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Learning Linux Shell Scripting

Linux has been one of the widely adopted and popular OS when it comes to leveraging scripting and automating common tasks. With this book, readers will get to grips with shell scripting, automating repetitive tasks, text processing, regular expressions, pattern matching, backup and restore, and much more. The end goal of this book is to get you up and running with the most common commands that will ease your daily administration tasks.

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Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Completion Time

11h4m

Language

English

About Book

Who Is This Book For?

Learning Linux Shell Scripting is ideal for those who are proficient at working with Linux and want to learn about shell scripting to improve their efficiency and practical skills.

Book content

chapters 11h4m total length

Getting Started and Working with Shell Scripting

Drilling Deep into Process Management, Job control, and Automation

Using Text processing & filters in your scripts

Working with Commands

Exploring Expressions and Variables

Neat Tricks with Shell Scripting

Performing Arithmetic Operations in Shell Scripts

Automating Decision Making in Scripts

Automating Repetitive Tasks

Working with Functions

Using Advanced Functionality in Scripts

System Start-up and Customizing a Linux System

Understanding Pattern Matching and Regular Expressions with sed & awk

Embedding other languages in Scripts

Database administration using Shell Scripts

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