Shell Scripting

Shell Powertrack

You refactor brittle scripts, add guardrails, and learn when to stop scripting and reach for a proper tool—without shame spirals.

Duration
5 weeks
Format
Evening micro-labs
Tuition reference
KRW 1,650,000

Lead mentor notes

Noah Kim

Program director who still patches fleet automation weekly.

Visual for Shell Powertrack

What is inside

  • Shellcheck-driven cleanup sprints
  • Safe temp file patterns workshop
  • Awk column surgery drills
  • Git hygiene for ops scripts
  • Logging patterns that do not drown operators
  • Peer review rotation
  • Final script portfolio review

Outcomes you can cite

  1. Ship a script with explicit exit codes and usage text
  2. Explain when awk beats a five-page Python stub
  3. Document assumptions at the top of every file

Participant voices

“Shellcheck sprints hurt my ego in the best way. Scripts stopped failing silently.”
Eun · SRE apprentice · ★★★★★ · survey
“Awk week was dense. I still re-open the cheat sheet before touching logs.”
Ivy · Daegu

Straight FAQ

Bash is the reference. zsh users can adapt but examples assume bash 5+.