MSc in Precision Health and Medicine × AI
Bash & Linux for Precision Health
A self-paced introduction to the Unix shell, from the filesystem, permissions and pipes through text tools, scripting and remote computing.
- 22 lessons
- 3 units
- 276 sections
- Self-paced, in your browser
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Unit 1Working in the shell
- 1.1The Terminal and the FilesystemLesson 1.1 · 13 sections
- 1.2Files and DirectoriesLesson 1.2 · 12 sections
- 1.3Viewing and Inspecting FilesLesson 1.3 · 10 sections
- 1.4PermissionsLesson 1.4 · 11 sections
- 1.5aRedirection and Pipes ILesson 1.5a · 12 sections
- 1.5bRedirection and Pipes IILesson 1.5b · 12 sections
- 1.6Text Tools (grep, cut, sort, uniq, tr)Lesson 1.6 · 10 sections
- 1.7Finding Files (find and xargs)Lesson 1.7 · 18 sections
Unit 2Shell scripting
- 2.1Variables and ExpansionLesson 2.1 · 13 sections
- 2.2Control Flow I (if statements)Lesson 2.2 · 14 sections
- 2.3Control Flow II (case, exit codes, && and ||)Lesson 2.3 · 10 sections
- 2.4LoopsLesson 2.4 · 13 sections
- 2.5Functions and ArgumentsLesson 2.5 · 12 sections
- 2.6Awk and Sed for Data WranglingLesson 2.6 · 16 sections
- 2.7Debugging and Best PracticesLesson 2.7 · 14 sections
Unit 3Power tools and remote computing
- 3.1Running Jobs in ParallelLesson 3.1 · 15 sections
- 3.2Basic VimLesson 3.2 · 12 sections
- 3.3JSON and CSVLesson 3.3 · 15 sections
- 3.4Job ControlLesson 3.4 · 10 sections
- 3.5TmuxLesson 3.5 · 13 sections
- 3.6Remote Computing I: Connecting with SSHLesson 3.6 · 11 sections
- 3.7Remote Computing II: Moving Data and Staying ConnectedLesson 3.7 · 10 sections
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