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a collection of bash-tutorials

Bash Tutorials

a collection of bash-tutorials

A list of bash tutorial sites

I mainly recommend learning from

• LinkedIn online courses (www.linkedin.com/learning-login)
  1. Learning Linux Command Line (By Scott Simpson)
  2. Learning Bash Scripting (By Scott Simpson)
  3. Learning Linux Shell Scripting (By Troy Miles)
  4. Linux: Bash Shell and Scripts (By Kevin Dankwardt)
• Coursera online courses
• gnu manual page (Bash Reference Manual) . (LINK2)

Learning how to use text editor (nano, vi(m), atom, vscode)

• LinkedIn online courses

Learning how to use regular expressions (Regex)

• LinkedIn online courses
• Basic (BRE) and extended (ERE) regualr expressions
• Sources
  • https://www.regular-expressions.info/index.html
  • https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grep-regular-expressions/
  • https://www.regextutorial.org/regex-for-numbers-and-ranges.php
  • https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/using-grep-regular-expressions-to-search-for-text-patterns-in-linux

Learning how to use parameter expansion

• https://wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/pe

Learning how to use grep, searching strings and patterns

• man grep reference @man7.org
• easy exercise @ostenchnix.com
• medium exercise @hackerrank.com
• hard exercise @tldp.org
• https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix/

Expanding (using) variables Source
eg

$ example="Hello world" # assign var

$ echo $example # current standard, 2022
Hello world

$ echo "$example" # old fashion
Hello world

$ echo '$example' # single quote, just show everything as simple text
$example

$ echo '\$example' # single quote
\$example

$ echo "\$example" # double quote, so escaping $ can be done
$example

A list of top bash command tutorials

A list

1. Bash cheat sheet: Top 25 commands and creating custom commands
2. top command in Linux with Examples - GeeksforGeeks
3. Linux Bash Commands: 101 Bash Commands and Tips for Beginners to Experts - DEV Community
4. Bash cheat sheet: Top 28 commands for you to learn 🤺 - DEV Community
5. Top 10 Bash file system commands you can’t live without | Hacker Noon
6. 16 Top Command Examples in Linux [Monitor Linux Processes]
7. Top 25 Linux Commands
8. 16 Must-Know Bash Commands for Data Scientists | by Giorgos Myrianthous | Towards Data Science

Frequently used bash commands

• pwd, ls, cd, mkdir/rmdir, touch, cat, uname, head/tail, cp, mv, less/more, find/locate, which, grep, echo, sudo, chmod, man/--help, apt/apt-get, sort, wc

• wget, iptables, traceroute, cURL

• vi/vim, nano, jed, atom

• clear, exit, cut, jobs, ping, top, sed, lsblk, mount, df, du, ps, kill, service, batch, shutdown, comm, ln, cmp, dd, alias, chown, whoami, whatis, cal, fortune, history, yes, banner, rev, htop, tar, zip, unzip, passwd, shred, neofetch, hostname, useradd, userdel

• Basic Bash Shell Commands - A CLI Tutorial - Liquid Web

• 34 Linux Basic Commands Every User Should Know (Cheat Sheet)

• Basic Linux Commands for Beginners | Linux | Maker Pro

• Basic Shell Commands in Linux - GeeksforGeeks

• The 40 Most-Used Linux Commands You Should Know

• The 50 Most Useful Linux Commands To Run in the Terminal

Where to practice bash exercises

TLDP

• https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
• https://tldp.org/guides.html
• https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exercises.html

GNU

• https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/

Redhat

• https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/bash-scripting-loops

Wikibooks

• https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Bash_Shell_Scripting

Other sites I found so far

bash tutorials

• A collection of sources - by It's FOSS
• Bash Tutorial | Bash Scripting Tutorial - Javatpoint
• BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO
• Bash Scripting Tutorial - Ryans Tutorials
• Understanding Bash: Elements of Programming | Linux Journal
• Bash scripting cheatsheet
• How to program with Bash: Syntax and tools | Opensource.com
• Shell programming with bash: by example, by counter-example
• Bash Scripting Tutorial for Beginners - Linux Tutorials - Learn Linux Configuration
• 30 Bash Script Examples
• How to program with Bash: Syntax and tools | Opensource.com

exercises

• A lot of exercises - HackerRank
• 89 exercises - exercism.org
• https://ecs-network.serv.pacific.edu/past-courses/fall-2018-ecpe-170/lab/bash-scripting-exercise
• https://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/bash_guide_for_beginners/sect_01_07.html
• http://parallel.vub.ac.be/documentation/linux/unixdoc_download/exercises/Scripts.Ex.html
• http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/unix/scripts/node16.html
• https://dccn-hpc-wiki.readthedocs.io/en/latest/docs/bash/exercise_programming.html
• 19 exercises - innolitics.com
• https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-resources-for-shell-scripting-exercises
• http://pages.stat.wisc.edu/~jgillett/605/linux/linuxExercises.pdf
• https://www.unix.com/unix-for-beginners-questions-and-answers/284054-exercise-bash.html
• https://people.duke.edu/~ccc14/duke-hts-2018/cliburn/Bash_Exercise_1_Solutions.html

Books

To be continued...