For learners comfortable with basic Python syntax who want to automate small tasks.
Optional preparation: AppSheet Automation: Free Google Course Instruction.
About this course
Connect Python programming with practical operating system tasks. Google's videos cover installation, running scripts, files, regular expressions, data and processes, testing, Linux, and working with Bash. The collection focuses on using code to make repeatable IT tasks easier.
What you can learn
- Run Python scripts and process files or text patterns
- Explore processes, testing, and error handling
- Connect Python automation with Linux and Bash workflows
Course at a glance
| Provider | |
|---|---|
| Platform | YouTube · Grow with Google |
| Access | Free Video |
| Level | Intermediate — WikiFree audience assessment |
| Main language | English |
| Available videos | 8 |
| Video duration | 5h 17m · allow extra time for practice |
| Details checked | 8 October 2026 |
Who is this for?
For learners comfortable with basic Python syntax who want to automate small tasks. Some lessons overlap with Google's Python Crash Course, but this playlist concentrates on operating system interaction.
Put the ideas into practice
Write a script that inspects a directory of disposable sample files and produces a report. Add a dry-run mode before any file-changing operation, then test expected, empty, and missing-input cases.
Choose a video from the lesson list, search for a topic, or use Previous and Next to follow the official playlist order. Mark lessons complete as you go. Your progress is saved in this browser without requiring a WikiFree account.
Free videos and certificate access
These publicly available YouTube videos are free to watch. This listing does not include a Google Career Certificate, graded assignments, or access to a separate paid learning program. Some playlists introduce or preview a larger certificate curriculum. Any certificate enrollment and its current terms are separate from watching here.
Software, advertising, cloud services, and some AI features shown in the videos may require an account or a paid plan. Watching does not require purchasing those optional services. Recorded interfaces can differ from current versions.
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Compare course focus, level and study time
| Course | Level | Focus | Study time |
|---|---|---|---|
| This course — Free Python Automation Course for Operating Systems | Intermediate | Run Python scripts and process files or text patterns · Explore processes, testing, and error handling · Connect Python automation with Linux and Bash workflows | 5h 17m of video; practice time is additional |
| AppSheet Automation: Free Google Course Instruction | Beginner | Automation-workflow planning · Action and output interpretation · Integration vocabulary | 6 hours; provider full-course estimate including practical activities; instruction-only study time may differ. |
| Zapier Automation: Free Course | Beginner | Zapier workflows · Zapier Tables · MCP concepts | 2h 17m of video; practice time is additional |
| Free Simplilearn Course: Robotic Process Automation with UiPath | Beginner | UiPath Studio · Web Automation · Excel Automation | 6h 13m of video; practice time is additional |
Provider: Google. Videos play from the Grow with Google channel on YouTube.
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