Goals of this workshop

This workshop is intended to orient complete beginners to the Unix shell.

Learning Objectives

  • Explain the role of the shell in the operating system and users’ programs and compare it with the graphical user interface
  • Construct absolute and relative paths to access specific files and folders
  • Use options and arguments to change the behaviour of shell commands
  • Create, copy, edit, and delete files and directories
  • Write to files and construct command pipelines

Schedule

0:00 Setup and Orientation
0:10 What is the shell?
0:20 Navigating files and directories
0:40 Working with files and directories
1:00 Automating with loops
1:20 Next steps and discussion

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