Bash Scripting and Tools

with Introduction to Advanced Research Computing (ARC)

Instructor: Alex Razoumov (WestGrid)

This session will be a hands-on introduction to the Linux command line and the interaction with a remote server. We will review basic Linux commands, file management (edit, copy, remove and remote-transfer files), directories and the file system, remote access, and bash scripting.

Target audience: general

Duration: 3 hours

Level: beginner

Prerequisites: This is an introductory course, no previous experience is required. We will provide guest accounts to one of our Linux systems.

Laptop software: All attendees will need to bring their laptops with wireless access and with a remote SSH client installed (on Windows laptops we recommend the free edition of MobaXterm; on Mac and Linux laptops no need to install anything).