🐚 Bash Scripting

This repository documents my journey learning Bash scripting as part of my bootcamp training.
It contains scripts, examples, and exercises that demonstrate core Bash concepts and automation techniques.

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📚 About This Repository

I have completed the Bash scripting module from the bootcamp, and this repository serves as:

• A reference for my learning
• A collection of practice scripts
• A foundation for more advanced shell scripting projects

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🎯 Learning Objectives Achieved

By the end of this module, I am able to:

• ✅ Write and execute Bash scripts to automate tasks\
• ✅ Use variables, loops, and conditional statements\
• ✅ Handle user input and command-line arguments\
• ✅ Perform file operations and directory management\
• ✅ Understand error handling and exit codes

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🛠 Topics Covered

1️⃣ Writing and Running Bash Scripts

• Shebang (#!/bin/bash)
• File permissions (chmod +x script.sh)
• Executing scripts (./script.sh)

2️⃣ Variables

• Declaring variables
• Using environment variables
• String and numeric variables

3️⃣ Conditional Statements

• if, elif, else
• Comparison operators
• File condition checks

4️⃣ Loops

• for loops
• while loops
• Loop control (break, continue)

5️⃣ User Input & Arguments

• read command
• Positional parameters ($1, $2, etc.)
• Special parameters ($#, $@, $?)

6️⃣ File & Directory Management

• Creating, copying, moving, and deleting files
• Checking if files/directories exist
• Working with paths

7️⃣ Error Handling

• Exit codes
• Using exit
• Checking command success with $?

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📂 Repository Structure (Example)

Bash-Scripting/
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├── scripts/
│   ├── hello_world.sh
│   ├── user_input.sh
│   ├── loops_example.sh
│   ├── conditionals.sh
│   └── file_operations.sh
│
└── README.md

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📈 Next Steps

• Practice writing more complex automation scripts\
• Combine Bash with cron jobs\
• Explore advanced scripting concepts\
• Build real-world automation projects

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🤝 Contributions

This repository is primarily for learning purposes, but suggestions and improvements are welcome!

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📌 Author

Documenting my journey through Bash scripting and automation.

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