Gain insights into the intricacies of the Bash shell, ideal for beginners. Delve into essential skills with interactive learning designed to ensure lasting knowledge without requiring prior experience.

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A course for anyone interested in understanding all aspects of the bash shell. Designed for use by beginners, it assumes as little knowledge as possible but teaches you all the intricacies of bash it took me decades to learn by trial and error. 

The interactive nature of the course instills the knowledge in a way you will not forget!

Master the Bash Shell

### How Important is this Lesson? 

When using bash it is very important to understand what its **options** are, how to set them, and how this can affect the running of your scripts.

Setting options is not absolutely core material, but once you've used bash for
a while, understanding them becomes important. It's also good revision material
for some of the concepts covered previously regarding exported vs. non-exported
variables.

### Running `set`

Start by running `set` on its own:



# How Important is this Lesson? 

When using bash it is very important to understand what its **options** are, how to set them, and how this can affect the running of your scripts.

Setting options is not absolutely core material, but once you've used bash for
a while, understanding them becomes important. It's also good revision material
for some of the concepts covered previously regarding exported vs. non-exported
variables.

# Running `set`

Start by running `set` on its own:



In this lesson you will become familiar with the `set` builtin, which allows you to manipulate these options within your scripts. You will cover the 'set' builtin, what POSIX is, and some useful options to set when scripting.


Core Bash

Scripting Bash

Bash in Practice

Advanced Bash

The 'set' Builtin

How Important is this Lesson?

Running `set`