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Learn Shell Scripting
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Learning computer programming is a daunting challenge. However, every Linux 
computer system has a built-in shell scripting language which is designed for 
managing the computer, and learning to program in shell scripts is not hard. 
Shell commands are interactive, and the results from commands are immediate.

The best part of learning shell scripting is, everything you learn to do well 
in shell is part of the programming skill required in any programming language. 
Shell programming is not a replacement for other programming languages, but 
it is powerful enough that Linus Torvalds used shell scripting to write the 
first versions of the :program:`git` repository.

Contents:
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   01_shell
   02_organize
   03_lesson1
   04_logic
   05_lesson2
   06_concerns
   07_lesson3

.. toctree::
   :hidden:

   10_answers

Indices and tables
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* :ref:`search`