 2022

Best course if you're starting to learn shell commands and scripting.

By femi a

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Sep 23, 2022

Very hands on, requires hardwork and consistency.

Excellent course.

By Richard I

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Oct 11, 2023

easy to understand and the approach to teaching the course is great

By Heston D J

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Jan 22, 2022

Really straightforward way of learning the basic commands/features.

By Daniel v S

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Nov 10, 2024

What a great course! The labs were very convenient and informative

By Pedro P

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Jul 18, 2023

This was a very enjoyable course. Very well made. Congratulations!

By John R B

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Oct 20, 2024

The lessons are good and they are very clear on what's happeneing

By Pablo M T

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Jan 26, 2023

Easy and straight-forward course on shell language and scripting.

By Alifer

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Jul 18, 2023

Amazing course, lot of information taught in a easy way to learn

By José C R

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Jul 10, 2022

It's a good course about linux with a lot of pratical exercises

By DAHAKE K B

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Oct 21, 2024

I learn the git and git-hub in details with proper deployment

By Saif m

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May 14, 2024

دورة تتناسب مع محللي البيانات واستفدت كثيراً منها شكراً لكم

By Satish A D

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Jun 26, 2022

Good content and well managed course for all level learners.

By Anshu T

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Aug 12, 2023

I really liked course specially hands on lab and project.

By Yogesh R K

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Jan 3, 2025

The contents are very well planned, enjoyed this course.

By SHOAIB R

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May 4, 2022

Was quite hard to pass, but course was great as expected

By Satya D P M

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Aug 18, 2023

The course is well-structured and very impressive : )

By Ali K

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Sep 6, 2024

A lot of useful information regarding Linux commands

By David H

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Sep 6, 2021

A lot of good explanation about Shell/Bashscripting!

By Amr H

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May 4, 2024

Thank you IBM skill network for such amazing course