Introduction to the Linux BASH shell

• Get started
  • The first script in action
  • Interpreter directive
  • Comments
  • Shell commands
  • Variables
• Useful information
  • cheat sheet
  • key-combinations in terminal
  • Handy commands
  • Changing the PATH variable
  • Changing the $HOME/.bashrc
  • When to Use Quotes and Which Quotes to Use
  • Process control (killing hung jobs)
  • Odd things to be aware of
• Exercise 1: script
  • Preparation
  • Task
• Exercise 2: programming
  • Introduction
  • Task 1: simple for loop
  • Task 2: Use the for loop in a BASH script
  • Task 3: simple if statement
  • Task 4: Comparitive statements
  • Task 5: Put if and for together
  • Solutions