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11 Best Regular Expressions Courses on Coursera

Choosing a course to master regular expressions on Coursera involves looking at the range of topics covered, the teaching institution, and the price you will pay. All of the courses listed here share a uniform price of $49 as listed by the provider at the time of writing, and they are presented in a ranking that reflects our editorial order rather than an absolute quality claim. The selection includes courses from universities such as Johns Hopkins, UC San Diego, and the University of Colorado System, as well as a Google‑backed offering, giving you a mix of academic and industry perspectives. While some courses focus on data wrangling or cybersecurity, others concentrate on Linux shell scripting or natural language processing, each applying regular expressions in slightly different contexts to suit varying interests and career goals.

Courses compared
11
Price range
$49.00 – $49.00
Providers
Coursera
Last updated
18 Sep 2026
How these 11 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "regular expressions" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.

The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.

There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $49.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A Lowest price here University-backed

    Wrangling Data in the Tidyverse

    Offered by Johns Hopkins University

    Data never arrive in the condition that you need them in order to do effective data analysis. Data need to be re-shaped, re-arranged, and re-formatted, so that they can be visualized or be inputted into a machine learnin...

    $49.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Linux Tools for Text Processing

    Offered by University of California San Diego

    Many fields, such as data science, bioinformatics, and Linux systems administration, require the manipulation of textual data. Tasks include extracting fields or records meeting certain conditions from structured data (e...

    $49.00
    listed price
  3. 3
    Coursera Certificate Grade A University-backed

    Automate Cybersecurity Tasks with Python

    Offered by Google

    This is the seventh course in the Google Cybersecurity Certificate. In this course, learners will be introduced to the Python programming language and learn how to apply it to a security setting to automate tasks. First,...

    $49.00
    listed price
  4. 4
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Clinical Natural Language Processing

    Offered by University of Colorado System

    This course teaches you the fundamentals of clinical natural language processing (NLP). In this course you will learn the basic linguistic principals underlying NLP, as well as how to write regular expressions and handle...

    $49.00
    listed price
  5. 5
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Linux Shell Scripting - Advanced

    Offered by Packt

    Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...

    $49.00
    listed price
  6. 6
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Linux for Beginners: Foundations and Essential Operations

    Offered by KodeKloud

    Linux administration starts at the command line — and this course builds the skills you need to work there with confidence. You'll begin by setting up your learning environment and understanding how the LFCS certificatio...

    $49.00
    listed price
  7. 7
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Splunk Administration & Performance Tuning

    Offered by EDUCBA

    Master Splunk administration and performance tuning for secure, scalable, and reliable enterprise deployments. You’ll learn to configure HTTP Event Collector (HEC) and metadata for agentless data inputs, preview and pars...

    $49.00
    listed price
  8. 8
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Develop a Java Library Management System with JUnit

    Offered by EDUCBA

    By completing this course, learners will be able to analyze real-world requirements, design data models using Java POJO classes, implement menu-driven console applications, apply robust input validation with regular expr...

    $49.00
    listed price
  9. 9
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Bash Shell Scripting: Automate, Process & Analyze

    Offered by EDUCBA

    Master the fundamentals of Bash shell scripting and build practical command-line skills to automate tasks, process files, and analyze data in Linux environments. This course guides you from writing your first Bash script...

    $49.00
    listed price
  10. 10
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Bash Scripting and System Configuration

    Offered by Codio

    Code and run your first Bash script in minutes without installing anything! This course is designed for learners with no scripting experience. Learners will gain hands-on practice on an Ubuntu system that can be easily t...

    $49.00
    listed price
  11. 11
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Using Python to Interact with the Operating System

    Offered by Google

    This course is designed to explore how to execute Python locally and organize and use code across different Python files. Learners will learn how to read and write different types of files, use subprocesses and input str...

    $49.00
    listed price

Best Regular Expressions Courses on Coursera compared

# Course Provider Offered by Price
1 Wrangling Data in the Tidyverse Coursera Johns Hopkins University $49.00 View →
2 Linux Tools for Text Processing Coursera University of California San Diego $49.00 View →
3 Automate Cybersecurity Tasks with Python Coursera Google $49.00 View →
4 Clinical Natural Language Processing Coursera University of Colorado System $49.00 View →
5 Linux Shell Scripting - Advanced Coursera Packt $49.00 View →
6 Linux for Beginners: Foundations and Essential Operations Coursera KodeKloud $49.00 View →
7 Splunk Administration & Performance Tuning Coursera EDUCBA $49.00 View →
8 Develop a Java Library Management System with JUnit Coursera EDUCBA $49.00 View →
9 Bash Shell Scripting: Automate, Process & Analyze Coursera EDUCBA $49.00 View →
10 Bash Scripting and System Configuration Coursera Codio $49.00 View →
11 Using Python to Interact with the Operating System Coursera Google $49.00 View →

Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.

What the prices here tell you

The 11 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $49.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $0.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.

Who is behind these courses

These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 4 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Johns Hopkins University, University of California San Diego and Google — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.

Before you enrol

Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.

Frequently asked questions

What basic knowledge do I need before taking a regular expressions course on this list?
Most of the courses assume familiarity with basic programming concepts and a working knowledge of the language they use, such as Python, Bash, or Java. If you are comfortable writing simple scripts or have used spreadsheet tools, you will be able to follow the regex examples.
How do the courses differ in their application of regular expressions?
Some courses, like "Wrangling Data in the Tidyverse" and "Automate Cybersecurity Tasks with Python", teach regex within data analysis or security scripts, while the Linux‑focused courses apply regex to text processing in shell environments. The NLP course uses regex for extracting information from clinical text, and the Java course shows its use in unit testing.
Are the courses suitable for beginners or more experienced learners?
The introductory Linux and Bash scripting courses are designed for learners who are new to command‑line tools, whereas the advanced Linux shell scripting, cybersecurity, and NLP courses expect a moderate level of prior experience with programming and command‑line workflows.
What is the cost of these courses and how is it presented?
Each course is priced at $49, which reflects the provider's listed price at the time of writing. All prices are shown in US dollars and are consistent across the courses on this page.

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