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 session is mainly aimed at those with little to no prior experience with Unix and BASH, as well as those who would like to refresh their knowledge.

This session will cover fundamental UNIX commands and BASH programming concepts (variables, loops, and scripting) to build a foundation for using genome bioinformatics tools in later sessions.  

Materials:

• ‘Introduction to Unix’ slides
• ‘Introduction to Unix’ practical
• ‘Introduction to BASH’ slides
• ‘Introduction to BASH’ Practical
• ‘Introduction to BASH’ Practical Solutions