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Linux Shell Scripting: Automating Command Line Tasks [Video]

Paul Olushile

Solve complex shell-related problems and efficiently automate your day-to-day tasks
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ISBN 13 9781789131208
Course Length 2 hours 14 minutes

Table of Contents

Shell Is an Interpreter
The Course Overview
Shell Commands- Commands Are Built-In Scripts
Documentation- Reading the Man Pages
The First Shell Script – Using Shell Commands in the Scripts
Calling the Shell Scripts – Different Ways to Call the Same Script
Calling the Script with Parameters
Variables – Passing Command-Line Arguments to a Script
The First Argument – The Path of the Script
The Order of the Arguments – Order Matters!
Types of Arguments – Strings, Numbers, and Special Characters
Parsing the Arguments – getopts
Chaining and Redirection
Standard Input and Output – Input and Output Redirection and EOF
File I/O – Reading from a File and Writing to a File
Detaching from the Shell – Screen Utility and the &
Rewriting and Appending – The First Log
Environmental Variables – Playing with the PATH
Defining and Calling Functions
The Functions – Function Is an Action
Function Variables – Passing Arguments and Returning Values
Variable Scopes – It Is Not the Same Everywhere
Overloading – Redefining the Shell Commands
Naming – Naming Conventions
Looping and Branching
Loops – for and while Loops
Branching – if/then/else and Case
Combining Loops and Branches – Nested Loops and Branches
Branching and Arguments – An Example init Script
Title
Parsing and Regular Expressions
Parsing – Check Whether It Is a Number
Regex – Introduction to Regex
Regex Flavors – It Is Not the Same Everywhere
Globbing – Globbing Is Not Regex
Practice – Practicing Is the Only Way
Learning to Learn and Log
Linux Logs – All Kinds of Logs
Logging – Use Logger to Write Your Logs
Reading the Logs – cut, tail, head, and grep
System Calls – What strace Shows
The Last Call – Putting It All Together

Video Description

Shell scripting involves writing a series of command for the shell to execute. It combines lengthy and repetitive sequences of commands into a single script, which can be stored and executed anytime. This reduces the effort required by the end user and the number of human mistakes.

You will write your first shell script and delve into the shell, to touch the power CLI which provides against the GUI. Also you will learn simple arguments and use getopts to make it a real Shell command. Then you will learn looping and functions for performing complex operations. You will then master Regex and regular expressions to validate your arguments. Finally, you will learn to write logs correctly and fight the temptation to use I/O redirections.

By the end of this course, you will be an expert at creating powerful shell scripts and will have explored the full possibilities of shells.

Style and Approach

This course starts with the simplest possible concept—listing the content of a folder—and leads you to an understanding of what a Linux OS System call is. You will see how programs interact with the OS, and what happens under the hood when you run a script of your own. You will solve tasks in the wrong way first and then learn to do so correctly, with the chance to compare using I/O redirection and the logger utility to write your own logs. The author will ask the question "What will happen?" before firing a command for a concept that has just been explained; that will be your queue to hit the Pause button and think.

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What You Will Learn

  • Choose the right automation technique
  • Write user-friendly scripts
  • Debug the system, not scripts
  • Write complex scripts with branches and loops
  • Delve into Linux system calls
  • Profile scripts and increase performance
  • Set up and secure a cloud MySQL database for your web app
  • Add logging to your scripts

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Table of Contents

Shell Is an Interpreter
The Course Overview
Shell Commands- Commands Are Built-In Scripts
Documentation- Reading the Man Pages
The First Shell Script – Using Shell Commands in the Scripts
Calling the Shell Scripts – Different Ways to Call the Same Script
Calling the Script with Parameters
Variables – Passing Command-Line Arguments to a Script
The First Argument – The Path of the Script
The Order of the Arguments – Order Matters!
Types of Arguments – Strings, Numbers, and Special Characters
Parsing the Arguments – getopts
Chaining and Redirection
Standard Input and Output – Input and Output Redirection and EOF
File I/O – Reading from a File and Writing to a File
Detaching from the Shell – Screen Utility and the &
Rewriting and Appending – The First Log
Environmental Variables – Playing with the PATH
Defining and Calling Functions
The Functions – Function Is an Action
Function Variables – Passing Arguments and Returning Values
Variable Scopes – It Is Not the Same Everywhere
Overloading – Redefining the Shell Commands
Naming – Naming Conventions
Looping and Branching
Loops – for and while Loops
Branching – if/then/else and Case
Combining Loops and Branches – Nested Loops and Branches
Branching and Arguments – An Example init Script
Title
Parsing and Regular Expressions
Parsing – Check Whether It Is a Number
Regex – Introduction to Regex
Regex Flavors – It Is Not the Same Everywhere
Globbing – Globbing Is Not Regex
Practice – Practicing Is the Only Way
Learning to Learn and Log
Linux Logs – All Kinds of Logs
Logging – Use Logger to Write Your Logs
Reading the Logs – cut, tail, head, and grep
System Calls – What strace Shows
The Last Call – Putting It All Together

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Course Length2 hours 14 minutes
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