Short tutorial

1. Logging in

You connect to a server called learning.seq.space using the username and password provided.

• See: Connecting via SSH (how to) ⚠️ Remember that you will not see the password as you type. If you fail logging in as for help and do not try again.

Exploring around

Use whoami to check the username you are using in the remote server. Use pwd to check the full path of your current working directory, that when you log in will be your home.

Type ls -l to list the files present in your current directory. You can specify a different directory, for example ls -l /etc, and even use wildcards like ls -l /etc/*.conf. The last command will print only the files ending by .conf.

Retrieve training files

From your home directory, retrieve the files bundled with this training website using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/telatin/learn_bash

Now create a directory called course in your home. If you moved you can return to your home simply typing cd, without any other argument.

mkdir course

You can alternatively use the full path, like mkdir ~/course (knowing that ~ is the shortcut for your full path to your home)

• See also: More information on the filesystem
• See also: First steps (extended)

Text files (and bioinformatics)

Pipes and redirection