Syllabus
List of topics (might be edited according to wishes of participants):
What it is UNIX, Linux, GNU, what are relationships among them, architecture of the system, kernel
What does it mean "open-source", which licenses are in use, what is philosophy, trade model
What are differences among various Linux distributions, how to find order in them, how to choose
Linux graphical interface - graphical usage of Linux
Trying using live CD/USB or virtualisation
Special uses - rescue CD, BusyBox in embedded devices (NAS and another network devices, Android, …)
Diversity of graphical interfaces vs. similarity in command line
Installation, disk partitions, creating and control
File systems, directory structure in Linux, file names and their conventions, where are configuration files and data
File permissions, executability, ACL, another atributes
Root and normal users, sudo
Why it is important good text editor, what are possibilities, character encoding, differences among operating systems
Command line: Shell - Bash and the others
Variables, path to executable files, aliases, configuration of command line behavior
Terminals and their emulators, multiple login, access to remote server
Software management from command line (zypper, rpm, apt, aptitude), launching of the script, compilation
Launching of Java applications
Basic information about the system, free space, detection of the type of the file, hardware
Users, change of password, services management (SystemD and others)
Move within directory structure, searching
Automated launching of tasks
Viewing of processes and their killing
Magic TAB key, history of commands, chaining of commands
Standard input and output, redirects, pipes
Work with text - reading, edition, selection of particular lines or columns, merging of files, writing into new files
Common text editors in command line: Nano, MC, Vim, Emacs
Comparison of text files, viewing changes
Wildcards and special characters, escaping, regular expressions
How to keep task running after login off - screen
Work with documentation and searching for solutions
Mounting of file systems, creations and control
Writing of easy scripts - variables, conditions, forks, cycles, input parameters, exit values
Parallelization of tasks - use of multicore CPUs
Access to MetaCentrum of CESNET
Launching of the tasks in MetaCentrum, basic script
Launching of interactive and graphical tasks in MetaCentrum
List of another offers of CESNET
Basic monitoring of network
Tracing historical versions of files (Git)
And more... more topics will be added...
Exams will take place last day, or any time in the future according to individual arrangement. There will also be room for consultations of specific issues of individual participations.
Annotation
Don’t be afraid of command line! It is friendly and powerful tool allowing to process large data and automate tasks. Practically identical is command line also in Apple macOS, BSD and another UNIX-based systems, not only in Linux. The course is designed for total beginners as well as intermediate advanced students. The only requirement is an interest (or need) to work in command line, typically on Linux computing server.
Knowledge of Linux/UNIX is useful e.g. for working with large molecular and another data on computing cluster like MetaCentrum. It is service provided by CESNET allowing access to huge computational capacity, which is readily available for all students and employees of Czech academic institutions to process their data. You can immediately use skills learned during the course. The course contains theoretical introduction as well as plenty of practical examples and exercises.
The course will be taught 4 days, while 3 days are for teaching and last day is for exams and individual consultations. Course participants can stay this last day (which is recommended), but it is not conditional.
The course will be taught January 15-18, 2024, Benátská 2, lecture room B12, from 9:00 to 16-17:00 (with enough breaks). Depending on epidemiological situation the course can be in hybrid mode (not only in full attendance) or fully on-line only. Details will be updated according to the situation prior the course.
Consultations are possible any time after previous e-mail agreement.