Bash Shell Scripting Tutorial For Beginners - Bash Basics in 20 Minutes

In this video you will learn Bash Basics in under 20 Minutes. The video gives a brief explanation into what Bash is and what are differences between Bash, Shell and the Terminal. You will also learn all the Shell Scripting basics starting from commands on how to work with directories (mv, cd, rm, cp, touch, nano, etc...) up to creating your own Bash Scripts and executing them in the Shell.

By watching this video you should gain basic knowledge over Bash, you should be able to navigate around directories, manipulate files, search for content and create basic automated scripts that can be executed in the CLI.

Bash is a Unix shell and command language. Written by Brain Fox as a free alternative to the Bourne Shell.
The Shell is basically the command line. You type commands into a terminal window which then in return are executed.
Terminals, command lines or consoles, allow us to accomplish and automate tasks on a computer without the use of a graphical user interface or GUI.

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[sheriffcrandy]

I am starting my first software engineering internship tomorrow and the job requires knowledge on bash shell scripting and I had no experience before so this was a great starting point for me. Thanks man!

[amineghalmi]

Thank you novelTech I love you educative content, i'm french, but you speak slowly and clearly, bonjours from Belgium :)

[marianam.noriega]

Hi! I'm just getting started on bioinformatics and this was super useful! Thks! I'll stay tuned for the next videos! Greetings from Mexico!

[lolaola]

I found your video clear and appreciate the concise explanations as a newbie learning programming. Your examples were easy for me to follow along while practicing. Do keep up the good work. Liked and subbed.

[farhadniaz]

Hi There! Thanks for this informative video! 👍

I need to know this for my upcoming CompTIA A+ Certification exam.

[JasonKuffler]

I'm prepping for another tech interview and this has set me on the right /path!

[eatbreathedatascience]

Thanks very much for the video. I used Unix long time ago. This is a very useful refresher for me.

[thecomedian]

Such a wonderful, clear and educative video! I love how you didn't waffle uselessly about pointless details. Please, keep this work up.

P.S Subbed!!

[GitfiddleMike]

Excellent! Thank you so much for your super-informative content! You are a beacon of light in a sea of confusion. Your ability to simplify things and communicate the important aspects of the BASH scripting language is a gift. Please continue creating content. I have liked and subscribed.
because I see that you really know your $h!t and, moreover, you are willing to share it with the rest of the world ... which leaves an indelible mark of positivity and goodness.

[anantgaonkar]

Totally cool video, never knew when I got hooked up with it

[danielgrafton]

Just what I was looking for. Thank you.

[Vertig_Pro]

this helped me pick up the stuff i missed in class f
thanks man for the help

[travops]

Thank you taking the time to put this tutorial together.

[anonymousgerman]

thanks man that an amazing introduction to bash

[RC-Heli]

lspci | grep VGA is a good command that uses the pipe with lspci and grep in linux to tell you the graphics info on board. Thanks I enjoyed the tutorial!

[annexgroup]

What a great Tutorial. Thanks for sharing!

[keydagreat]

Nice video!! I had a problem using variables but I realized my issue was I had spaces with STRING=“Hello There”. Not sure why that’s a problem but it works

[ivanagajic]

Great video, you covered most topics!

[mikemccartneyable]

That was a superb tutorial, thank you

[andrewa]

Good stuff. As a novice I was confused by the argument $@ that you used and why any extra argument you added was still echo'd. I thought you should have explained more that $@ will encompass ALL parameters passed. Which is why as you kept adding variables it echo's them all instead of just the first one. If you want to specifically ONLY echo argument 1 then it needs to be $1... for argument two $2, and so on.