This Library Carpentry lesson introduces librarians to the Unix Shell. At the conclusion of the lesson you will: understand the basics of the Unix shell; understand why and how to use the command line; use shell commands to work with directories and files; use shell commands to find and manipulate data.
Prerequisites
Data: Download the file shell-lesson.zip from GitHub to your desktop and extract it there. You should now have a folder called “shell-lesson” there.
| 00:00 | What is the shell? |
What is the shell?
What is the command line? Why should I use it? |
| 01:30 | Counting and mining with the shell |
How can I count data?
How can I find data within files? How can I combine existing commands to do new things? |
| 03:00 | Working with free text | How do we work with complex files? |
| 04:00 | Finish |
The actual schedule may vary slightly depending on the topics and exercises chosen by the instructor.