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Following along using GitHub Codespaces - Bash Tutorial
From the course: Learning Bash Scripting
Following along using GitHub Codespaces
If you're not able to follow along with me using your own Linux PC or a VM or something like that, one other option you have is to use GitHub Codespaces, which runs a development environment in a small Linux container in which you can work with using your web browser. GitHub Codespaces is usually used for working with programming languages like Python or Java or JavaScript, but the way that it's set up also means we can use it to explore the Bash shell and Bash scripting. To use Codespaces, you'll need to have a GitHub account, a paid one or a free one. Free accounts allow for dozens of hours of usage, which is definitely enough to follow along with this course and practice on your own. To get started, you'll need to visit the GitHub repository for this course in your web browser. Then you'll need to create a fork or a copy of the repository into your own GitHub account. That makes a place where you can make your own changes to the files. From your fork, find the green button here and…