2 Weeks - Shell Scripting learning plan

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While running through this program, each day I will cover essential concepts, practical commands, and troubleshooting tips to help you become proficient in it.

Whether you're a beginner or looking to refine your skills, this series will boost your Shell Scripting expertise in no time!

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📌 Week 1: Fundamentals of Shell Scripting
1️⃣ Introduction to Shell Scripting

• What is Shell Scripting?

• Different types of Shells (Bash, Zsh, Sh, etc.)

• Basic Linux Commands for Shell Scripting:

• - File and directory management (ls, cd, mkdir, rm, etc.)

• - Viewing and manipulating files (cat, head, tail, cut, grep)

• - Process management (ps, kill, top)

2️⃣Writing Your First Shell Script

• Setting up a shell scripting environment

• Creating and running a script (.sh file)

• Understanding shebang (#!/bin/bash)

• Making scripts executable (chmod +x)

3️⃣Variables and Data Types

• Defining variables

• Environment vs. local variables

• Using read to take user input

• Operators in Shell Scripting

• Arithmetic operators

• Comparison operators

• Logical operators

4️⃣ Conditional Statements and loops

• if, elif, else

• case statement

• for loop

• while loop

• until loop

5️⃣ Functions in Shell Scripts

• Creating and calling functions

• Using parameters in functions

6️⃣ Handling Arguments & Input in Scripts

• $1, $2, $@, $#

• getopts for option parsing

7️⃣Exit Status and Error Handling

• Understanding exit codes

• Using set -e, trap

📌 Week 2: File Handling & Advanced Scripting

8️⃣ Working with Files and Directories

• File test operators (-f, -d, -e, etc.)

• Reading from and writing to files

• Redirection & Piping

• > and >> operators

• Using | (pipe) to combine commands

9️⃣Logging and Debugging Scripts

• Using echo and logger

• Debugging with set -x

🔟 Process Management in Shell

• Running scripts in the background

• nohup and jobs

Scheduling Scripts (Cron Jobs & At Command)

• Creating cron jobs

• Scheduling one-time jobs with at

1️⃣1️⃣ Working with Arrays and Strings

• Declaring and using arrays

• String manipulation (sed, awk, cut)

1️⃣2️⃣ Networking in Shell Scripting

• Using curl and wget

• Checking internet connectivity in scripts

1️⃣3️⃣ Automating Tasks with Shell Scripts

• Creating backup scripts

• Automating log cleanup

1️⃣4️⃣ Integrating Shell Scripts with Other Tools

• Calling Python scripts from Shell

• Using Shell scripts in DevOps (AWS CLI, Docker, Kubernetes)

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