This short practical hands-on course is provided for new users to the CHPC.

Linux command line interface.

You should be familiar with Linux basics:

• files and subdirectories: cd, mkdir, pwd, cp, mv, etc.
• the file system tree: relative and absolute paths
• listing files and their meta-data: the ls command and its most useful optional arguments
• view files: cat, less, head, tail
• file permissions: chmod
• UID and GID: sharing files
• streams and pipelines: |, &>
• processes: top, ps, htop, kill, fg
• environment variables

A brief reference of the most common Linux shell commands.

Introduction to:

• logging in
• interactive sessions
• software
• job script

Practical HPC

• See CHPC Winter School