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01 // PROJECT AT A GLANCE

C POOL — DAY 02

Shell

Automating the terminal: first shell scripts.

After learning to type commands one at a time, you learn to chain them and replay them automatically. This is the move from « I do » to « I have it done », and the first moment the computer genuinely starts working on your behalf.

Writing bash scripts: variables, redirections, pipes, command-line arguments and chained text filters.

PRIMARYShell
DELIVERYTEAM RECORD
VERIFICATIONgcc/g++
SOURCEINSPECTOR READY
MEDIA ATTACHMENTS (Images, Photos, Videos)

02 // PROJECT SIGNALS

DATE:
2018
PRIMARY LANG:
Shell
GRADE:
B
DURATION:
1 day
SECONDARY:
—
STACK:
cut / find

03 // KEY OUTCOMES

  • A substitution-ciphered statement, to be deciphered in a single command line before it can be solved
  • Discovering the composition of Unix tools, a reflex that will serve for five years
  • First parameterisable scripts rather than throwaway commands

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