Software Carpentry’s Introduction to the Unix Shell describes the history of the shell, basic commands, and some of the philosophy that makes it such a powerful tool. This lesson aims to supplement the material in that lesson with short topical lessons on particular shell features that are useful to researchers.
| Setup | Download files required for the lesson | |
| 09:30 | 1. Course Logistics and Getting to know people |
Who are you?
Who are we? Where are we going? 🧭 |
| 10:00 | 2. Introducing the Shell | What is a command shell and why would I use one? |
| 10:15 | 3. Navigating Files and Directories |
How can I move around on my computer?
How can I see what files and directories I have? How can I specify the location of a file or directory on my computer? |
| 10:55 | 4. BREAK | 🥤 Coffee or 🫖 Tea? |
| 11:10 | 5. Working With Files and Directories |
How can I create, copy, and delete files and directories?
How can I edit files? |
| 11:55 | 6. Pipes and Filters | How can I combine existing commands to do new things? |
| 12:30 | 7. LUNCH | 🥪 🍕 🍩 🫖 Hunt or Gather? |
| 13:30 | 8. Loops | How can I perform the same actions on many different files? |
| 14:05 | 9. Shell Scripts | How can I save and re-use commands? |
| 14:50 | 10. Shell Variables | How are variables set and accessed in the Unix shell? |
| 15:00 | 11. BREAK | 🥤 Coffee or 🫖 Tea? |
| 15:15 | 12. Finding Things |
How can I find files?
How can I find things in files? |
| 16:00 | 13. Working Remotely | How do I use ‘ssh’ and ‘scp’ ? |
| 16:10 | 14. Permissions | Understanding file/directory permissions |
| 16:20 | 15. Job control |
How do keep track of the process running on my machine?
Can I run more than one program/script from within a shell? |
| 16:25 | Finish |
The actual schedule may vary slightly depending on the topics and exercises chosen by the instructor.