Step 2: Explore Shell Scripting Commands
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**Objective**: Learn about the syntax and basics of shell scripts.

**Resources**

  * |Linux Tutorial|
  * |Linux file permissions|
  * |Shell Scripting Tutorial|
  * |Ryan's Bash Scripting Tutorial|

Variables and Wildcards
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Work through the following steps in |Shell Scripting Tutorial|
to learn about variables and wildcards.

* \#3. A First Script
* \#4. Variables - Part I
* \#5. Wildcards

Decision Making
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Work through the following steps in |Ryan's Bash Scripting Tutorial|.

* #3. User Input
* #5. If statements
* #6. Loops
* #7. Function