Transfers ToCSUDescriptionThis course covers shell scripting in Linux. Students have the opportunity to access the command line interface; use basic bash shell commands to navigate the filesystem; manage files/directories; monitor programs and disk space; use built-in bash commands; write shell scripts (with variables, pipes, repetitions, user-inputs); run commands in background; and use regular expressions and tools, like sed and gawk for pattern searching/ transformation and stream processing. Students have the opportunity to automate system administration tasks, install application packages, create and use MySQL database objects, use lynx text-based browser to retrieve text data from web sites, and send emails via Linux email server. 