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Linux for Bioinformatics

Build essential Linux command-line skills tailored for bioinformatics. Navigate file systems, write bash scripts, manage software environments, and work with HPC clusters.

Linux for Bioinformatics

Syllabus

Getting started2 lessons
  1. What Is Linux and the Command Line?10 min
  2. Finding Your Way Around: Paths and Navigation11 min
Working with files3 lessons
  1. Making, Moving, and Deleting Files10 min
  2. Peeking Inside Files Without Opening Them11 min
  3. Permissions and Making Scripts Executable11 min
Text processing power5 lessons
  1. Pipes and Redirection: Connecting Commands10 min
  2. Wildcards: Acting on Many Files at Once10 min
  3. Searching Text with grep11 min
  4. Summarizing Tables: cut, sort, uniq, wc11 min
  5. A Gentle Intro to awk and sed11 min
Real-world workflows4 lessons
  1. The Environment and Your PATH10 min
  2. Installing Bioinformatics Tools with Conda11 min
  3. Writing Your First Bash Script11 min
  4. Working on a Server with SSH and SCP (and Where to Go Next)11 min