The “command line” (AKA command prompt or shell) remains an important interface for computing, especially in the areas of research computing and tech industries. In this online, hands-on workshop, we’ll use the Bash command line to perform basic computing functions and see a sample of the ways researchers use the command line. Windows users who wish to follow along hands-on will need to install Git for Windows (to use the Git Bash utility). MacOS and Linux users have no installation requirements. 

Topics include: 

• Navigating the filesystem; common directories and conventions of the Linux filesystem 

• Viewing, creating, modifying, moving, copying, and deleting files and directories 

• Searching the contents of text files 

• Running a Python script 

• Connecting to a remote server (Pitt’s research computing cluster) 

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This workshop is part of our Coding and Computational Methods Series.