Complete Linux Bash Shell Scripting with Real Life Examples

Course details

This course is design for those who have some experience in Linux and want to learn or refine their Linux shell scripting skills. Most ofthe scripts practiced in this training are based on real life examples.

For the hobbyists this is fun to do, for the aspiring Linux system admins these are essential skills and for the experienced Linux engineers these are skills to be consolidated

In this training we will cover the following:

• Section 1 (Lab Setup)

  What is Virtual Box?

  Downloading and installing Virtual Box

  Creating first virtual machine

  Linux installation

  Section: 2 (Shell Scripting Basics)

  What is Kernel?

  What is a Shell?

  Shell Scripting?

  Type of Shells

  Starting a Shell

  How to Run a Shell Script

  Section: 3 (Scripting Standards)

  Naming Convention

  Script File Permissions

  Shell Script Format

  Sequence of Script Execution

  Section: 4 (Basic Shell Scripts)

  Creating 1st script

  Script to run basic tasks

  Defining variable

  Input/output script

  Conditions/If else statement scripts

  Case statement scripts

  For loop scripts

  Do-while scripts

  Exist Status

  Handouts

  Section: 5 (Real Life Scripts)

  Accessing data from files

  Check remote servers connectivity

  Script for scheduling and notification

  Script to delete old files

  Backup filesystem

  For loops scripts for file system 1

  For loops scripts for file system 2

  Copy files to remote hosts

  User directory assignment

  List of users logged in by date

  Central logging (rsyslog) script

  Script for user account management

  Disable inactive users

  Check process status and killing it

  Status on total number of files

  Script to create system inventory

  Getting online help

  Homework

• Bonus (Extras)

  This section has so many extra lessons on Linux