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This course will give an introduction to several useful Linux tools useful in academic research and everyday use of the system. 

Program

  • Brief introduction to script files in Bash shell
  • Using quotes
  • Command line parameters
  • i/o and pipes
  • Useful commands: grep, cut, uniq, tr, sort, join
  • Linux tools: awk, sed 
  • Data visualization - Gnuplot
  • Image processing: ImageMagick
  • Using Linux scripting in writing Slurm scripts for HPC
  • This course provides hands-on sessions
Fees

Free

Pre-required logistics

Having a basic knowledge of Linux is expected (if not please follow first the Linux-introduction course). Users that want to use VSC account for hands-on sessions should already have a VSC account created (bring the private key) and should have followed HPC introduction and Linux for HPC or should have the equivalent knowledge).