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.
Prerequisites
All of this material assumes that learners have mastered the basic Unix shell lesson.
Getting Ready
A short paragraph describing what learners need to do before tackling this lesson.
| Setup | Download files required for the lesson | |
| 00:00 | 1. Manual Pages | |
| 00:10 | 2. Working Remotely | How do I use ‘ssh’ and ‘scp’ ? |
| 00:20 | 3. Transferring files | |
| 00:30 | 4. Permissions | |
| 00:40 | 5. Directory structure | |
| 00:45 | 6. 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? |
| 00:50 | 7. Aliases and the .bashrc | |
| 00:50 | 8. Shell Variables | |
| 01:00 | Finish |
The actual schedule may vary slightly depending on the topics and exercises chosen by the instructor.