Introduction to BASH

All data and files for this section can be found in the EBI training FTP.

If you are new to the command line, before accessing the ‘Introduction to BASH’ materials, you might want to familiarise yourself with UNIX by following the materials you can find in the ‘Further learning‘ section, or any online resource available (such as The Unix Shell tutorial).

Introduction to BASH, loops, and variables

Trainers: Kayesha Coley

Overview: This lecture covers BASH commands, loops and variables in UNIX command line for sequence processing, and a practical on BASH scripting.

Learning outcomes:

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Recall code used to conduct loops and commands in UNIX
• Apply BASH scripting to sequence processing

Materials:

• ‘Introduction to BASH’ slides
• ‘Introduction to BASH’ Practical
• ‘Introduction to BASH’ Practical Solutions
• ‘Introduction to BASH’ exercises materials