Apr 27, 2012

Unix Shell Skills for Scientists and CIT Students

The Unix Command Line Interface (a.k.a. Shell, or CLI) for Web Developers

  1. Your CIT GTF will be your Unix Drill Instructor (DI) and run you through basic training: Unix for Web Developers, which is a Reader's Guide to the University of Surrey's Unix for Beginners tutorial, parts 1, 2, and 5.

  2. For more practice:

    The Command Line Crash Course: Controlling Your Computer From The Terminal.

    This free online mini-book teaches you Unix or Windows command line skills, in a few hours to a few days. It has little explanation and focuses more on doing a small set of commands until you remember them.

    Software Carpentry Project's Video Lectures on the Unix Shell.

    The Software Carpentry project's mission is "to help scientists be more productive by teaching them basic computing skills", including the Unix shell. All of their content is available at the Software Carpentry website.