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Learn the Bash Shell and master beginner all the way up to advanced Bash scripting techniques.

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Source Code

All source code written and used during the course can be found in the GitHub repo:

https://github.com/bahamas10/bash-course

Support

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References

Websites and videos referenced during the course:

general [Website] Wooledge BashFAQ
general [Website] GNU Bash Reference Manual
general [Website] My Bash Style Guide
00:55:46 [Video] Backticks vs `$(...)`
01:08:17 [Video] Shebangs explained
01:50:54 [Video] Useless Use of Cat
02:38:28 [Video] Bash 5.3 Changes
02:46:38 [Video] Bash Strict Mode (set -e)
03:50:31 [Website] ShellCheck
03:53:27 [Video] Bash Strict Mode (pipefail)
04:09:10 [Website] BashFAQ - Check if Being Sourced
05:22:19 [Video] Graphics Programming in Bash
05:48:26 [Video] test vs. [ vs. [[
06:08:10 [Website] ASCII Character Chart
06:15:16 [Video] How I Make my Website
06:23:06 [Website] ANSI Cheat Sheet
06:25:43 [Video] Progress Bar in Bash
06:29:07 [Video] Christmas Tree CLI Animation
06:36:50 [Video] .bashrc vs .bash_profile vs .profile
06:39:32 [Video] My personal `.bashrc`
07:00:48 [Video] My First Video (parsing `ls`)

Chapter Timestamps

Chapters and section timestamps for the course:

00:00:00 00-00 Introduction
00:05:17 01-00 Terminal and Finder
00:12:22 01-01 Basic File Manipulation
00:19:51 01-02 Hidden Files
00:23:36 01-03 Searching in Files
00:33:31 01-04 Paging Files
00:36:53 02-00 Man Pages
00:47:08 02-01 Programs and Commands
00:51:48 02-02 Basic Variables
00:56:31 02-03 vim Crash Course
01:05:39 02-04 File Permissions
01:09:55 03-00 Finally Scripting
01:15:38 03-01 User Input
01:23:06 03-02 Functions
01:29:21 03-03 Conditionals
01:38:47 03-04 For Loops
01:42:10 03-05 Input / Output
01:51:23 03-06 Chapter 3 Recap
01:58:47 04-00 Case Statements
02:06:53 04-01 Indexed Arrays
02:19:20 04-02 Associative Arrays
02:24:56 04-03 IFS Variable
02:29:00 04-04 Command Substitution
02:39:45 04-05 Arithmetic Expression
02:53:03 04-06 Process Substitution
03:04:21 04-07 Chapter 4 Recap
03:13:44 05-00 cut and tr
03:18:06 05-01 sed, awk, and grep
03:35:04 05-02 Find Command
03:41:38 06-00 Bash Arguments
03:51:30 06-01 Pipe Status
03:56:27 06-02 Timing Commands
04:00:41 07-00 Sourcing Code
04:10:48 07-01 Curlies vs. Parens
04:15:36 07-02 Return vs. Output
04:22:12 07-03 Chapter 7 Recap
04:26:50 08-00 Parameter Expansion
04:40:41 08-01 Array Expansion
04:44:13 09-00 Basic Globbing
04:48:00 09-01 Extended Globbing
04:53:28 09-02 Glob Shell Options
05:01:05 10-00 Brace Expansion
05:05:03 10-01 Braces and Globbing
05:08:21 10-02 Numeric Brace Expansion
05:13:35 11-00 Understanding printf
05:23:29 11-01 Date Formatting
05:28:36 11-02 Regular Expressions
05:36:15 11-03 Using mapfile
05:41:33 12-00 Brackets vs. Test
05:48:36 12-01 Special Strings
05:52:07 13-00 Trap Signals
05:58:27 13-01 Named Pipes
06:06:39 14-00 Color Output
06:23:30 14-01 Cursor Commands
06:29:41 14-02 Is a TTY
06:35:54 15-00 PS1 Variable
06:47:12 15-01 Customizing Bash
06:56:33 15-02 Readline Shortcuts
07:00:10 16-00 Pitfall: ls
07:04:04 16-01 Aliases with Arguments
07:06:48 16-02 Pitfall: String Length
07:08:55 17-00 Forkbomb
07:18:10 Credits
07:18:49 Bonus Debugging Session

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