Mini Course: Terminal
This course will be your map and compass into the adventure-filled world of Unix-based systems.
We are organizing this course in collaboration with the Scientific Computing and Data Analysis Section in RSD and our goal is to teach the tools required for sending jobs on Deigo. There are very few graphical user interfaces running on Deigo, and it makes much more sense to learn at least the basics on how to use command lines in the terminal.
It is the sixth time we run this course, the teaching material will be that much easier to prepare. If you are interested in attending or teaching it, sign up below!
Target audience
This course is suitable for anyone, no prior knowledge is necessary. Please request access to Deigo in advance.
Teachers
The teachers were Charles Plessy (staff scientist), Ryo Nakatani (PhD student) and Jeremie Gillet (asciiquarium fan), helped by Lucia Zifcakova (postdoc).
Program (Sixth edition, February 2022)
The program was be as follows:
| Date | Time | Topic | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, February 7 | 2PM ~ 3PM | [optional] help session: accessing Deigo for remote participants | Jeremie |
| Monday, February 7 | 3PM ~ 5PM | Terminal basics | Ryo |
| Wednesday, February 9 | 3PM ~ 5PM | Text editor: vim | Jeremie |
| Monday, February 14 | 3PM ~ 5PM | Interacting with Deigo | Charles |
The first session is optional and is meant to help remote users log into Deigo. On-site participants should have no issue logging in as long as they have requested access to Deigo, but remote participants need one more step.
You will find all the material used for this course here.
◆Fifth edition, November 2020
Program (Fifth edition, November 2020)
The teachers were Charles Plessy (staff scientist), Juan Polo Gomez (postdoc) and Jeremie Gillet (asciiquarium fan).
The program was be as follows:
| Date | Time | Topic | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, November 9 | 10AM ~ 12PM | Terminal basics | Juan |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 10AM ~ 12PM | Text editor: vim | Jeremie |
| Friday, November 13 | 10AM ~ 12PM | Interacting with Deigo | Charles |
◆Fourth edition, May 2019
Program (Fourth edition, May 2019)
The teachers were Charles Plessy (postdoc), Vsevolod "Seva" Nikulin (student) and Jeremie Gillet (asciiquarium fan).
The program was be as follows:
| Date | Time | Topic | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, May 27 | 3PM ~ 5PM | Terminal basics | Seva |
| Tuesday, May 28 | 3PM ~ 5PM | Text editor: vim | Jeremie |
| Monday, June 3 | 3PM ~ 5PM | Interacting with Sango | Charles |
You can download all the material that we used during this Skill Pill here.
◆Third edition, May 2018
Program (Third edition, May 2018)
The program will be as follows:
| Date | Time | Topic | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, May 22 | 10AM ~ 12PM | Terminal basics | Stefano |
| Thursday, May 24 | 10AM ~ 12PM | Text editor: vim | Jeremie |
| Monday, May 28 | 10AM ~ 12PM | Interacting with Sango | Takeshi |
You can download all the material that we used during this Skill Pill here.
◆Second edition, March 2017
Program (Second edition, March 2017)
The teachers for this Skill Pill were be Valentin Churavy, James Schloss (PhD students) and Angela White (Postdoc).
The program will be as follows:
| Date | Time | Topic | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, April 5 | 5PM ~ 7PM | Terminal basics | Angela |
| Thursday, April 6 | 5PM ~ 7PM | Text editor: vim | James |
| Monday, April 10 | 5PM ~ 7PM | Interacting with Sango | Valentin |
You can download all the materialt hat we used during this Skill Pill here.
◆First edition, March 2016
Program (First edition, March 2016)
The program (subject to slight changes) will be divided into four two-hour sessions spread out in March as follows
| Date | Time | Topic | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, March 16th | 5PM ~ 7PM | Basics (UNIX, files, commands, permissions…) | James Schloss |
| Thursday, March 17th | 5PM ~ 7PM | Text editor: vim | Valentin Churavy |
| Wednesday, March 23rd | 5PM ~ 7PM | Bash scripting | Guido Klingbeil |
| Thursday, March 24th | 5PM ~ 7PM | Submitting jobs on Sango | Eddy Taillefer |
More information
- Location: B701, Computer Lab, Lab 3.
- What to prepare:
- a laptop.
- For windows users: please install mobaXterm (Portable Edition) before the course
- Request access to Deigo in advance
- Zoom link: if you prefer joining remotely, or if B701 exceeds 50% capacity, you can join using this link. Unfortunately, we won't be able to provide much help with the hands-on part via Zoom.
- Drinks: There will be free coffee and tea, bring your cup!
If you have some interest in this course, please answer this webform and let us know if you'd like to participate, even for a single session.
Thank you very much for your interest.