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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

Mar 1, 2023

It was a great introduction, I would say the labs were so helpful and the final project helped me understand the topics I learned during the course.

Feb 8, 2022

Very interesting section, I find it is very efficient , sufficient and collects every thing we need with simplified and clear way. thanks to instructor's stuff

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By Mahamud P

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Jul 12, 2023

Very InfoInformative

By Widmar A G P

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Oct 16, 2025

One word! excelent.

By Ygdaly N R G

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Apr 13, 2022

It's a good course.

By Shoaib H M

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Jan 11, 2022

no need of changes

By Devesh C P

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Sep 19, 2024

REALLY GOOD COURSE

By Melika G

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Jun 5, 2024

Super fun courser!

By patel m k

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Nov 17, 2024

excellence course

By Mateusz T

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Jun 5, 2024

I really liked it

By Dinesh B J

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Sep 12, 2023

It's overall good

By Kavya K

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Apr 30, 2023

Excellent Course!

By Pattragun J

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Feb 5, 2022

Love this course!

By Avinash R

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Aug 19, 2025

excellent course

By Omar A

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Aug 8, 2024

excellent course

By Michael G

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Feb 16, 2024

Amazing course!!

By Khaled N A S

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Dec 26, 2023

Excellent Course

By Edgar

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Nov 20, 2023

I just loved it!

By yahaya y a

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Nov 20, 2023

Very interesting

By Sri P J K

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Feb 10, 2025

GOOD KNOWLEDGE

By Deleted A

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Jan 13, 2022

very good labs

By Jeferson S

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Oct 28, 2024

Great Course!

By samuel p

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Oct 5, 2024

Awsome course

By Asanka W

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Aug 25, 2022

great course.

By Anthony T

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Aug 27, 2025

Great course

By Zeyad F

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Sep 13, 2024

Very useful.

By Sabeur M

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Jan 22, 2024

Great course