Intermediate Linux and Shell Scripting

Knowledge of Linux is indispensable for using advanced CI. While GUIs are becoming more prevalent, being able to work at the command line interface (CLI) provides the greatest power and flexibility. In this session, we assume that participants are already comfortable with basic Linux operations such as creating, deleting and renaming files, and navigating between directories. Topics covered include the filesystem hierarchy, file permissions, symbolic and hard links, wildcards and file globbing, finding commands and files, environment variables and modules, configuration files, aliases, history and tips for effective Bash shell scripting.

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Instructor
Robert Sinkovits, Director of Education and Training, SDSC, leads the education and training efforts at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, where he has been a computational scientist for more than 25 years. He has collaborated with researchers spanning many fields including physics, chemistry, astronomy, structural biology, finance, ecology, climate, immunology, and the social sciences, always with an emphasis on making the most effective use of high-performance computing resources. Dr. Sinkovits is the PI for the COMPLECS CyberTraining project and co-PI for the Voyager and Expanse supercomputer awards.