A great project to build while learning bash scripting is a backup script that automates the process of backing up important files on a local machine to a remote server or cloud storage.
With this project, you'll learn important bash scripting skills like file management, input/output processing, compression, secure data transfer, and automation. Once completed, you can publish the script for others to use or customize for their own backup needs.
Here's an outline of the steps involved in building the script:
- Determine the files or directories that need to be backed up, and decide on the backup destination (e.g. remote server, cloud storage).
- Write a script to create a compressed archive of the selected files or directories.
- Set up a secure connection to the backup destination (e.g. SSH for a remote server, API key for cloud storage).
- Write a script to transfer the compressed archive to the backup destination.
- Schedule the script to run automatically at regular intervals (e.g. daily, weekly) using cron.