Introduction to the Unix Shell

This workshop is adapted from The Carpentries.

Overview

  1. What is a command shell?
  2. Navigating the file system
  3. Working with files and directories
  4. Creating and searching files
  5. Combining commands and automating actions

Setup

Please bring a laptop to this workshop. We will be using the Unix shell for most of the workshop. If you have a Mac or a Linux laptop you don’t need to install or enable anything. If you are using a Windows 10 PC you will need to turn on the “Windows Subsystem for Linux” setting as per Simplified Installation. If you need help or are using an older version of Windows please get in touch at eka.grguric@ubc.ca.

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