Linux tools course

Content

This course will give an introduction to several useful Linux tools useful in academic research and everyday use of the system.

• Brief introduction to script files in Bash shell
• Using quotes
• Command line parameters
• i/o and pipes
• String manipulation
• Useful commands: grep, cut, uniq, tr, sort, join, wc, column, paste, comm
• Linux tools: awk, sed
• Data visualization - Gnuplot
• Image processing: ImageMagick
• Using Linux scripting in writing slurm scripts for HPC
• This course provides hands-on sessions

Target

This course is primarily targeted at current VSC-users

Duration

Total duration: 4 hours.

Price

Free of charge

Prerequisites

Having a basic knowledge of Linux is expected (if not please follow first the Linux-introduction course). Users that want to use VSC account for hands-on sessions should already have a VSC account created (bring the private key) and should have followed HPC introduction and Linux for HPC or should have the equivalent knowledge).

Result

• Understanding and writing short Linux scripts
• Getting familiar sophisticated Linux commands
• Being able to use Linux tools for processing i/o data

Reminder

If you do not have KU Leuven ID (e.g. u-, r- or s- number) and you wish to use our computers for hands-on sessions, please contact us (hpcinfo@kuleuven.be) so that we can create a temporary account for you, with which you will be able to login on computers used during hands-on sessions. Otherwise you can use wifi on your own laptop.