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      Akamai Technologies, Inc.

      Operating Systems Fundamentals

      Skills you'll gain: Linux, Ubuntu, Linux Administration, File Systems, Linux Commands, Operating Systems, User Accounts, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OS Process Management, File Management, Unix Shell, Unix Commands, System Configuration, Command-Line Interface, Open Source Technology, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Virtualization, Virtual Machines, Software Installation

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      118 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      CyberPatriot

      Skills you'll gain: Ubuntu, Cybersecurity, Cyber Attacks, Microsoft Windows, Computer Security, Computer Security Awareness Training, Information Systems Security, Linux, Cyber Security Policies, Network Security, Virtualization, Linux Commands, Linux Administration, Data Ethics, Data Security, Virtualization and Virtual Machines, Hardening, Command-Line Interface, Operating System Administration, Virtual Machines

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      Foundations of Linux

      Skills you'll gain: Package and Software Management, Command-Line Interface, Ubuntu, Linux, Linux Administration, Linux Commands, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Unix Commands, File Systems, Software Installation, Operating System Administration, Development Environment, File Management, Virtual Environment, Open Source Technology

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      10 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Linux Command Line for Beginners

      Skills you'll gain: User Accounts, Linux, Linux Administration, Shell Script, Linux Commands, Command-Line Interface, Operating System Administration, System Monitoring, Unix Commands, Unix, System Support, File Management, Software Installation, Virtual Machines, System Configuration, Operating Systems, Network Troubleshooting

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      New York University

      Introduction to Cyber Attacks

      Skills you'll gain: Security Engineering, Threat Modeling, Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Cyber Attacks, Cybersecurity, Threat Management, Cyber Risk, Threat Detection, Information Systems Security, Network Security, Computer Security, Exploitation techniques, Encryption

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      2.9K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Jq Command Tutorials for Bash Shell Scripting

      Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), JSON, Shell Script, Scripting, Linux Commands, Scripting Languages, Unix Commands, Cloud API, Restful API, Command-Line Interface, Kubernetes, Software Installation

      Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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      IBM

      Applied Software Engineering Fundamentals

      Skills you'll gain: Software Development Life Cycle, Software Architecture, Linux Commands, Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Git (Version Control System), GitHub, Flask (Web Framework), Software Design, Unit Testing, Version Control, File Management, Scrum (Software Development), Software Engineering, Linux, Application Deployment, Data Import/Export, Programming Principles, Web Scraping, Python Programming

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      50K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

      Fundamental Skills in Bioinformatics

      Skills you'll gain: Statistical Analysis, Bioinformatics, Unix, Scientific Visualization, R Programming, Rmarkdown, Unix Commands, Data Analysis, Data Quality, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Exploratory Data Analysis, Pandas (Python Package), Python Programming, NumPy, Data Manipulation

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      62 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      Files and directories in the Linux filesystem

      Skills you'll gain: File Systems, Linux, Linux Commands, File Management, Linux Administration, Operating Systems, Unix, Command-Line Interface

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      17 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Coursera Project Network

      Introduction to Bash Shell Scripting

      Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Unix Shell, Scripting, Linux Commands, Unix Commands, Scripting Languages, Command-Line Interface, Linux, File Management, Unix, File Systems

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      675 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Free Trial
      Status: AI skills
      AI skills
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      IBM

      IBM Relational Database Administrator

      Skills you'll gain: Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, Extract, Transform, Load, Apache Airflow, Web Scraping, Linux Commands, Database Design, SQL, Database Administration, MySQL, Data Pipelines, Apache Kafka, Database Management, Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Database Architecture and Administration, Data Store, Generative AI, Data Import/Export, Data Security

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      60K reviews

      Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Shell Scripting with Bash: Basics

      Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Scripting, Command-Line Interface, Unix Shell, Unix Commands, Linux Commands, File Management

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      56 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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