Advanced Linux Shell Scripting
8h 10mAdvanced2026-06-11
Authors

ACI Learning
Addressing the Global IT Skills Gap
Course details
Dive deep into the realm of advanced Linux scripting with this comprehensive course. Discover how to bolster your scripts with functions and libraries, creating more dynamic and reusable code. Explore the power of sed and gawk for efficient text processing and manipulation. Learn how to create engaging graphical scripts that provide a polished interface for end users. Understand regular expressions and their application in stream editing. This course is tailored for system and network administrators, DevOps engineers, developers, and anyone who has mastered command line fundamentals. Improve your scripting efficiency and script outcome reliability with these advanced practices. Whether you're aiming to refine your current scripts or venture into creating new, more sophisticated scripts, this course equips you with the necessary skills to excel.
Concepts
Introduction
- Overview
- Functions
sed and awk
- Intro to sed, part 1
- Intro to sed, part 2
- Intro to sed, part 3
- Intro to awk
RegEx
- Regular expressions, part 1
- Regular expressions, part 2
GUI Scripting
- Writing graphical scripts, part 1
- Writing graphical scripts, part 2
Advanced sed
- Advanced sed - Multiline commands, part 1
- Advanced sed - Multiline commands, part 2
- Advanced sed - Hold space for negotiation
Advanced gawk
- Advanced gawk - Variables
- Advanced gawk - Arrays
- Advanced gawk - Structured commands
- Advanded gawk - Formatted printing and functions
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