A simple universal archive extractor: This script will allow us to extract any compressed archive (tar.gz, 7z, RAR, ZIP, BZ2, TBZ2, and more) just by typing a command. This script will contain no more than 30 lines of code.

A batch renaming tool: The script is going to take the folder to process as an argument, then it will batch rename all the files in the folder with a given extension. It will then rename all the files in the folder either with a sequential number or with a user-supplied keyword, then a sequential number.

A tool to generate automatic backups based on a schedule: This script is going to generate a tar.gz file by appending the current system date and time to the original folder name provided as an argument. We will then use cron jobs to schedule the script execution based on our preference.

By the end of the course, you will be able to write scripts on your own to automate anything in Linux.

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We'll start by setting up a very simple script, then we'll move from there and cover how to deal with variables, functions, conditional statements, loops, and arrays, and how to manipulate text using sed, awk, and regular expressions. Once we’ve covered the fundamentals of the Bash scripting language, we're going to write three scripts:

A simple universal archive extractor: This script will allow us to extract any compressed archive (tar.gz, 7z, RAR, ZIP, BZ2, TBZ2, and more) just by typing a command. This script will contain no more than 30 lines of code.

A batch renaming tool: The script is going to take the folder to process as an argumen