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Introduction to Linux: Bash Scripting

Learn about Bash scripting, a powerful way to combine Bash commands.

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    Intermediate

  • Time to complete

    Approx. 4 hours

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  • Prerequisites

    1 course

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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3 lessons • 1 projects • 3 quizzes
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Don’t just watch or read about someone else coding — write your own code live in our online, interactive platform. You’ll even get AI-driven recommendations on what you need to review to help keep you on track.
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