CLI and Git
Skill Path
Build confidence with the command line and Git, two foundational tools every data engineer needs. You'll learn how to navigate the shell, work with files, automate tasks with scripts, and manage your code with Git.
- Beginner friendly
- 1 month (5 hrs/week)
- Self paced
- 4 Courses
Command Line skills you'll learn
- ✓ Working efficiently with the command line for data engineering tasks
- ✓ Managing files and scripts from the terminal
- ✓ Using Git for version control and collaboration
Outline of Command Line courses
1 steps · 4 courses
CLI and Git [4 courses]
Learn how to use the command line and Git for data engineering.
- Course 1
Command Line for Data Science
4hLearn to navigate the filesystem, manage permissions, and run scripts from the command line to support efficient, repeatable data workflows.
Course Objectives ▾
- Employ the command line for data science
- Define important command line concepts
- Modify the behavior of commands with options
- Navigate the filesystem
- Employ glob patterns and wildcards
- Manage users and permissions
- Course 2
Text Processing for Data Science
4hLearn to inspect files, read documentation, and process text efficiently using streams, redirection, and pipelines in real data workflows.
Course Objectives ▾
- Read and explore documentation
- Inspect files
- Perform basic text processing
- Define different kinds of output
- Redirect and pipe output
- Employ streams and file descriptors
- Course 3
Intermediate Command Line for Data Science
3hStrengthen your data analysis workflow with intermediate command line skills like piping, redirection, and transforming data directly from the shell.
Course Objectives ▾
- Employ Jupyter console
- Process data from the command line
- Course 4
Introduction to Git and Version Control
3hPractice version control with Git to track changes, collaborate via GitHub, and manage real projects using workflows teams rely on every day.
Course Objectives ▾
- Organize your code using version control
- Employ Git and GitHub to collaborate with others
- Resolve conflicts in version control
Earn your CLI and Git Certificate
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