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Week 1: Aug 24 - Aug 26

Overview for Week 1

  • Introduction to the class
  • Getting setup with software
  • Overview of UF Research Computing and HiPerGator
  • Getting started on the Linux command line

What’s due by the end of the week?

  • Nothing to turn in this week.
  • Quiz 1 will be available on Friday. It is due Friday, September 02.
    • It covers basic Linux commands like: pwd, cd, ls, less, cp, mv, mkdir, rm, which, man, cat, sort, uniq, wc, head, tail, echo, history, grep, cut, paste, join, diff, tr, sed

For Wednesday

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  1. This will be one of the few classes that is mostly lecture. Here are the slides for today's introduction to the class.

For Friday

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  1. Getting started: Computers
  2. UF Research Computing Intro & getting started

By the end of this week you should

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  1. Be confident logging into HiPerGator via ssh.
  2. Understand the basics of Linux filesystems and where to store your data on HiPerGator.
  3. Be able to use the following Linux commands: pwd, cd, ls, less, cp, mv, mkdir, rm, which, man, cat, sort, uniq, wc, head, tail, echo, history.
  4. Understand command arguments to modify how commands function.
  5. Be able to use redirect output to a file (>, >>).
  6. Be able to link commands with pipes (|).

Office Hours

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