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The information in this repository supports a video series titled Using the Shell, which is based primarily on material provided by the Software Carpentry community under a creative commons license.

Using the shell consists of the following modules:

1. Introduction to the shell (video)
2. Navigating files and directories (video, challenges)
3. Working with files and directories (video, challenges)
4. Pipes and filters (in progress, challenges)
5. Loops (in progress)
6. Shell scripts (in progress)
7. Finding things (in progress)

Before jumping in, you will need the shell lesson data and access to a terminal window. Prior exposure to the command line can be helpful but is not assumed for this series.

• If you are running Linux or Mac OS, you already have a terminal window installed on your system. You can find terminal.app in the /Applications/Utilities folder.
• Download the shell lesson data and unzip/move it into the directory where you would like to work.

• If you are running Windows, you will need to do a little more work to access a terminal window. There are a few options to choose from:

  1. Install Docker Desktop and start up a virtual machine made for this series by typing this command in the power shell: docker run -it johnsonra/shell-novice

  2. Install Git for Windows. This video might be helpful in helping you get Git for Windows set up.

  3. Install Linux on your computer with WSL and install the Windows Terminal.

  4. If you have access to a remote linux server, you can connect to it using the Secure Shell extension in a Chrome browser.

  5. Google Cloud is a nice option. The free tier access to a Linux VM in the cloud should be sufficient for this series.

• If you chose options 2 - 5, you will need to download the data (it comes preinstalled on the Docker image). Start up a terminal window and copy/paste the following commands into the terminal to fetch the data we will be using:

wget https://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice/data/shell-lesson-data.zip
unzip shell-lesson-data.zip