What does the Linux Shell Scripting and Automation concept cover?

Linux Shell Scripting and Automation covers a variety of key topic guides, including: Writing Bash Scripts — Variables, Conditionals, Loops, and Error Handling, Processing Text in Linux — grep, awk, sed, cut, and jq, Shell Scripting for DevOps — Deployment, Health Checks, and Automation Patterns, Shell Scripting for DevOps - Deployment, Health Checks, and Automation Patterns, Configuring Linux Environment — Variables, PATH, Dotfiles, and Shell Startup. Complete overview mapping DevOps concepts for Linux Shell Scripting and Automation.

How does Linux Shell Scripting and Automation relate to the linux hub?

Linux Shell Scripting and Automation is a core learning conceptual pillar mapped within the linux engineering hub of the DevOps Network.

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Linux Shell Scripting and Automation

Complete overview mapping DevOps concepts for Linux Shell Scripting and Automation.

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Writing Bash Scripts — Variables, Conditionals, Loops, and Error Handling

Write reliable Bash scripts from scratch — variables, quoting, conditionals, loops, functions, and production error handling with set -euo pipefail and trap.

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Processing Text in Linux — grep, awk, sed, cut, and jq

Process and transform text on Linux servers using grep, awk, sed, cut, sort, uniq, and jq — the tools for parsing logs, extracting fields, and analysing JSON in production.

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Shell Scripting for DevOps — Deployment, Health Checks, and Automation Patterns

Write production-grade shell scripts for DevOps — deployment pipelines, health checks, retry logic, Slack notifications, and CI/CD automation patterns used at scale.

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Topic Node

Shell Scripting for DevOps - Deployment, Health Checks, and Automation Patterns

Write production-grade shell scripts for DevOps — deployment pipelines, health checks, retry logic, Slack notifications, and CI/CD automation patterns used at scale.

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Configuring Linux Environment — Variables, PATH, Dotfiles, and Shell Startup

Master Linux environment variables, PATH management, dotfile configuration, shell startup file ordering, and direnv for consistent production and development environments.

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Vocabulary & Terms

Key words used in this concept — explained simply, no jargon.

Filesystem

A filesystem is the method an operating system uses to organise, store, and retrieve files on a storage device. Linux uses ext4 and XFS most commonly in production, plus virtual filesystems like /proc and /sys that exist only in memory.

Inode

An inode is a data structure in a Linux filesystem that stores metadata about a file — its permissions, owner, size, and data block locations — but not its filename. The filename lives in a directory entry that points to the inode number.

linux Concepts

Linux Shell Scripting and Automation

Writing Bash Scripts — Variables, Conditionals, Loops, and Error Handling

Processing Text in Linux — grep, awk, sed, cut, and jq

Shell Scripting for DevOps — Deployment, Health Checks, and Automation Patterns

Shell Scripting for DevOps - Deployment, Health Checks, and Automation Patterns

Configuring Linux Environment — Variables, PATH, Dotfiles, and Shell Startup

Vocabulary & Terms

Filesystem

Inode

File Permissions

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