BMI 713 - Computing Skills for Biomedical Sciences

Description

Many data analysis tools require users to have a basic working knowledge of the command line interface (also referred to as UNIX, Linux, bash, shell). They also may require the user to have access to resources (i.e. memory, CPU, storage) that exceed what is typically acessible on a personal computer or laptop. In this session, participants will:

• Learn basic shell commands for navigating the file system
• Explore file contents
• Perform basic operations, such as moving, copying, renaming files/folders
• Learn how to use HMS-RC’s O2 cluster for high-performance computing (HPC)

Dataset

The dataset which is used in the pre-reading activities can be found at the link below. Note, more detailed instructions for dataset download are found in the pre-reading below.

• Introduction to Shell: Dataset

Lessons

Workshop schedule (trainer-led learning)

Installation Requirements

Mac users: No installation requirements.

Windows users: GitBash