Summary

In this chapter, we covered a broad range of topics related to basic shell and Bash scripting and command-Line operations for data scientists.

We began with an overview of navigating within the file structure and directory on a local computer or a virtual machine from the command line, explaining the use of basic commands for directory navigation. Then, we moved on to file and directory manipulation. In the subsequent sections, we delved into Bash scripting topics, discussing control statements and the use of Bash functions to create reusable pieces of code. We highlighted data processing and pipelines, demonstrating how to chain commands together to process text data. We also covered cron jobs for scheduling tasks and provided an overview of its syntax.

Gaining fluency in Bash scripts and basic shell commands will prepare you to engage with a variety of other CLI technologies commonly used in data science such as interfacing with the cloud providers (i.e.: AWS, Azure...