Today’s topics

• Linux basics (cont’d)

Announcements

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• IDRE workshops.

• Code Academy: Learn the command line.

• Why command line?
  • Power.
  • Reproducibility.
  • Scripting is reproducible - clicking is not.
  • Analysis pipelines.
• FAQ
  • How to log out a Linux machine? logout, or exit or CTRL+d.
  • Online help with linux commands? Commandname --help
• If you want to a copy of course materials, try

  mkdir Hua-Zhou.github.io
  cd Hua-Zhou.github.io
  git init
  git remote add -f origin https://github.com/Hua-Zhou/Hua-Zhou.github.io.git
  git config core.sparsecheckout true
  echo teaching/biostatm280-2019winter/ >> .git/info/sparse-checkout
  git pull origin master
  

  This should work on the teaching server (Linux) or your own Mac laptop. To update the course materials later, issue

  git pull
  

  within the Hua-Zhou.github.io folder.