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Bash Quest: Exercise Challenges

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How Exercises Work

  • Each exercise tests real application of learned commands
  • Player types the command they would use
  • Claude validates and explains if needed
  • Difficulty: ⭐ (basic) to ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (advanced)

Exercise Bank

Navigation & Listing

Exercise N1 ⭐ [NOT COMPLETED]

Scenario: You're lost. You want to know what folder you're in and what files are here. Expected: Use pwd (print working directory) and ls Hint if stuck: One command tells you WHERE, one tells you WHAT

Exercise N2 ⭐ [NOT COMPLETED]

Scenario: You want to see ALL files (including hidden ones) with their sizes and dates. Expected: ls -la or ls -al

Exercise N3 ⭐⭐ [NOT COMPLETED]

Scenario: Create the folder structure: projects/2026/january/notes Expected: mkdir -p projects/2026/january/notes

File Creation & Viewing

Exercise F1 ⭐ [NOT COMPLETED]

Scenario: Create an empty file called todo.txt Expected: touch todo.txt

Exercise F2 ⭐ [NOT COMPLETED]

Scenario: You want to read a long README file and be able to scroll up and down. Expected: less README.md (not cat!)

Exercise F3 ⭐⭐ [NOT COMPLETED]

Scenario: A log file is huge. You only want to see the last 50 lines. Expected: tail -n 50 logfile.log

Exercise F4 ⭐⭐ [NOT COMPLETED]

Scenario: You're debugging and want to watch a log file update in real-time. Expected: tail -f logfile.log

Redirection

Exercise R1 ⭐⭐ [NOT COMPLETED]

Scenario: Save the text "Hello World" to a file called greeting.txt Expected: echo "Hello World" > greeting.txt

Exercise R2 ⭐⭐ [NOT COMPLETED]

Scenario: Add "Goodbye World" to the same file WITHOUT erasing "Hello World" Expected: echo "Goodbye World" >> greeting.txt

Exercise R3 ⭐⭐⭐ [NOT COMPLETED]

Scenario: List all files and save that list to a file called inventory.txt Expected: ls > inventory.txt or ls -la > inventory.txt

Combo Challenges (Unlocked after basics)

Exercise C1 ⭐⭐⭐ [LOCKED]

Scenario: Create a project structure AND an empty README in it, in two commands. Prereq: Complete N3 and F1

Exercise C2 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ [LOCKED]

Scenario: Find all lines containing "ERROR" in a log file and save them to errors.txt Prereq: Learn grep and pipes first

Completed Exercises

Exercise Completed On Notes
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Player Stats

  • Total completed: 0
  • Current streak: 0 days
  • Favorite command: TBD