Bash Scripting Courses and Certifications

Introduction to Linux Bash Scripting

Learn to automate Linux tasks with Bash through variables, conditionals, loops, filesystem checks, command execution, and email scripts.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Career Certificate

Linux Operating System & Bash Scripting

Navigate Linux directories, write Bash scripts, and work with cybersecurity-focused distributions including Kali, NodeZero, and BlackArch, starting with no prior Linux experience.

• Noble Desktop
• 18 hours
• Self-Paced
• $995.00

Building a Bash Command-Line Tool

Build a reusable bash script for generating reports, using variables, functions, control flow, and command-line arguments to automate repetitive command line tasks.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Introduction to Linux

38 ratings

Never learned Linux? Want a refresh? Develop a good working knowledge of Linux using both the graphical interface and command line across the major Linux distribution families.

• edX
• 14 weeks, 5-7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Coursera

Linux: Introduction to Shell Scripting for DevOps

86 ratings at Coursera

Write Bash shell scripts from scratch, working through exit statuses, the test command, if/else statements, loops, and file archiving on Linux.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Linux Shell Scripting - Advanced

Write advanced bash scripts: build reusable function libraries, process text with sed and gawk, match patterns with regex, and craft menus using dialog, kdialog, and zenity.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Birla Institute Of Technology And Science–Pilani (BITS–Pilani)

Command Line Interfaces and Scripting

Write BASH scripts for system and network administration: Linux boot and kernel I/O, file and directory commands, inodes and links, the vi editor, and I/O redirection.

• Coursera
• 10 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

EDUCBA

Linux Bash: Automate, Debug & Process Text

Write and debug Bash scripts, customize Bashrc and shell startup files, automate backups with parameter expansion and regex, and process text with sed and GAWK.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Linux Shell Scripting - Basics

Write bash scripts to automate Linux tasks: variables and command substitution, arithmetic with bc, if statements, for/while loops, user input, file descriptors, and cron scheduling.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Edureka

Shell Scripting in Linux

Write Bash scripts with variables, arrays, conditionals, loops, and functions; parse arguments, handle errors, schedule tasks with cron and at, and process text with sed and awk.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

Write Automation Scripts

Replace fragile manual workflows with Bash automation: build a secure scheduled backup script, then use logs and execution data to find bottlenecks and refine it.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Advanced Shell Scripting: Automation & Text Processing

Write advanced Linux shell scripts: filter text with grep, sed and regular expressions, process data with awk, automate with here documents and expect, and build dialog interfaces.

• Coursera
• 10 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt Career Certificate

Linux Shell Scripting for Hackers

Progressively apply Bash scripting to cybersecurity, automating reconnaissance, attacks, password cracking, privilege escalation, wireless testing, system auditing, and hardening.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Bash Automation for Recon, Attacks, and Cracking

Automate penetration-testing workflows with Bash, from parsing Nmap results and reporting scans to web application testing and password-cracking workflows.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Bash

Practice Bash scripting through graded exercises: string reversal, error handling, regular-expression file search, classic ciphers, binary search, Pascal's triangle, and Conway's Game of Life.

• Exercism
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course