Linux Shell Scripting 2.0 From User to Pro
English | Sep 20, 2025 | ISBN: 9798232401634 | 254 pages | EPUB (True) | 465.60 KB
English | Sep 20, 2025 | ISBN: 9798232401634 | 254 pages | EPUB (True) | 465.60 KB
The Fastest Way to Master the Linux Command Line – Even with No Prior Experience.
Do you feel intimidated by the Linux command line? Do you see colleagues and professionals solving complex tasks with a few commands and wonder how they do it? Do you wish you could finally automate tedious, repetitive tasks?
This book is your answer. Forget dry theory and incomprehensible jargon. "Linux Shell Scripting for Beginners" takes you by the hand and guides you step-by-step from the absolute basics to your first useful automation scripts. Based on years of practical experience, this book was designed specifically for beginners with no programming background.
What You Will Learn in This Book:
The Fundamentals of the Shell: Lose your fear of the terminal and navigate your system with confidence.
Write Your First Script: Go from a "Hello, World!" message to an executable program in minutes.
The Building Blocks of Programming: Understand and apply variables, loops (for, while), conditionals (if, case), and functions—all explained in a practical way.
Text Processing Like a Pro: Unleash the power of grep, sed, and awk to effortlessly analyze log files and other text data.
True Automation: Learn how to use cron to run your scripts on a schedule, for example, to create nightly backups.
Two Major Hands-On Projects: Develop a fully automated backup script and an interactive system dashboard from scratch.
Security and Error Handling: Write robust scripts that can react to errors and are safe to use.
What's New in the 2nd Edition?
This edition has been completely revised, expanded, and updated to reflect modern best practices. It includes new sections on floating-point arithmetic, log file analysis, variable naming best practices, and advanced concepts.
Who Is This Book For?
This book is perfect for IT students, aspiring system administrators, developers looking to deepen their Linux skills, and any curious user who wants to discover the true power of Linux.
Add your copy to the cart now and transform the command line from a hurdle into your most powerful tool!