Description

You have a fundamental understanding of how to use basic Linux commands. Now you wonder, what next? For more than 2 hours, you will acquire foundational understanding of how to program the Linux shell. This may not mean  anything without a practical example. Think about being able to backup you laptop or desktop whenever they are turned or when a specific event occurs. Even more exciting is for you to set up an instrument to send you a notification email once the experiment has completed.

Lessons will focus on using the command-line text editor, Vim, to create and edit files, utilizing for-loops for automation, using variables to store information, and writing scripts to perform a series of commands in a sequential order.

Learning Objectives

• Learning basic operations using the Vim text editor
• Capturing previous commands into a script to re-run with one single command
• Understanding variables and storing information
• Learning how to use variables to operate on multiple files

Prerequisites: Basic Linux Commands

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