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About the Course

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to manipulate files and processes on your computer’s operating system. You’ll also have learned about regular expressions -- a very powerful tool for processing text files -- and you’ll get practice using the Linux command line on a virtual machine. And, this might feel like a stretch right now, but you’ll also write a program that processes a bunch of errors in an actual log file and then generates a summary file. That’s a super useful skill for IT Specialists to know. We’ll kick off by exploring how to execute Python locally, and organize and use code across different Python files. We'll then learn how to read and write different types of files, and use subprocesses and input streams. We'll also dive into Bash scripting and regular expressions -- both very powerful tools for anyone working with systems. We'll even touch on automatic testing, which allows us to automate how we check if our code is correct. To finish, we’ll put all this together by using the tools that we’ve acquired to process data and generate automatic reports. We’ll also explain how to set up your own developer environment in your machine. This is a key step in being able to write and deploy powerful automation tools....

Top reviews

GK

Oct 6, 2022

Expalined the concepts missed from the previous course a lot well. Only thing I would change is to add more about using commands in windows and other platforms as well. Overall it was a great course!

MI

Nov 19, 2020

Great course! I had some previous knowledge, but this was perfect to fill in the gaps. Also, unit testing was completely new to me and will be very useful in future projects. Thanks for making this!

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By Adam d R

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May 28, 2020

Information isn't presented efficiently and it relies heavily on you doing your own research. For example they don't teach you regex but provide outside resources for you to learn it yourself. The videos only cover the basics. Some of the quizzes are bugged and/or obtuse.

By Leon K

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Aug 9, 2021

There are some parts of this course that are phenomenal and well explained. There are a few parts where the presentation was lacking and lazy depending on external links to add to the learning experience. Qwiklab can be glitchy at times leading to a delay in assignments.

By aengus t

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Nov 4, 2020

A marked step down from the previous course. It touches on a lot of valuable skills and knowledge that can be built on and extended. Not at all tailored for people who are unable to run Linux, but ultimately still worthwhile.

By 121810307059 S C

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Jun 28, 2021

It's great if you learn Python using Linux OS. The teaching and assignments are completely Linux interfaced makes little bit of struggle to understand if new to linux. Not recommended if not Interested in dealing with Linux.

By Mohammad A

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May 31, 2022

The presentation of the assignments needs simplification, lots of repeating and big chunks of text that may scare away students. The content overall is adequate, however, I could do without the lame/cringy jokes.

By Alexander W

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Feb 19, 2020

Loved the host and the content. The first few labs tell you the answers too much and the last few don't tell you what to do enough. The outside research I had to do made me a much better python programmer though!

By Rakshit P

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Jun 11, 2020

I really liked the content but the assignments were not great, we could not write our own version of code, if our code didn't look exactly the same then in didn't pass the test/evaluation in qwiklabs.

By Bin H W

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Dec 11, 2020

the classes are to brief, not making you ready for the final assignment, and for final assignment, why should be be wasting the lab time to type all the names and email in excercise 3????

By Wallace H

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Jun 16, 2021

Should give clear requirements for Qwiklab assignments to avoid getting stuck on progress only because some prerequisite files are not generated or located in a wrong directory.

By Tanishq S

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Apr 12, 2020

course content is good however in the last week things got much complex with that the interface of assessment is not good.It shows not passed despite getting full result

By Fernando C

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Jun 21, 2023

The course is really good in theory and explaining things. But the exercises and Qwiklabs needs to improve. There isn't enough resources, but you can google every doubt.

By Chris S

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Jun 9, 2023

was very tough and difficult to master. would of been good if it could go through it in further detail and give more examples and spend more time talking about topics

By Pooja S D

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Jul 12, 2023

unable to open this lab showing this error "Sorry your quota has been exceeded for this lab" . could you please unlock the lab so that i will finish my course

By Yan Z

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Sep 13, 2020

Very bumpy learning road compared with my experience with Google IT Support Course. This course is not designed as good as the Google IT Support Course.

By Mohamed R

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Feb 4, 2021

I loved this course and learn a lot and the instructor is more than amazing but the reason I submitted 3 stars because the final weak exam is so easy

By Jin J

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Dec 7, 2020

Not to the course contents itself, But there's something wrong with the QUIZ in week 2 for months and the coursera support team still didn't fix it.

By Harold S

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Dec 9, 2020

The levels of learning varied a little too much in this course, from spoon feeding to being pushed off of a cliff... Was still worth it in the end.

By Subrata K D

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Jul 4, 2021

The course content was too good and specially the explanation was marvelous. but in kwicklab some files were missing while completing the lab..

By Jennifer R

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Dec 5, 2021

Too much guided coding therefore rendered pretty low on how much i learned in this course if i didn't forego the provided code during exams

By mitch

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Feb 5, 2021

The course is fine until they throw you in the deep end (on a timer too) where you have to write some decently complex code.

By Rajeesh O T

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Sep 20, 2020

the teaching was good but it the assignments and some topics were hard and tooks a lot pf brain to sink in

By adisa s

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Mar 3, 2022

Really good courses but almost every lab have some bug one of the must repet for me at least 5 time

By Philip G

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Dec 2, 2021

very much a crash course. Very much linux based. Needs more exercises to work with bash scripts.

By Imogen B

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Feb 20, 2021

A more accurate title would be "Using Python to Interact with a LINUX Operating System."

By John L

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Aug 9, 2023

Good course but it takes leaps assuming you know the material totally with no practice.