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      Dartmouth College

      Linux Basics: The Command Line Interface - 6

      Skills you'll gain: Command-Line Interface, Linux, File Systems, Linux Commands, C (Programming Language), Unix, File Management, Operating Systems, OS Process Management, Computer Programming, Computer Programming Tools, Open Source Technology

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      31 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Advanced Commands in Linux

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Commands, OS Process Management, Command-Line Interface, Linux, System Monitoring, Shell Script, Bash (Scripting Language), File Management, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Web Scraping

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      29 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Codio

      Linux for Security Experts

      Skills you'll gain: Vulnerability Scanning, Vulnerability Assessments, Linux, Linux Administration, Network Security, Authorization (Computing), Application Security, Linux Commands, User Accounts, Network Monitoring, System Monitoring, Hardening, Security Controls, Wireless Networks, Cyber Security Assessment, Penetration Testing, Cybersecurity, Threat Detection, Containerization, File Management

      5
      Rating, 5 out of 5 stars
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      7 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Linux Fundamentals

      Skills you'll gain: Linux, Linux Commands, Linux Administration, Unix Commands, OS Process Management, User Accounts, Unix Shell, Command-Line Interface, Shell Script, Operating Systems, Scripting, File Management, Remote Access Systems, General Networking, Network Administration

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • C

      Coursera Project Network

      Linux: File Management for Devops

      Skills you'll gain: Command-Line Interface, Linux, Linux Commands, File Management, Linux Administration, Devops Tools

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      75 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Google

      Using Python to Interact with the Operating System

      Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), Unix Shell, Operating Systems, Scripting, Command-Line Interface, Unix Commands, Unit Testing, File Systems, Linux Commands, OS Process Management, Software Testing, File Management, Python Programming, Test Driven Development (TDD), Data Import/Export, Automation

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      6.5K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • C

      Coursera Project Network

      Practical Vim Editor Commands On Linux

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Commands, Command-Line Interface, Unix Commands, Linux, Unix

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      163 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    • C

      Coursera Project Network

      Linux: I/O Redirection for DevOps

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

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      72 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Packt

      Foundations of Linux

      Skills you'll gain: Command-Line Interface, Package and Software Management, Linux, Linux Commands, Unix Commands, Unix, File Systems, Software Installation, Operating Systems, Unix Shell, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, File Management

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      10 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IBM

      IBM Cybersecurity Analyst

      Skills you'll gain: Endpoint Detection and Response, Incident Response, Identity and Access Management, Networking Hardware, Computer Security Incident Management, Cybersecurity, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Endpoint Security, Penetration Testing, Linux, IT Security Architecture, IT Service Management, Cyber Threat Hunting, Governance Risk Management and Compliance, Network Security, Data Security, Encryption, Professional Networking, Generative AI, Cyber Security Assessment

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      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      26K reviews

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      IBM

      BI Foundations with SQL, ETL and Data Warehousing

      Skills you'll gain: Data Warehousing, IBM Cognos Analytics, Dashboard, Data Visualization, SQL, Linux Commands, IBM DB2, Bash (Scripting Language), Data Pipelines, Interactive Data Visualization, Apache Airflow, Extract, Transform, Load, Star Schema, Relational Databases, Shell Script, Linux, Data Transformation, Snowflake Schema, Stored Procedure, Database Design

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      24K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Linux: Introduction to Shell Scripting for DevOps

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Bash (Scripting Language), Linux, Linux Commands, Unix Commands, Shell Script, Unix, Scripting, File Management, Scripting Languages

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      78 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    • Linux Basics: The Command Line Interface - 6: Dartmouth College
    • Advanced Commands in Linux: Coursera Project Network
    • Linux for Security Experts: Codio
    • Linux Fundamentals: Packt
    • Linux: File Management for Devops: Coursera Project Network
    • Using Python to Interact with the Operating System: Google
    • Practical Vim Editor Commands On Linux: Coursera Project Network
    • Linux: I/O Redirection for DevOps: Coursera Project Network
    • Foundations of Linux: Packt
    • IBM Cybersecurity Analyst: IBM

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