Bash Scripting Training Content

Where?

• UMSA: GDSC

When?

• October 10th, 12th, 13th

Day 1

• Linux basics
• Bash introduction
• Essential tools you need to know
• List of commands

Day 2

• Special variables
• Arrays
• Programming Structures
• Essential tools you need to know - Part 2

Day 3

• Redirections
• Functions
• Pipes
• Status and Exit codes
• Error management and debugging

Day ?

• Math
• Jobs
• Shell expansions
• Groups and subshells
• Bash autocompletion

Labs:

• Cool bash functions:
  • Most big files or directories function
  • Most consuming mem app
• AWS/GCP cli jq
• Docker cleanup
• Parsing data with curl and json payloads
• FFmpeg

Out of scope:

• Signals
• ulimit
• POSIX
• Bash builtin functiosn

Resources

• https://www.learnshell.org/en/Special_Variables
• https://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/Bash-Beginners-Guide.html
• https://devdocs.io/bash/
• https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/bash/manual/bash.html