Description

Write shell scripts to automate tasks and manage servers.

Benefits

Core skill for DevOps, sysadmins, and backend automation.

Example

Alex, a data analyst at a startup, wanted to automate some tedious file handling tasks that were eating up his mornings. He started learning Bash by spending 15 minutes a day working through online tutorials and writing tiny scripts for things he did manually, like renaming files or pulling log data. After a few weeks, he had automated half of his repetitive tasks. He said it felt like upgrading his brain. Grace, a biology PhD student, learned Bash to better manage her research data. It started with frustration over spending hours copying files. By building small habits around scripting, she eventually cut hours out of her workflow and even helped her labmates do the same. They now call her ‘the automation queen.’

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