Course description

Shell scripting is a powerful but often underused way to automate engineering work. In this hands-on workshop you will move from ad-hoc commands to clean, reusable Linux shell scripts that are reliable, portable, and production ready. You will practice automation with Bash, Zsh, and PowerShell along with performance tuning, debugging, and cross-platform portability for Linux, macOS, and Unix. Get FREE ebook copy of "The Ultimate Linux Shell Scripting Guide" (worth $36) with the ticket.

Who Is This Workshop For

You copy and paste commands but hesitate to turn them into scripts
You have written a few scripts but struggle with debugging or scaling them
You want automation that works reliably across environments

Who Should Attend

DevOps engineers who automate infrastructure and deployments
Backend developers who build CLI tools and pipelines
Data engineers who script ETL, file movement, or cron jobs
QA and SDET teams who build automation workflows using shell utilities

What You Will Learn

Understand shell fundamentals such as quoting, environment variables, and functions
Use control structures including loops, conditionals, and test statements
Handle exit codes, signals, traps, and failures gracefully
Apply filters and text processing with awk, sed, grep, redirection, and logging
Build modular scripts and reusable libraries
Debug complex scripts with built-in tools, trace flags, and profiling
Optimize script performance with tuning techniques and hidden efficiencies
Write scripts that run across Linux, macOS, and Unix without breaking

After This Workshop You Will Be Able To

Read and extend any shell script including legacy code
Write scripts that handle errors, user input, and edge cases cleanly
Debug failures quickly using tracing, logs, and conditional tracing
Improve runtime with arrays, subshells, and short circuit evaluation

Apply best practices to ensure modular design, portability, and long-term maintenance

Linux Shell Scripting in Action