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Bash and Python are two of the most popular shell programming languages. This video compares the two languages (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4jjGaM6k9U). Only Bash terminal has been used in the previous assignments.

If you need to know how to set up a Python shell terminal, you can watch the following videos:

Coding in Python 01 – Introduction and Getting Started

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFk1kfM3Ovc

Coding in Python 02 – The Python Shell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8-5JK-1Pxg

To become a Linux power user, you must also know how to set up Linux environment variables in addition to knowing as many keyboard shortcuts as possible. Properly setting up these environment variables can facilitate many tasks in Linux, including configuring the look and feel of the shell, creating environment variables as needed by programs, setting the search path, setting the commands that you want to run whenever you log in or out, and so on.

To learn more about how to set up environment variables in the Linux Bash terminal, read through either of the following tutorials:

Linux Set Environment Variable Command Tutorial

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/set-environment-variable-linux/

How to Set Environment Variables in Bash on Linux

https://www.howtogeek.com/668503/how-to-set-environment-variables-in-bash-on-linux/

Because you have access to a cloud-based Linux terminal, you can practice what you learned from the tutorials above by yourself. Log in to your account at AWS Virtual PC, and try some of these Linux commands.

Answer the following questions:

After studying these tutorials (Web pages and videos), what are 2 differences between Bash scripting and Python scripting?

In what situation will you prefer using Python scripting over Bash scripting?

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